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Architecture, theater, and fantasy : Bibiena drawings from the Jules Fisher collection

Title
Architecture, theater, and fantasy : Bibiena drawings from the Jules Fisher collection / edited by John Marciari and Laurel O. Peterson.
Publication
New York : The Morgan Library & Museum ; London : in association with Paul Holberton Publishing, 2021.

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TextUse in library NC257.B54 A4 2021Off-site
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Additional Authors
  • Marciari, John
  • Peterson, Laurel O.
  • Kelder, Diane.
  • Aronson, Arnold.
  • Pierpont Morgan Library, organizer, host institution.
Description
96 pages : illustrations (color), genealogical table; 21 cm
Summary
"In the first half of the eighteenth century, members of three generations of the Bibiena family were the most highly sought theater designers in Europe. Their elaborate and masterful stage designs were used for operas, festivals, and courtly performances across Europe: from their native Italy to cites as far afield as Vienna, Prague, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, and Lisbon. Their distinctive style also became widely known through the collections of engravings published after their remarkable drawings. This publication accompanies an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum that is the first in the United States in over fifty years to celebrate these talented draftsmen; the exhibition and its catalogue also mark the promised gift to the Morgan of a group of Bibiena drawings from the collection of Jules Fisher, the Tony-winning lighting designer. These drawings demonstrate the range of the Bibienas' output, from initial sketches to highly finished watercolors. With representations of imagined palace interiors and lavish illusionistic architecture, this group of drawings highlights the visual splendor of the Baroque stage"--
Subject
  • Bibiena family > Exhibitions
  • Fisher, Jules > Art collections > Exhibitions
  • Bibiena family
  • Fisher, Jules
  • Theaters > Stage-setting and scenery > Italy > Exhibitions
  • Drawing > Private collections > United States > Exhibitions
  • Art > Private collections
  • Drawing > Private collections
  • Theaters > Stage-setting and scenery
  • Italy
  • United States
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • "Published to accompany an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 28 May-12 September 2021"--Title page verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-95).
Contents
The Galli-Bibiena family: an introduction / Diane M. Kelder -- Making the stage: the Bibiena as draftsmen / Laurel O. Peterson -- The theatrical art of the Galli-Bibiena / Arnold Aronson -- Collecting Bibiena / John Marciari -- Checklist of works in the exhibition / Diane M. Kelder.
ISBN
  • 9781913645045
  • 1913645045
LCCN
  • 2020054628
  • 99989442501
OCLC
  • on1226878979
  • 1226878979
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries