Joseph Furttenbach

Joseph Furttenbach the Elder (30 December 1591 – 17 January 1667) was a German architect, mathematician, engineer and diarist.


Joseph Furttenbach was born in Leutkirch, Germany. From 1607/08 to 1620 he stayed in Italy (especially in Milan, Genoa and Florence). There he did an apprenticeship as a merchant under the supervision of his uncles. Moreover, he studied engineering, military architecture and grew an interest in theatre and stage design while abroad. Through his travels he made detailed accounts of buildings that interested him as well as festivals, processions and dramatic performances. In three of his books he wrote expositions on scenery and lighting for the theatre. He is only second to Nicola Sabbatini as one of the most extensive accounts of backstage practices during the Renaissance.

After his stay in Italy, he moved back to Germany and settled in Ulm. There, he had a successful career as an architect and universal engineer. He designs included a hospital, a waterworks system, a schoolhouse, a theatre, and homes. He was eventually named city architect of Ulm, wrote many books, and served on the city council. His cabinet of curiosities was one of the most famous in Germany. A pious Lutheran, Furttenbach was at the same time an important cultural broker between Baroque Italy and Southern Germany.

ジャコモ・トレッリ(Giacomo Torelli 1608 -1678)

ジャコモ・トレッリはイタリアの舞台美術家、技術者、建築家である。
彼の仕事は主に舞台デザインであり、特に壮大な場面変化を作り上げる彼のデザインと機構は多くの版画に刻まれ、それゆえに17世紀の舞台美術として最も完全な記録として残っている。



トレッリはイタリアのファーノで生まれた、彼はそこで最初のキャリアとして素人劇団と共に仕事をしていたようだ。



彼はさらに近くのペーザロやウルビノでも舞台美術のキャリアを積んでいたようだ。
彼の最初の仕事の記録は1641年の1月ヴェネチアのTeatro Novissimoのオープニングに残っている。そこで彼はFrancesco Sacrati作のオペラ『La finta pazza』に舞台美術と舞台機構で関わった。


トレッリは同じ劇場で行われた Sacratiの他の二つの作品にも関わっている。
1642年に『Bellerofonte』、1643年の1月に『Venere gelosa』。
さらに、1644年にFrancesco Cavalliの『Deidamia』これも同じくTeatro Novissimo。
トレッリのベネチアでの最後の仕事はSacrati『L'Ulisse errante』で1644年に
the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paoloで行われた。