Talk:Ivan Vazov National Theatre

National ?

National theatre is incorrect. Naroden translates as People's. I'm moving it. - Tourbillon ^A ? 07:49, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Please check what the predominant usage is before making such moves, and wait at least a few days so people can actually respond to your comments. Compare English ghits for Ivan Vazov National Theatre to those for Ivan Vazov People's Theatre. 5,750 vs 805. The best reference is the official website and the guys over there have it as "National Theatre" all the way. "People's" makes it sound as if it's some communist-era crap name, like People's Republic of Bulgaria, while the name is actually older and does not convey the meaning of "people's" as anything different from "national". Todor→Bozhinov 08:47, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

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Picture of the day

The Ivan Vazov National Theatre, located in the centre of Sofia, is the national theatre of Bulgaria. It is named after the "patriarch of Bulgarian literature", Ivan Vazov. The neoclassical structure was designed by Viennese architects Hermann Helmer and Ferdinand Fellner. Since its opening on 3 January 1907, it has undergone reconstruction several times, the latest in 2006.Photo: Plamen Agov

"Neoclassical" or Neo-Baroque"

When is a "classicising" building, that is to say, one that employs a "classical" vocabulary with debts to Rome, not "Neoclassical", as the article has it, but "neo-Baroque?

• When its silhouette is dynamic and full of incident rather than unified and in repose.
• When its elements of massing are sculptural, "blocky" and three-dimensional, rather than flat ("planar").
• When its components penetrate one another, as the corner towers here penetrate the cornice, so that the outer bays of the front also read as the bases of the towers.
• When light-and-shade, projection and recession, are important effects.
• When clasps or sculpture connect window surrounds with entablatures so that no windows are isolated in the wall surface.

A close look at the the sculptured overdoors of the triple main entrances under the portico will convince the viewer that this building is baroque even in its details.--Wetman (talk) 01:21, 3 January 2013 (UTC)