Grandi teatri italiani

Italian

Large format opera, with many illustrations in a prestigious edition are described, in the history and architecture of the most important theaters of the peninsula, the most significant components and moments of an evolution that transforms the old palchetti halls of Baroque origin in the great halls of the Romantic era and these in contemporary theatres. The work is conceived as a kind of historical-architectural journey in the buildings, from S. Carlo di Napoli to the recently inaugurated Comunale di Cagliari. The work has another face specifically addressed to contemporary architects, to guide them in a careful examination of material problems. The latter are the main agents of architectural evolution and are of a technical rather than an ideological nature. More than precise forms or architectural types, the phrase "teatro all'italiana" seems to indicate, in the end, a series of processes, ways of presenting themselves, techniques. The work concludes with the hypothesis of a new reconstruction of the theatre building made possible by the contemporary evolution of technical reproduceability.

Grandi teatri italiani, Francesco Sforza, ISBN 88-7060-259-1, Editalia, Rome, 1993, Lit. 98.000, pg 200, cm. 24x31, 210 colours and BW images

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