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Oscar G. Brockett - Making the Scene: A History of Stage Design and Technology in Europe and the United States - 9780292722736 - V9780292722736
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Making the Scene: A History of Stage Design and Technology in Europe and the United States

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Description for Making the Scene: A History of Stage Design and Technology in Europe and the United States Hardback. Theatrical scene design is one of the most beautiful, varied, and lively art forms. This work offers a survey of the evolving context, theory, and practice of scene design from ancient Greek times. It focuses on Greece, Rome, Medieval Europe, the Italian Renaissance, eighteenth-century Europe, Classicism to Romanticism, and Realism and Naturalism. Editor(s): Hardberger, Linda. Num Pages: 416 pages, 300 colour and 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ANH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 311 x 261 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2778.
Theatrical scene design is one of the most beautiful, varied, and lively art forms. Yet there are relatively few books on the subject, and almost none for a general audience that combine expansive scholarship with lavish design. Making the Scene offers an unprecedented survey of the evolving context, theory, and practice of scene design from ancient Greek times to the present, coauthored by the world's best-known authority on the subject and enhanced by three hundred full-color illustrations. Individual chapters of the book focus on Greece, Rome, Medieval Europe (including liturgical drama, street pageants, festival outdoor ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
2768g
Number of Pages
377
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292722736
SKU
V9780292722736
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Oscar G. Brockett
OSCAR BROCKETT is the author of History of the Theatre, which has been the standard work in its field for three decades, as well as World Drama, Perspectives on Contemporary Theatre, A Century of Innovation, and The Essential Theatre. He lives in Austin, Texas. MARGARET MITCHELL is Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of the Incarnate Word in San ... Read more

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