ID: 700000221 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000221	Record Type: Built Work
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Teatro Mediceo (theater (building); comissioned by Francesco I (Florentine noble, patron, 1541-1...; 1576-1586; opened in 1586, lat...; Florence (Firenze, Toscana, Italia, Europe, World, Top of th...)

Note: Description of the theater was written by Bastiano de'Rossi, as he described a play La Pelligrina, performed here. The theater was noted for unprecedented equipment and machinery that allowed for special effects, including what was described as "changing scene," likely involving machines under the stage, cloud machines in the ceiling, and grooves on the floor for sliding panels. Mirrors and glass containers with colored water were used to magnify and filter the lights, to imitate various times of day and weather. The general structure was based on temporary theaters that had been designed by Aristotile da San Gallo and Vasari. The space that formerly held the theater is now the Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, plus some of the 2nd-floor painting galleries in the Uffizi Gallery.

Titles:

Teatro Mediceo (preferred,C,U,Italian,,N)

Teatro mediceo degli Uffizi (C,U,Italian,,)

Teatro mediceo degli Uffizi (Florence, Italy) (C,U,Italian,,)

Uffizi Theater (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

theater (building) [300007117] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, performing arts structures, performing arts buildings)

gallery (display space) [300240057]

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, built work divisions, rooms and spaces, <rooms and spaces by function>, <display rooms and spaces>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1576-1586; opened in 1586, later renovated and altered

Creator Display:

comissioned by Francesco I (Florentine noble, patron, 1541-1587); designed and later renovated by Bernardo Buontalenti (Florentine architect and painter, ca. 1531-1608); renovation commissioned by Grand Duke Ferdinando I (Italian noble, 1549-1609) [preferred,VP]

patron Francesco I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany (Florentine noble, patron, 1541-1587) [500212585]

architect Buontalenti, Bernardo (Florentine architect and painter, ca. 1531-1608) Extent: restoration [500025452]

patron Ferdinando I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany (Italian noble, 1549-1609) Extent: restoration [500260482]

Locations:

Current: Firenze [7000457] (Geographic)

Address Note: 43°46′07.05″N 11°15′21.87″E

Display Materials: masonry, wood, plaster, other materials

	masonry (building materials) [300015332]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, building materials, <masonry and masonry units>)

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

	plaster (composite coating) [300014922]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>)

Dimensions: 16th-century interior measurements were noted in braccia: 95 length x 35 width x 24 height (around 55 x 20 x 14 meters); 2 stories; could seat 3,000

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style) [300021144] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>, Renaissance-Baroque styles)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings

............... Palazzo degli Uffizi

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: recreational and entertainment structures

Sources and Contributors:
Teatro Mediceo	........ [VP]
	........ Zorzi, Innamorati, and Ferrone. Il Teatro del Cinquecento (1982)
Teatro mediceo degli Uffizi	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Teatro mediceo degli Uffizi (Florence, Italy)	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Uffizi Theater	........ [VP]
	........ Buccheri, Spectacle of Clouds: Italian Art, Theatre (2014) 85 ff.

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

....................... Zorzi, Innamorati, and Ferrone. Il Teatro del Cinquecento (1982)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Buccheri, Spectacle of Clouds: Italian Art, Theatre (2014) 85 ff.