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Baroque, Venice, Theatre, Philosophy
Will Daddario
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Description for Baroque, Venice, Theatre, Philosophy
Hardback. Series: Performance Philosophy. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; AN; HBJD; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book theorizes the baroque as neither a time period nor an artistic style but as a collection of bodily practices developed from clashes between governmental discipline and artistic excess, moving between the dramaturgy of Jesuit spiritual exercises, the political theatre-making of Angelo Beolco (aka Ruzzante), and the civic governance of the Venetian Republic at a time of great tumult. The manuscript assembles plays seldom read or viewed by English-speaking audiences, archival materials from three Venetian archives, and several secondary sources on baroque, Renaissance, and early modern epistemology in order to forward and argument for understanding the baroque as a ... Read more
This book theorizes the baroque as neither a time period nor an artistic style but as a collection of bodily practices developed from clashes between governmental discipline and artistic excess, moving between the dramaturgy of Jesuit spiritual exercises, the political theatre-making of Angelo Beolco (aka Ruzzante), and the civic governance of the Venetian Republic at a time of great tumult. The manuscript assembles plays seldom read or viewed by English-speaking audiences, archival materials from three Venetian archives, and several secondary sources on baroque, Renaissance, and early modern epistemology in order to forward and argument for understanding the baroque as a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Performance Philosophy
Number of Pages
261
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319495224
SKU
V9783319495224
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Ref
99-15
About Will Daddario
Will Daddario is Co-Editor with Karoline Gritzner of Adorno and Performance (2014) and with Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca of Manifesto Now! Instructions for Performance, Philosophy, Politics (2013). He is the Chair of the Performance and Philosophy Working Group within Performance Studies international and a founding member of the international network Performance Philosophy.
Reviews for Baroque, Venice, Theatre, Philosophy
“Baroque, Venice, Theatre, Philosophy is a clearly written, closely argued, and carefully drawn study of the Italian baroque in historical (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries), architectural, and metaphorical space and time.” (Spencer Golub,Theatre Journal, Vol. 71 (4), December, 2019) “A worthy addition to the Jesuit theater bookshelf.” (Kevin J. Wetmore, Journal of Jesuit Studies, Vol. 5, 2018)