Ferdinando galli bibiena biography of william hill
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In 1711 a new treatise on architecture and geometry was published in Parma.
Ferdinando galli bibiena biography of william hill
Its author, Ferdinando Galli Bibbiena (or Galli da Bibbiena, or Bibiena), was one the most famous scenographers of his time in Europe; just three years earlier, in 1708, he had been appointed as supervisor to the wedding festivities of King Charles III, whom this new treatise was dedicated to.
The son of a painter, Bibbiena studied painting, perspective and architecture, yet he soon earned a reputation for his scenic designs and began working for the theatre, a confluence of the three disciplines he was most learned in.
Bibbiena’s Architettura civile is divided into five sections: the first on geometry, the second on architecture, the third on perspective, the fourth on scenography, and the fifth on mechanics.
Despite its title, the book is clearly more focused on illusionistic painting and scenic design rather than on architecture. Although very similar to Andrea Pozzo’s Perspectiva Pictorum et Archi