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The Teatro all'Antica is the second-oldest surviving indoor theater in the world (after the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza), and is, along with that theater and the Teatro Farnese in Parma, one of only three Renaissance theaters still in existence.
Vespasiano Gonzaga met the architect Vincenzo Scamozzi, a pupil of Palladio, in 1587, during a visit to Venice to receive the title of Venetian patrician. Scamozzi accepted the duke's invitation to come to Sabbioneta and design a court theatre.
Munì il teatro di una gradinata destinata alla nobiltà, sovrastata da una loggia per le gentildonne. Sul palco era collocata una scena fissa formata da una prospettiva di edifici, costruiti in legno dipinto, i quali formavano una gran piazza da cui si dipartiva una via centrale.
The Teatro all'Antica is a theatre in Sabbioneta, northern Italy; it was the first free-standing, purpose-built theater in the modern world. The Teatro all'Antica is the second-oldest surviving indoor theater in the world, and is, along with that theater and the Teatro Farnese in Parma, one of only three Renaissance theaters still in existence.
- A 16th Century Status Symbol
- Spatial Challenges
- The Legacy of A Renaissance Man
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Today rulers demand helipads, gold curtains or private movie theatres in connection with their palaces, but in the Renaissance a permanent stage house ranged high on the list of prestigious, modern status symbols. Among the first to embrace this new and coming trend was Vespasiano I Gonzaga. A nobleman, diplomat and military engineer who had taken ...
The magic of Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza was the elaborately decorated architectural background scaenae frons, which transformed the Medieval fortress to a palace with several archways through which the spectator could see at least one of several remarkable trompe l’œilstreet views. In this period Italian painters and architects had just discovered ...
The scenic elements painted in perspective inspired architects all over Europe, but Scamozzi’s ambition was not just to be recognized as a great, innovative architect. As a highly productive Renaissance man, Scamozzi wanted to assemble all the historical and technical sources relative to architecture as a scientific discipline. Being well educated ...
You can visit Teatro all’antica as part of a Unesco World Heritage tour of Sabbioneta. Opening hours from April to October: Tuesday to Friday: 09:30 – 13:00 14:30 – 18.00 Saturdays and Sundays: 09:30 – 13:00 14:30 – 18.30 Opening hours from November to March: Tuesday to Friday: 09:30 – 13:00 14:30 – 17.00 Saturdays and Sundays: 09:30 – 13:00 14:30 ...
Teatro all’antica (“Theatre in the style of the ancients”) is a theatre in Sabbioneta near Mantua. A jewel of rare beauty, it was the first free-standing building designated exclusively for theatre performances.
In 1588–89 Scamozzi designed the Teatro all’Antica, a small court theatre for the Gonzaga family at Sabbioneta. Unlike the Teatro Olimpico the stage here is a single architectural vista behind...
