Pietro Gonzaga
Pietro di Gottardo Gonzaga (* 25. March 1751 in Longarone , Veneto , † July 25 . Jul / 6. August 1831 greg. In Saint Petersburg ) was an Italian painter and stage designer , who at the Scala in Milan and later in Russia worked. Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov got him an invitation to the Russian court. His theoretical considerations are set out in the work Musique pour les yeux et l'optique théâtrale .
Works
- La Musique pour les yeux et l'optique théâtrale - opuscules tirés d'un plus grand ouvrage sur le sens commun par Sire Thomas Witth. Traduit de N. Al., Saint-Pétersbourg, Imprimerie Nationale [1800], seconde édition 1807.
literature
- Maria Ida Biggi: La musica degli occhi. Scritti di Pietro Gonzaga. Firenze, Olschki, 2006; ISBN 978-88-222-5572-3
- Anna Ananieva: Memory and Imagination. The Pavlovsk Landscape Park in the European gardening discourse between 1777 and 1828 (PDF; 338 kB)
- Gianfranco Folena (ed.): Scenography the Pietro Gonzaga. Catalogo della Mostra. Neri Pozza Editore, Venice 1967
Web links
- The corps lumineux et la musique oculaire
- Music in the Hermitage Theater. 1786-1796
- Article Pietro Gonzaga in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gonzaga, Pietro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gonzaga, Pietro di Gottardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter and set designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1751 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Longarone , Veneto |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1831 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |