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Josef Furttenbach

Fecha de nacimiento: 1591
fecha de fallecimiento: 1667
Profesión principal: arquitecto
Enlaces: Wikipedia

The Baroque theatre spread to the rest of Europe from Italy, either through the visits of Italian designers to foreign courts, or, more rarely, the visits of northerners to Italy. One of the most interesting of the latter was Josef Furttenbach, who spent some time in Florence with Parigi (the designer of the Teatro Mediceo which succeeded Buontalenti's) before going back to his native Ulm and building a theatre there in 1641. This had a plain rectangular plan, was filled with raked seats facing the stage (i.e. it was unlike the standard court theatre) and used periaktoi in the scenery. Furttenbach had few opportunities for putting any more ambitious ideas into practice, but he was a prolific author. In one volume he puts forward a revolutionary design for an octagonal theatre with four stages facing each other on the alternate sides. The audience stood in the middle and turned from one stage to the other as the action required. This is a fascinating throwback to medieval practice, using Italianate motifs—just as contemporary northern architects were doing—purely as ornament. The stages were to be fully Baroque, with periaktoi scenery.

 

IN: Tidworth, Simon : Theatres: An Illustrated History. London 1973 p. 73


found 2 theatre(s)


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Designs by Joseph Furttenbach (arquitecto principal)

Alemania

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Stadttheater (arquitecto principal)

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