Joseph Furttenbach (1591 – 1667) was a German architect, engineer and architecture theorist who lived in Italy from 1610 to 1620. During his stay … [Read more...]
Giulio Paolini’s Set Design for Teorema (1999)
On the occasion of the staging of the ballet Teorema in 1999, (produced by the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino from an adaptation of the novel and film … [Read more...]
Spaces Out of Time: Set Design by Richard Peduzzi
Richard Peduzzi is a French set and furniture designer who started his career as a painter until he met with director Patrice Chéreau in 1968. Since … [Read more...]
Light, Shadows, Projections: Set Design by Josef Svoboda
Josef Svoboda (1920-2002) was an eminent Czech scenographer who first trained as an architect in Prague and later studied scenography at the Prague … [Read more...]
“I grew up here, but I never felt entirely part of it”: Marco Tirelli’s Tiny Sculptures
Marco Tirelli grew up at the Swiss Institute in Rome, surrounded by visiting scholars and artists. His father was the manager and he family lived … [Read more...]
To Transcend Reality and Function as Symbol: Stage Design of Edward Gordon Craig
Born in 1872 as illegitimate son of an architect and of the revered actress Dame Ellen Terry, Edward Gordon Craig was raised as an actor in the … [Read more...]
