10/01V. R. Francisco1 RENAISSANCE THEATRE ARCHITECTURE by Virginia R. Francisco
10/01V. R. Francisco2 Italian Practice is Major Influence productions began 1470 but only on special occasions in temporary theatres
10/01V. R. Francisco3 Emphasis on Scenery even Serlio assumes no permanent building a theatre burned in Ferrara 1532 but not known to be permanent
10/01V. R. Francisco4 Temporary Theatres in Halls stadium-like seating around an orchestra used to seat royal party raised stage at ruler's eye level front stage flat for actors rear raked for scenery
10/01V. R. Francisco5 Scenery Not Meant to be Changed Serlio’s 3 scenes were to be enough for all plays
10/01V. R. Francisco6 Development of Permanent Theatres after 1550: the Baroque Era new concern for authority return to orthodoxy under growing pressure from Protestantism
10/01V. R. Francisco7 Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza oldest surviving permanent theatre in Europe built 1585 by Olympic Academy, founded 1555 specialized in Greek dramas formerly produced on temporary stages
10/01V. R. Francisco8 Teatro Olimpico Designed by Palladio a member of the Olympic Academy student of Vetruvius and of Roman ruins
10/01V. R. Francisco9 Teatro Olimpico in existing building necessarily semi-elliptical seating around a small orchestra EI/teatro_olimpico.htmhttp:// EI/teatro_olimpico.htm
10/01V. R. Francisco10 Stage and Scenery rectangular stage fixed facade with 5 openings modified by Scamozzi street scenes in perspective
10/01V. R. Francisco11 Teatro at Sabbionetta designed by Scamozzi, 1588 first purpose-built theatre building designed as one unit
10/01V. R. Francisco12 The Proscenium Arch purpose is masking scene changes served by downstage angle wings and border early proscenium arches were temporary oldest extant evidence is drawing Bartolomeo Neroni, 1560
10/01V. R. Francisco13 Permanent Proscenium Arches early at Uffizi court theatre, Florence, 1586 designed by Bartolomeo Neroni destroyed in c. 18
10/01V. R. Francisco14 Teatro Farnese at Parma designed by Giovani Battista Aleotti, 1618 first used 1628 first surviving theatre with permanent proscenium arch two more arches upstage Auditorium Like Other Court Theatres U-shaped stadium seating large open orchestra
10/01V. R. Francisco15 Box, Pit, and Gallery Auditoria used in middle ages in temporary theatres used in London (1567), Paris (1558), Madrid (1579) public theatres
10/01V. R. Francisco16 Corrales in Spain Madrid, several temporary, 1570’s phics/principe1.jpg Almagro, n.d., now restored phics/almagro.html
10/01V. R. Francisco17 Standardized by Public Opera Houses and professional opera troupes first public theatre, San Cassiano, Venice, 1565 Opera of SS Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1639 plan is first extant evidence of bpg auditorium five levels of galleries first two divided into boxes parterre
10/01V. R. Francisco18 Venice Public Opera House Box, pit, and gallery auditorium Proscenium arch stage Wing, drop, and border scenery La Fenice, htm
10/01V. R. Francisco19 Surviving Renaissance Theatres Drottingholms Slottsteater, 1766, Sweden /eframes_index.htm Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic 1680, reconstructed and equipped