UID:
almafu_9960112816502883
Umfang:
1 online resource (176 p.)
ISBN:
9783839461129
Serie:
Theater ; 146
Inhalt:
The history of theatre has often been written as a history of great writers, actors, or directors. This book takes a different approach: the contributors examine the history of performance from the perspective of theatre spaces and stage technologies. Art, literature, religion, law, urbanism, architecture, technology - this interdisciplinary book discusses how these fields relate to theatre and performance. Geographically, it covers a significant portion of the globe; chronologically, it ranges from ancient times to the present. This book provides a timely attempt to combine cultural and global history.
Anmerkung:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Performance Spaces in Ancient Chinese Cities: Street Theatres of the 9th Century Capital Chang’an --
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The Semi-Circular Theatre in Seleucid and Arsacid Babylon --
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The Perspectival Stage in Sebastiano Serlio’s Second Book of Architecture (1545) and its German Reception in the Context of Wohlstand --
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Central Perspective in Catholic Churches and on Stage in Europe between the 15th and 17th Centuries --
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Notable Spectacles in the Late 19th-Century Kabuki Stage --
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Berlin and its Theatres between 1870 and 1890 --
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The Theatres in Modern Shanghai: From the Perspective of Cultural History --
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Discussions on Theatre Spaces and Theatre Materials by the Leningrad School --
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Projection Technology and the Theatre Stage: Light, Space, Body Politics --
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Cultural Techniques of Play: A Global Perspective --
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Contributors
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In English.
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1515/9783839461129
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839461129
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783839461129
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839461129?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783839461129