Making the scene : a history of stage design and technology in Europe and the United States /
Brockett, Oscar G. 1923-2010.
Making the scene : a history of stage design and technology in Europe and the United States / Oscar G. Brockett, Margaret Mitchell, Linda Hardberger. - San Antonio, Tex. : Tobin Theatre Arts Fund, 2010. - xi, 365 p. : ill. ( chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-352) and index.
Preface -- Scenic design in ancient Greek and Roman theatres -- Medieval scenic design -- The Italian Renaissance -- Design in France and the Holy Roman Empire from 1640 to the early eighteenth century -- The influence of Scena per Angolo on eighteenth-century design -- Neoclassicism and romanticism: a rivalry of opposites -- Realism and naturalism -- Modernism -- American new stagecraft, Russian constructivism, epic theatre, and the Bauhaus -- Post/World War II and the late twentieth century -- Epilogue: looking toward the twenty-first century.
9780292722736
2009033452
Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery--History.--Europe
Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery--History.--United States
PN2091.S8 / B6755 2010
792.02/5094
Making the scene : a history of stage design and technology in Europe and the United States / Oscar G. Brockett, Margaret Mitchell, Linda Hardberger. - San Antonio, Tex. : Tobin Theatre Arts Fund, 2010. - xi, 365 p. : ill. ( chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-352) and index.
Preface -- Scenic design in ancient Greek and Roman theatres -- Medieval scenic design -- The Italian Renaissance -- Design in France and the Holy Roman Empire from 1640 to the early eighteenth century -- The influence of Scena per Angolo on eighteenth-century design -- Neoclassicism and romanticism: a rivalry of opposites -- Realism and naturalism -- Modernism -- American new stagecraft, Russian constructivism, epic theatre, and the Bauhaus -- Post/World War II and the late twentieth century -- Epilogue: looking toward the twenty-first century.
9780292722736
2009033452
Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery--History.--Europe
Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery--History.--United States
PN2091.S8 / B6755 2010
792.02/5094