Giuseppe Galli Bibiena
Giuseppe Galli da Bibbiena (also Bibienas Galli Galli Bibbiena, ( born January 5, 1696 Parma, † March 12, 1757 in Berlin) was a stage designer, draftsman, architect, engineer and painter of the Baroque Theatre
Life
Giuseppe Galli da Bibbiena was from the family of artists Galli da Bibbiena. His father, Ferdinando, his uncle Francesco, his brothers Antonio and Alessandro and his son Carlo worked in Germany, Austria and Italy as architects, designers and stage designer.
Giuseppe Galli da Bibbiena designed many decorations for funerals and weddings, planned theater machines, staged festivals and theater performances, theater built and designed decorations for palaces.
He studied under his father and then went with the latter and his brother Alessandro to Barcelona at the court of the future Charles VI. and followed this in 1712 to Vienna. Also his uncle Francesco worked.
After the death of Charles VI. he was in Bologna Director of Architecture at the Accademia Clementina. At the same time, he worked in Vienna as the first court theater engineer and court architect. Due to many jobs but he was represented there by his father.
In 1719 he married Eleanor Kinski in Vienna. They had seven children with his son Carlo, he later worked together.
From 1753 he was a permanent member of Frederick II in Berlin, where he worked as a court architect until his death.
Works
Effect
In contrast to the Renaissance perspective the Bibienas often designed a Übereckstellung of decoration, the tapering spaces to multiple vanishing points back and nest and so pretend infinity. Even the first-time use of painted transparent materials, the impression of endless architecture was generated. This suggestion of infinite space is perhaps influenced by the worldview since Giordano Bruno.
His drawings endlessly nested dungeon rooms, the Carceri, had a strong influence on Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
Writings
- Theater decorations, interior design and Perspectiven. Designs in the style of the Baroque. Berlin, 1888.