Noble Interior: Stage Design for the Teatro Marsigli-Rossi in Bologna
Classification
theater
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop
Accession Number
1957-195-1
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Noble Interior: Stage Design for the Teatro Mars-Rossi in Bologna***Antonio Giuseppe Basoli (Italian, 1774–1843), ca. 1810* Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, a prominent Italian architect and scenic designer of the early 19th century, created this evocative stage design around 1810 for the Teatro Marsigli-Rossi in Bologna. Bologna's theaters were hubs of cultural life during the Napoleonic era, blending neoclassical grandeur with emerging romantic sensibilities. Basoli, who worked across Italy and Vienna, specialized in illusionistic perspectives that transformed stages into breathtaking architect...