J.B. Fischer Von Erlach - Architecture as Theater in the Baroque Era

Zusammenfassung 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. This title probes this element.

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• Authors: Mark R. Ashton, Mark Richard Ashton, Esther Gordon Dotson, Esther Gordon Ashton Dotson, Esther Gordon/ Ashton Dotson, DOTSON ESTHER GORDON ASHTON MARK
• Assisted by: Mark Richard Ashton (Photographer), Mark Richard Ashton (Photographs)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.02.2012
• EAN: 9780300166682
• ISBN: 978-0-300-16668-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 225 mm x 280 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; austria, Individual architects & architectural firms, ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, ART / European, History of Art, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, History of Architecture, baroque, Art & design styles: Baroque, C 1600 To C 1700, Individual architects and architectural firms, ART / History / European / Baroque & Rococo