Vanishing Point
type: Item
label: Het vluchtpunt @nl
label: Fluchtpunkt @de
label: Hlavní úběžník @cs
label: Punto di Fuga @it
label: Punto de fuga @es
label: Oändlighetspunkten @sv
description: Making room for infinity in the Teatro Olimpico
description: Ruimte maken voor de oneindigheid in het Teatro Olimpico @nl
description: Wie das Teatro Olimpico Raum für die Unendlichkeit machte @de
description: Tvorba nekonečného prostoru v divadle Olimipico @cs
description: Spazio all'infinito al Teatro Olimpico @it
description: Acercando el infinito en el Teatro Olímpico @es
description: Att ge utrymme för oändligheten på Teater Olympico @sv
Canon story number: 30
Canon story code: J.03
time frame: Renaissance
Canon story topic: Unexpected stories
Field: architecture
Link to internal Canonbase page: Vanishing_Point
Link to internal Canonbase page: Het_vluchtpunt
Instance of: Canon stories
Canon story description: The Teatro Olimpico is the oldest of only three surviving Renaissance theatres. The innovative scenery was the first use of false perspective in a Renaissance theatre; to accommodate it, an extension to the rear of the theatre had to be built.
Canon story refers to: Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza (IT) [Vicenza]
Canon story refers to: Andrea Palladio
Canon story refers to: Vitruvius
Canon story refers to: Sebastiano Serlio
Canon story refers to: Teatro all'antica, Sabbioneta (IT) [Sabbioneta]
Canon story refers to: Inigo Jones