<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The 16th century brought changes in the European theatre. The Teatro Olimpico which was erected in Vicenza continued in the formation of the seventeenth-century theatre built in Parma. It initiated the Italian Baroque Theatre, adopted throughout Europe and later throughout the world. The All’Antica arrangement of stage-auditorium that preceded Teatro Farnese was developed in Sabbioneta, and it was the first attempt to create a theatre of the viewer and the actor. A Baroque theatre hall in Mantua, with its functional capabilities, was ahead of its time.The artists of the Great Theatre Reform were looking for a space that would allow the viewer and the actor to be treated as the subject of performance. The beginning of this approach to theatre was demonstrated by Richard Wagner. Theatre became a place that saw a synthesis of all arts, and Peter Brook most clearly showed it in his performances, notably <italic>Mahabharata</italic>.</abstract>

The 16th century brought changes in the European theatre. The Teatro Olimpico which was erected in Vicenza continued in the formation of the seventeenth-century theatre built in Parma. It initiated the Italian Baroque Theatre, adopted throughout Europe and later throughout the world. The All’Antica arrangement of stage-auditorium that preceded Teatro Farnese was developed in Sabbioneta, and it was the first attempt to create a theatre of the viewer and the actor. A Baroque theatre hall in Mantua, with its functional capabilities, was ahead of its time.The artists of the Great Theatre Reform were looking for a space that would allow the viewer and the actor to be treated as the subject of performance. The beginning of this approach to theatre was demonstrated by Richard Wagner. Theatre became a place that saw a synthesis of all arts, and Peter Brook most clearly showed it in his performances, notably Mahabharata.

Theatre architecture. A synthesis of arts in theatre

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The 16th century brought changes in the European theatre. The Teatro Olimpico which was erected in Vicenza continued in the formation of the...

Theatre architecture. A synthesis of arts in theatre

Published Online: May 23, 2020

Page range: 51 - 62

Received: Mar 18, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.033.10207

Keywords
theatre space, stage and audience relation, Renaissance theatre, Baroque theatre, multiple use form

© 2019 Piotr Obracaj, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Theatre architecture. A synthesis of arts in theatre

Published Online: May 23, 2020

Page range: 51 - 62

Received: Mar 18, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.033.10207

Keywordstheatre space, stage and audience relation, Renaissance theatre, Baroque theatre, multiple use form

© 2019 Piotr Obracaj, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
theatre space, stage and audience relation, Renaissance theatre, Baroque theatre, multiple use form