J. B. Fischer von Erlach: Architecture as Theater in the Baroque Era

Though little known in the English-speaking world, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656-1723) was one of the most important and influential European baroque architects. The buildings that he designed for the emperor of Austria and his courtiers reveal an element of theatricality—an element that author Esther Gordon Dotson probes in this attractive volume.
Dotson guides readers in discovering the theatrical qualities in Fischer’s buildings, illuminating their conceptual liveliness, variety, drama, and enduring beauty.