Dotson, Esther Gordon, 1918-2009.

J.B. Fischer von Erlach : architecture as theater in the Baroque era / photographs by Mark Richard Ashton ; text by Esther Gordon Dotson.

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2012.

ix, 170 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm

Though little known in the English-speaking world, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656-1723) was one of the most important and influential European baroque architects. The buildings that he designed for the emperor of Austria and his courtiers reveal an element of theatricality -- an element that author Esther Gordon Dotson probes in this book. In his architectural designs, Fischer incorporated devices from ceremonial pageantry and scene design, controlled lighting effects, and a sense of dramatic progression in approaching and moving through a building. The author identifies these various elements in her close reading of Fischer's structures, and new photographs, taken by Mark Richard Ashton, bring them to life on the printed page.

9780300166682 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0300166680 (cloth ; alk. paper)

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Architecture as theater in the Baroque era

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 277347
Cote: BIB 212140
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