Format:
Book
Author:
Read, Gray, author.
Title:
Modern architecture in theater : the experiments of Art et action / Gray Read, Associate Professor of Architecture, Florida International University, USA.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan A Division of St. Martin's Press LLC, 2014.
Description:
x, 139 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Summary:
"If the city is the theatre of urban life, how does architecture act in its many performances? This interdisciplinary book reconstructs the spatial experiments of Art et Action, a theatre troupe active in 1920s Paris, that defined five distinct types of modern performance, types which mirror social institutions and events. The analysis focuses on Art et Action's designs for theatre buildings to show how the performance spaces interacted with actors and spectators according to their respective type, thus commenting on the characteristic events of urban life. For scholars of theatre, the study demonstrates the interdependence of spatial design and drama at a crucial moment in the history of contemporary performance. For architects, the work offers a model in theatre for how architecture might act in the daily drama of urban life, supporting current efforts to make our cities more vital and thus more sustainable."--Publisher's website.
Series:
Palgrave pivot
Palgrave pivot.
Subjects:
Art et action (Theater company)
Theater architecture -- France -- 20th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-135) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Architecture as a Performing Art -- Hearing the Voices of the Universe: Choral Theatre -- The Festival of Seeing Others and Being Seen: Theatre of Space -- Artistic Display and Commentary: Theatre of the Book -- The Spectator and Mass Media: Chamber Theatre -- Civic Debate: University Theatre -- Conclusion: The Performance of a Town
LCCN:
2013388268
ISBN:
9781137368676 (hbk.)
1137368675 (hbk.)
* 9781137368690 (ePub ebook)
* 9781137368683 (PDF ebook)
Other Number:
866836528
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
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1
Control Number:
1087082
Call Number:
725.822 R282
Course Reserves:
0
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