Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg Gent: Facade, viewed from St. Bavo's Square

The square is now open, the statue has been removed.u000au000aBuilt at the end of the 19th century after a design by architect Edmond De Vigne. The large sgraffito-painted tympanum is an allegorical tableau depicting Apollo and the Muses by Constant Montald. The architectural style of the theatre's interior is neo-Renaissance and eclecticism. The theater company in Ghent was dissolved after WWII and not reestablished until 1965 with the founding of NTG (Nederlands Toneel Gent/ Dutch Theater Ghent). The former name (1871-1945) was Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg Gent (the Dutch Royal Theater... Mehr ...

Verfasser: G. Massiot & cie
Dokumenttyp: Image
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Schlagwörter: Theaters / Architecture
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.7274/24817239.v1

The square is now open, the statue has been removed.u000au000aBuilt at the end of the 19th century after a design by architect Edmond De Vigne. The large sgraffito-painted tympanum is an allegorical tableau depicting Apollo and the Muses by Constant Montald. The architectural style of the theatre's interior is neo-Renaissance and eclecticism. The theater company in Ghent was dissolved after WWII and not reestablished until 1965 with the founding of NTG (Nederlands Toneel Gent/ Dutch Theater Ghent). The former name (1871-1945) was Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg Gent (the Dutch Royal Theater, Ghent).