COLLECTION NAME:
Theatre Arts
Record
Title:
Teatro Farnese, Parma
Title.Series:
Dr. Tice Miller Lecture Slides
Collection Title:
Theatre Arts
Creator.Persons:
Aleotti, Giambattista, 1546-1636
Notes:
Built 1618 ; from History of the theatre (Wichkham, 2nd ed.)
Title.Series.Notes:
The images and accompanying notes in this collection are taken from the lecture slides of Dr. Tice Miller, covering the history of theatrical practice from ancient cultures through the 20th century. These files contain depictions of theatrical spaces, scenery, costumes, lighting, practitioners, and theoreticians, augmented by historical artifacts and cultural materials.
Collection Information:
Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402)-472-1193
Description:
Aerial view of a Carrousel (or horse-ballet) of the kind still offered at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna ; Engraving of the Teatro Farnese at Parma, built by Aleotti in 1618. Note the greatly enlarged orchestra extending as an ellipse deep into the auditorium, thereby facilitating its use for elaborate intermezzi and opera seria
Subject.Persons:
Aleotti, Giambattista, 1546-1636
Subject.Entities:
Teatro Farnese (Parma, Italy)
Subject:
Theater -- Europe -- History ;Theaters ;Architecture, Baroque ;Horse ballet
Location:
Italy -- Parma
Image.Publisher:
University of Nebraska--Lincoln, Libraries
Image.Date:
2014
Source:
Tice Miller, Professor Emeritus UNL ; scan from teaching slides
