Antonio galli bibiena biography of william

This album contains sketches by Antonio Galli Bibiena — The son of Ferdinando Galli Bibiena —the first member of the Bibiena family to dedicate himself to scenography, Antonio also received training from the Bolognese painters Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole — and Marcantonio Franceschinibut from a young age accompanied his father, uncle, and brothers and assisted with their theatrical endeavors in Barcelona, Vienna, and Rome.

Antonio galli bibiena biography of william

Antonio worked as an architect and illusionistic fresco painter as well as a scenographer. In the s he was active mainly in Vienna and Bratislava, before returning to Italy inwhere he was responsible for building theaters and designing productions in Siena, Pistoia, Bologna, Milan, Parma, Pavia, and elsewhere.

Many of his buildings do not survive, but his Teatro Scientifico in Mantua, completed inis one of the best-preserved eighteenth-century theaters in Italy. The sketches found in this album relate mainly to his work as a set designer, and some to his work as a painter of illusionistic frescoes, but rather than finished plans, most of them are quick studies of architectural motifs that would have been elaborated in further drawings.