As an European « intellectual architect », Vincenzo Scamozzi has a leading role in the XVIth century stage history, both in writing treatises and in praxis. This essay studies his idea of theatre (shifting between tradition and innovation, between Serlio, Palladio, Vasari, Buontalenti and original patterns), examining the crucial intervention made by the architect-stage designer in the Olimpico in Vicenza (1584-1608) and the brilliant project and realisation of the Vespasiano Gonzaga theatre in Sabbioneta (1588-1590). The analysis does not confine herself to typology (theatrical architecture, scenography) but points out the relationships between the last great architect of the Italian Cinquecento and its upper-class patrons, underlining iconographic programs and the iconology of the two renowned theatrical buildings.
Teatri italiani del Cinquecento: Vincenzo Scamozzi architetto-scenografo / S. Mazzoni. - In: DRAMMATURGIA. - ISSN 1122-9365. - STAMPA. - 2003, n. 10:(2003), pp. 103-140.
Teatri italiani del Cinquecento: Vincenzo Scamozzi architetto-scenografo
MAZZONI, STEFANO
2003
Abstract
As an European « intellectual architect », Vincenzo Scamozzi has a leading role in the XVIth century stage history, both in writing treatises and in praxis. This essay studies his idea of theatre (shifting between tradition and innovation, between Serlio, Palladio, Vasari, Buontalenti and original patterns), examining the crucial intervention made by the architect-stage designer in the Olimpico in Vicenza (1584-1608) and the brilliant project and realisation of the Vespasiano Gonzaga theatre in Sabbioneta (1588-1590). The analysis does not confine herself to typology (theatrical architecture, scenography) but points out the relationships between the last great architect of the Italian Cinquecento and its upper-class patrons, underlining iconographic programs and the iconology of the two renowned theatrical buildings.
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