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The art of light on stage : lighting in contemporary theatre / Yaron Abulafia.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2015Description: 255 pISBN:
  • 9781138913653
  • 9781138913684
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792.02/5 23
Contents:
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) -- 2. Light Art: the rising autonomy of artificial light. Light in the visual arts -- 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 -- 4. A new conceptual framework for the analysis of light -- 5. Madama Butterfly. Introduction -- The light-image of Butterfly's first entrance -- The dramaturgy of light in Madama Butterfly -- 6. On the Concept of the Face, Regarding the Son of God. Introduction -- Scenography and costumes -- 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 -- 7. Stifters Dinge (Stifter's Things). Introduction -- Light-image: Waves of Light -- The dramaturgy of light in Stifters Dinge -- 8. Rechnitz (Der Würgeengel). Introduction -- On the structure and characteristics of Rechnitz -- The Shooting Scene: first light-image -- The Town Residents: second light-image -- The dramaturgy of light in Rechnitz -- 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 -- Epilogue.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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) -- 2. Light Art: the rising autonomy of artificial light. Light in the visual arts -- 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 -- 4. A new conceptual framework for the analysis of light -- 5. Madama Butterfly. Introduction -- The light-image of Butterfly's first entrance -- The dramaturgy of light in Madama Butterfly -- 6. On the Concept of the Face, Regarding the Son of God. Introduction -- Scenography and costumes -- 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 -- 7. Stifters Dinge (Stifter's Things). Introduction -- Light-image: Waves of Light -- The dramaturgy of light in Stifters Dinge -- 8. Rechnitz (Der Würgeengel). Introduction -- On the structure and characteristics of Rechnitz -- The Shooting Scene: first light-image -- The Town Residents: second light-image -- The dramaturgy of light in Rechnitz -- 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 -- Epilogue.