Giacomo Torelli
Italian stage designer, engineer, and architect (1608-1678) · Italy · On the map · Scientists · Died at 69
Giacomo Torelli was an Italian stage designer, scenery painter, engineer, and architect.
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Photos 5
Set design for La finta pazza (Paris, 1645)
Torelli's set design for Act 5 of Pierre Corneille's Andromède as performed at the Petit-Bourbon in 1650
Design for a theater set created by Giacomo Torelli da Fano for the ballet 'Les Noces de Thétis', from 'Décorations et machines aprestées aux nopces de Tétis, Ballet Royal'
1654
Teatro di Fano(designed by Torelli)About this person
His work in stage design, particularly his designs of machinery for creating spectacular scenery changes and other special effects, was extensively engraved and hence survives as the most complete record of mid-seventeenth-century set design.
Country
Italy
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1608 to 1678 · aged 69
