Fifty Key Theatre Designers looks at the history of theatrical scenography by examining the work and contributions of fifty ground-breaking set, costume, lighting, and projection designers since the Renaissance.
Developments of scenic design are traced from the introduction of perspective painting to create illusionistic scenery in Renaissance Italy to the use of digital projection in the twenty-first century. The book also discusses important landmarks in the evolution of costume and lighting design, as well as the introduction of film and video technology to stage design. A broad range of work is explored, including opera, dance, Broadway and West End commercial theatre, avant-garde performance, and even Olympic spectacles. Each chapter features one designer, including basic biographical information and a discussion of that artist's style, aesthetics, and contributions. Designers covered include Sebastiano Serlio, Ferdinando Bibiena, Richard Wagner, Adolphe Appia, and Edward Gordon Craig, amongst many other notable individuals. Each chapter also includes references to other significant designers with similar aesthetics or who made similarly important contributions to the development of that aspect of scenography.
This book is ideal for undergraduates and graduates of scenography, theatrical design, and theatre history.
| ISBN: | 9780367229993 |
| Publication date: | 21st November 2023 |
| Author: | Arnold Aronson |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 330 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Key Guides |
| Genres: |
Theatre: technical and background skills Performing arts: costume / props |
Fifty Key Theatre Designers looks at the history of theatrical scenography by examining the work and contributions of fifty ground-breaking set, costume, lighting, and projection designers since the Renaissance.
Developments of scenic design are traced from the introduction of perspective painting to create illusionistic scenery in Renaissance Italy to the use of digital projection in the twenty-first century. The book also discusses important landmarks in the evolution of costume and lighting design, as well as the introduction of film and video technology to stage design. A broad range of work is explored, including opera, dance, Broadway and West End commercial theatre, avant-garde performance, and even Olympic spectacles. Each chapter features one designer, including basic biographical information and a discussion of that artist's style, aesthetics, and contributions. Designers covered include Sebastiano Serlio, Ferdinando Bibiena, Richard Wagner, Adolphe Appia, and Edward Gordon Craig, amongst many other notable individuals. Each chapter also includes references to other significant designers with similar aesthetics or who made similarly important contributions to the development of that aspect of scenography.
This book is ideal for undergraduates and graduates of scenography, theatrical design, and theatre history.
Fifty Key Theatre Designers features in the following genres: Theatre studies, Social and cultural history, Performance art, General and world history, European history, History of the Americas, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, History and Archaeology
Fifty Key Theatre Designers is available in Hardback, Paperback
Fifty Key Theatre Designers was written by Arnold Aronson and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Fifty Key Theatre Designers has 330 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Key Guides series
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