Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni scenografo e le feste imperiali viennesi del 1760

Armando Fabio Ivaldi

doi:10.14633/AHR467

Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, décorateur et les fêtes impériales viennoises de 1760

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Armando Fabio Ivaldi

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https://doi.org/10.14633/AHR467

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Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Scénographie, archiduc Joseph d’Autriche, sérénade Téthys

Abstract

Cet essai analyse le rôle joué par l'architecte Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, commandé par le comte Durazzo, dans la conception des decors spectaculaires pour le mariage de l'archiduc Joseph d'Autriche et de la princesse Isabelle de Bourbon-Parme, célébré en grande pompe à Vienne du 2 au 6. Octobre 1760. Dans ce contexte, une attention particulière est portée à la sérénade Téthys, sur une musique de Christoph Willibald Gluck, dans un «montparnasse» balnéaire raffiné.

Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Set Designer, and the Imperial Celebrations in Vienna in 1760

This essay analyses the role played by the architect Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, commissioned by Count Durazzo, in the design of the spectacular decorations for the wedding of Archduke Joseph of Austria and Princess Isabella of Bourbon-Parma, celebrated with great pomp in Vienna from 2 to 6 October 1760. In this context, particular attention is paid to the ‘Tethys’ serenade, set to music by Christoph Willibald Gluck, in a refined seaside “montparnasse”

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2026-10-15

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Ivaldi, A. F. (2026). Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, décorateur et les fêtes impériales viennoises de 1760. ArcHistoR Architecture History Restoration - Architettura Storia Restauro, 15, 306–323. https://doi.org/10.14633/AHR467

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ArcHistoR (Extra n.15/2025): Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni (1695-1766) un Architetto cosmopolita all’alba dell’Illuminismo

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Servandoni artista europeo

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