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Ferdinando Galli Bibiena BIOGRAPHY
1657 Bologna, Italy - 1743. Known for: Painting.
"Ferdinando Galli Bibbiena's Architecttura Civile," by Francesco Marcorin, February 21, 2018. In 1711 a new treatise on architecture and geometry was published in Parma. Its author, Ferdinando Galli... Read full biography
"Ferdinando Galli Bibbiena's Architecttura Civile," by Francesco Marcorin, February 21, 2018. In 1711 a new treatise on architecture and geometry was published in Parma. Its author, Ferdinando Galli Bibbiena (or Galli da Bibbiena, or Bibiena), was one the most famous scenographers of his time in... Read full biography
"Ferdinando Galli Bibbiena's Architecttura Civile," by Francesco Marcorin, February 21, 2018. In 1711 a new treatise on architecture and geometry was published in Parma. Its author, Ferdinando Galli Bibbiena (or Galli da Bibbiena, or Bibiena), was one the most famous scenographers of his time in Europe; just three years earlier, in 1708, he had been appointed as supervisor to the wedding festivities of King Charles III, whom this new treatise was dedicated to. The son of a painter, Bibbiena... Read full biography
"Ferdinando Galli Bibbiena's Architecttura Civile," by Francesco Marcorin, February 21, 2018. In 1711 a new treatise on architecture and geometry was published in Parma. Its author, Ferdinando Galli Bibbiena (or Galli da Bibbiena, or Bibiena), was one the most famous scenographers of his time in Europe; just three years earlier, in 1708, he had been appointed as supervisor to the wedding festivities of King Charles III, whom this new treatise was dedicated to. The son of a painter, Bibbiena studied painting, perspective and architecture, yet he soon earned a reputation for his scenic designs and began working for the theatre, a confluence of the three disciplines he was most learned in. Bibbiena’s Architettura civile is divided into five... Read full biography
"Ferdinando Galli Bibbiena's Architecttura Civile," by Francesco Marcorin, February 21, 2018. In 1711 a new treatise on architecture and geometry was published in Parma. Its author, Ferdinando Galli Bibbiena (or Galli da Bibbiena, or Bibiena), was one the most famous scenographers of his time in Europe; just three years earlier, in 1708, he had been appointed as supervisor to the wedding festivities of King Charles III, whom this new treatise was dedicated to. The son of a painter, Bibbiena studied painting, perspective and architecture, yet he soon earned a reputation for his scenic designs and began working for the theatre, a confluence of the three disciplines he was most learned in. Bibbiena’s Architettura civile is divided into five sections: the first on geometry, the second on architecture, the third on perspective, the fourth on scenography, and the fifth on mecha... Read full biography
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"Ferdinando Galli Bibbiena's Architecttura Civile," by Francesco Marcorin, February 21, 2018
In 1711 a new treatise on architecture and geometry was published in Parma. Its author, Ferdinando Galli Bibbiena (or Galli da Bibbiena, or Bibiena), was one the most famous scenographers of his time in Europe; just three years earlier, in 1708, he had been appointed as supervisor to the wedding festivities of King Charles III, whom this new treatise was dedicated to.
The son of a painter, Bibbiena studied painting, perspective and architecture, yet he soon earned a reputation for his scenic designs and began working for the theatre, a confluence of the three disciplines he was most learned in.
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