Theatre and Performance Design A Reader in Scenography

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Synopsis

Theatre and Performance Design: A Reader in Scenography is an essential resource for those interested in the visual composition of performance and related scenographic practices.
Theatre and performance studies, cultural theory, fine art, philosophy and the social sciences are brought together in one volume to examine the principle forces that inform understanding of theatre and performance design.
The volume is organised thematically in five sections:



looking, the experience of seeing
space and place
the designer: the scenographic
bodies in space
making meaning


This major collection of key writings provides a much needed critical and contextual framework for the analysis of theatre and performance design. By locating this study within the broader field of scenography – the term increasingly used to describe a more integrated reading of performance – this unique anthology recognises the role played by all the elements of production in the creation of meaning.
Contributors include Josef Svoboda, Richard Foreman, Roland Barthes, Oscar Schlemmer, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Richard Schechner, Jonathan Crary, Elizabeth Wilson, Henri Lefebvre, Adolph Appia and Herbert Blau.

Book details

Author:
Jane Collins, Andrew Nisbet
ISBN:
9781136344527
Related ISBNs:
9780203124291, 9780415432092, 9780415432092, 9780415432108, 9780415432108
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2018-07-29
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2010
Copyright by:
Jane Collins and Andrew Nisbet 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Art and Architecture, Drama, Plays and Theater, Entertainment, Nonfiction