Call for Papers: International Conference Galli Bibiena Cultural Heritage

The Bibiena are known worldwide for the excellence of their work, which is present in numerous museums, libraries and private collections. The members of this family have earned fame in the most important European courts, from the last quarter of the seventeenth century until the first half of the nineteenth century, and are a clear reference to the European Baroque and Rococo Styles. In particular, their theaters “alla italiana” differs in both its grandeur and in its morphological structure. Technological innovations resulting from the introduction of perspective “per angolo” and the refinement of their stage set designs have echoed across Europe, from Lisbon to Saint Petersburg. These innovations have been the basis of the Bibiena teachings on the Clementine Academy of Bologna, which was the origin of many famous artists and architects of the eighteenth century.