Teatro Olimpico (Vicenza, Italy) : View, depicting north wall
- Creator:
- Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580
Scamozzi, Vincenzo, 1552-1616 - Published/Created:
- Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
1580-1584 - Date Depicted:
- 5/1/1996
1500 AD - 1699 AD - Materials:
- stone
- Notes:
- Palladio's design for the Teatro Olimpico (1580) in Vicenza, a reconstruction of ancient theatre types, is a statement of artistic identity inspired by humanism. It features a semi-elliptical auditorium with a colonnade behind. The classical scaenae frons
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 16th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Mannerist
Renaissance - Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-PA-TO-B4
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- Performing arts construction buildings; performing arts buildings; theaters (buildings) interior; painted ceiling
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/1/1996 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10091301
- PID:
- digcoll:2233738