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Outline of proposed changes
The ceiling debate


 * 18th century: Palladio's design disappears, and with it, his plans for the ceiling.
 * In 1605, the painting on the ceiling was that of an open sky above the audience, and was compartmentalized above the stage.
 * Vicentine architects Count Enea Arnaldi and Count Ottone Maria Calderari presented proposals for the ceiling restoration in a meeting held by the academy in 1761. Neither or them gained enough votes from the members to sanction their proposal, and the conflict continued.
 * While Arnaldi noted its modern improvement on and deviation from antiquity, Calderari saw a close similarity to other ancient theaters.
 * The academy sought experts outside of Vicenza in 1761 to elucidate the problem, but only caused a bigger disparity as other Italian architects split their endorsements between Arnaldi and Calderari.

Sculptures


 * Original contract between Accademia Olimpica and Ruggero Bascapè and Domenico Fonseca.
 * In addition to Vicentine sculptor Agostino Rubini, Lombard sculptors Bascapè, Milanese, and Fonseca worked almost exclusively in the Teatro.
 * Statues of academy members above the balustrade (scaenae frons).