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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexicoen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1904-1934 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorBoari, Adamoen_US
dc.date1904-1934en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-25T21:53:06Z
dc.date.available2013-01-25T21:53:06Z
dc.date.issued1904-1934en_US
dc.identifier186717en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1862en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/95911
dc.descriptionBoari was appointed to design and oversee the building of the Teatro Nacional (now Palacio de Bellas Artes) in Mexico City. During the preparatory stages he travelled widely to study current ideas of theatre architecture and made an urban study of the streets and open spaces around the site. The design included a glass-enclosed garden instead of a foyer, a dome over the garden rather than the auditorium and a safety curtain of opalescent glass; the structure was of iron. Construction began in 1904 and lasted several years. Work on the Teatro Nacional was eventually halted by financial problems, and in 1916 Boari returned to Italy. The building was completed in 1934 under other architects, including Géza Maróti, who modified the original plan. The building has murals by Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and José Clemente Orozco.; Boari was appointed to design and oversee the building of the Teatro Nacional (now Palacio de Bellas Artes) in Mexico City. During the preparatory stages he travelled widely to study current ideas of theatre architecture and made an urban study of the streets and open spaces around the site. The design included a glass-enclosed garden instead of a foyer, a dome over the garden rather than the auditorium and a safety curtain of opalescent glass; the structure was of iron. Construction began in 1904 and lasted several years. Work on the Teatro Nacional was eventually halted by financial problems, and in 1916 Boari returned to Italy. The building was completed in 1934 under other architects, including Géza Maróti, who modified the original plan. The building has murals by Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and José Clemente Orozco. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 6/22/2009)en_US
dc.format.mediumglass; iron; stone; Carrara marbleen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectmusicen_US
dc.subjectPerforming artsen_US
dc.subjectNineteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.subjectBeaux-Artsen_US
dc.titlePalacio de Bellas Artesen_US
dc.title.alternativeTeatro Nacionalen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-M-MC-PB-A4en_US
vra.culturalContextMexicanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypetheater (building)en_US
vra.worktypeopera houseen_US
dc.contributor.displayAdamo Boari (Italian architect, 1863-1928)en_US


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