Making the scene : a history of stage design and technology in Europe and the United States /

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Main Author: Brockett, Oscar G. (Oscar Gross), 1923-2010
Other Authors: Mitchell, Margaret, 1964-, Hardberger, Linda
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Antonio, Tex. : Tobin Theatre Arts Fund, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.