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Arnold Aronson - Looking Into the Abyss: Essays on Scenography (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance) - 9780472098880 - V9780472098880
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Looking Into the Abyss: Essays on Scenography (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance)

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Description for Looking Into the Abyss: Essays on Scenography (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance) Hardcover. Series: Theatre: theory, text, performance. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20photos. BIC Classification: ANH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.

Theater is, first and foremost, a visual art; Looking Into the Abyss examines the ways in which the visual theater affects our understanding of the dramatic event. Arnold Aronson, an internationally prominent historian and theorist of theater set design, opens with an overview of scenographic concepts, including postmodern design and the use of new media in the theater, and continues with analyses of the work of specific designers (including Richard Foreman and David Rockwell) and scenographic responses to playwrights like Chekhov and Tony Kushner. These essays serve to open a dialogue that will bring the physical aspect of theater back ... Read more

Arnold Aronson is Professor of Theater, Columbia University. He is author of American Avant-Garde Theatre: A History; Architect of Dreams: The Theatrical Vision of Joseph Urban; American Set Design; and The History and Theory of Environmental Scenography.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
Theatre: theory, text, performance
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472098880
SKU
V9780472098880
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About Arnold Aronson
Arnold Aronson is Professor of Theater, Columbia University. He is author of American Avant-Garde Theatre: A History; Architect of Dreams: The Theatrical Vision of Joseph Urban; American Set Design; and The History and Theory of Environmental Scenography.

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