Scena per angolo (English spelling)

…Although the stage no longer exists, it is known that the building was characterized by a two-point perspective, with the corners of the backdrop brought to the foreground and the audience viewing the two adjacent sides. This was a groundbreaking technique that created a sense of power and variety not seen in previous stages based on one-point perspective with the viewpoint of the VIP seats. It was called the scena per angolo (diagonal backdrop) and became the basic form of stage set in the 18th century. One of the family, Ferdinando B. (1657-1743), served the Duke of Parma and worked in northern Italy, Rome, Barcelona, ​​and Vienna. He wrote a collection of examples of theater stages entitled “Civil Architecture Based on Geometry and Perspective” (1711) and became the theater architect employed by the House of Habsburg. …

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…舞台は現存しないが，背景建築の隅部を前面に出し，観客がその隣接二面を見るように設定された2点透視画法による構成を特徴としていたことが知られる。これは，貴賓席に視点を置いた1点透視法構成にもとづく従来の舞台には見られない迫力と変化を生む画期的な手法であり，〈シェーナ･ペル･アンゴロscena per angolo(対角背景)〉とよばれて18世紀の舞台装置の基本形式となった。一族のうち，フェルディナンドFerdinando B.(1657‐1743)はパルマ公に仕え，北イタリア各地とローマ，バルセロナ，ウィーンで活動，《幾何学と透視画法にもとづく市民建築》(1711)と題して劇場舞台の作例集を著し，ハプスブルク家お抱えの劇場建築家となった。…

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