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1 online resource |
| Contents |
The Art of Light on Stage-Front Page; The Art of Light on Stage; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The context; The questions; Main themes and objectives; Motivation and goal; Notes; References; Chapter 1: Towering figures in the history of theatre lighting design; Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905); David Belasco (1853-1931); Adolphe Appia (1862-1928); Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966); Light and the Theatre of the Symbolists; Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956); Josef Svoboda (1920-2002); Conclusion; Notes; References |
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Chapter 2: Light Art: The rising autonomy of artificial lightLight in the visual arts; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 3: Theoretical framework; Semiotics; On the adaptation of semiotics to the framework of theatre studies; A critique of structuralist semiotics for theatre analysis; Phenomenology; On the phenomenology of embodiment; On the adaptation of phenomenology to the framework of theatre studies; Mediology; On art and the neuro-cognitive sciences; Light, colour response and neuroscience; Conclusion; Notes; References |
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Chapter 4: A new conceptual framework for the analysis of lightA few notes on practicality; What should we seek out through the aesthetic analysis?; What should we seek out through the semiotic and poetic analysis?; Six grounds of representation; Dramaturgy of light; Notes; References; Introduction to the performance analyses; Chapter 5: Madama Butterfly; Introduction; The light-image of Butterfly's first entrance; The dramaturgy of light in Madama Butterfly; Notes; References; Chapter 6: On the Concept of the Face, Regarding the Son of God; Introduction; Scenography and costumes |
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The course of action -- the opening scene"Let the Little Children Come to Me" (Matthew 19:14): first light-image; "Let the Little Children Come to Me" (Matthew 19:14): second light-image; The Resurrection of the Face: the closure scene; The dramaturgy of light in On the Concept of the Face, Regarding the Son of God; Notes; References; Chapter 7: Stifters Dinge (Stifter's Things); Introduction; Light-image: Waves of Light; The dramaturgy of light in Stifters Dinge; Notes; References; Chapter 8: Rechnitz (Der Würgeengel); Introduction; On the structure and characteristics of Rechnitz |
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The Shooting Scene: first light-imageThe Town Residents: second light-image; The dramaturgy of light in Rechnitz; Note; References; Chapter 9: Peer Gynt; Introduction; About the adaptation of the play; Young Solveig and Aase Seek Peer: first light-image; Peer Nurses Aase on her Deathbed: second light-image; The dramaturgy of light in Peer Gynt; Notes; References; Epilogue; Glossary; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Stage lighting.
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stage lighting.
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Stage lighting.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1315691302 |
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9781315691305 |
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