Theatrical scene design is one of the most beautiful, varied,
and lively art forms. Yet there are relatively few books on the
subject, and almost none for a general audience that combine
expansive scholarship with lavish design. Making the Scene offers
an unprecedented survey of the evolving context, theory, and
practice of scene design from ancient Greek times to the present,
coauthored by the world's best-known authority on the subject and
enhanced by three hundred full-color illustrations.
Individual chapters of the book focus on Greece, Rome, Medieval
Europe (including liturgical drama, street pageants, festival
outdoor drama, Spanish religious drama, and royal entries), the
Italian Renaissance, eighteenth-century Europe, Classicism to
Romanticism, Realism and Naturalism, Modernism, and contemporary
scene design. Making the Scene's authors review everything from the
effects of social status on theatre design to the sea changes
between Classicism, Romanticism, and Naturalism and the influence
of perspective-based thought. Particularly intriguing is their
rediscovery of lost tricks and techniques, from the classical deus
ex machina and special effects in coliseums to medieval roving
stage wagons and the floating ships of the Renaissance to the
computerized practices of today's theatres. Such ingenious
techniques, interwoven with the sweeping beauty of scene design
through the ages, combine with the keen scholarship of Oscar
Brockett and Margaret Mitchell to create a book as involving as the
art it showcases.
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