Framing the Picture
type: Item
label: Het beeld omkaderd @nl
label: Das Bild einrahmen @de
label: Rámování obrazu @cs
label: Inquadratura dell'immagine @it
label: Enmarcando la imagen @es
label: Rama in bilden @sv
description: The proscenium arch and professional invisibility
description: De prosceniumboog en professionele onzichtbaarheid @nl
description: Das Proszenium und professionelle Unsichtbarkeit @de
description: Předscéna a profesionální neviditelnost @cs
description: L'arco di proscenio e l'invisibilità dei professionisti @it
description: El arco del proscenio @es
description: Prosceniebågen för att yrkesmässigt dölja @sv
alternative label: Boccascena @it
Canon story number: 40
Canon story code: J.04
Canon story topic: Unexpected stories
Field: architecture
Field: Theatre management
Link to internal Canonbase page: Framing_the_Picture
Link to internal Canonbase page: Het_beeld_omkaderd
Instance of: Canon stories
Canon story description: In the model of theatre space of the Italian Baroque, the proscenium arch limits the audience’s view, framing the stage as a picture. It not only hides the technical apparatus of the stage – it makes invisible all backstage labour.
time frame: Baroque
Canon story refers to: Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza (IT) [Vicenza]
Canon story refers to: Farnese Theatre [Parma]
Canon story refers to: Architectura recreationis
Canon story refers to: Festspielhaus Hellerau (DE) [Dresden]