Theatrical Writings of Fabrizio Carini Motta - Hardcover

Larson PhD, Professor Emeritus Orville K

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809313375 ISBN 13: 9780809313372

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 1987

Synopsis

The Trattato and the Costruzione are primary source books on 17th-century Italian theater architecture and stagecraft that have remained relatively unknown.

 

The Trattato was first published in Italian in 1676, and this is the first published edition in any language of the Costruzione, which is little known even to Italian theater scholars.

 

The Trattato is the prototype for the genre of books on theater architecture. It is the first volume to treat the theater auditorium as a separate edifice and is unique in its description of the shape and characteristics of theater auditoria, including an explanation of the arrangement of palchetti, the predecessors of the 18th-century loges as well as the first detailed description of the horseshoe-shaped auditorium.

 

The Costruzione contains the first comprehensive description of the 17th-century stagehouse and the stage equipment normally installed. Together, the volumes reveal Fabrizio Carini Motta as a competent theater architect and stage machinist, easily equal to his more renowned contemporaries, such as Vigarani, Burnacini, or Torelli.

About this title

About the Author:

Orville K. Larson is Professor Emeritus of Theatre, Kent State University.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Italian (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0809313375
• ISBN 13: 9780809313372
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144