L'architettura Civile preparata su la geometria e ridotta alle Prospettive. Considerazioni pratiche

Ferdinando Galli Bibiena

Verlag: Pier Paolo Monti, 1711

Beschreibung

1st edition, large folio 43 x 30 cm, on contemporary rustica boards covered with soft binding. This work is only complete of plates, with ad hoc frontispiece mentioning 62 plates( at later stage added another 2 plates), with a total of 64. In strong impression. although present some shaved edges, some detached or weak.However, still an intersting work to find in any form or shape. F. Galli Bibiena was a pupil of Carlo Cignani, who introduced him to Duke Ranuccio Farnese of whom he became the first painter and architect. Remained at the court of Francesco, Ranuccio's successor, Bibiena divided his life between Parma and Piacenza for twenty-eight years, performing numerous works. His greatest achievement reached her as a theatrical set designer, an occupation that led him in 1708 to Barcelona at the court of Charles III of Habsburg (to whom he dedicates the present work "Civil Architecture") and to Vienna in 1714. The five parts of this great treatise concerns geometry, civil architecture, perspective, painting and scenography, theatrical mechanics. In the field of perspective, Bibiena was very innovative, after the ideas of Milliet-Deschales, in the positions in the perspective picture different from the usual ones that generate frontal images. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1612798049494

Bibliografische Details

Titel: L'architettura Civile preparata su la ...

Verlag: Pier Paolo Monti

Erscheinungsdatum: 1711

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: 1st Edition