A History of Stage Lighting in the United States in the Nineteenth Century
Author | : McDonald Watkins Held |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 620 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : Stage lighting |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : McDonald Watkins Held |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 620 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : Stage lighting |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Lawrence Hamilton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 1941 |
Genre | : Stage lighting |
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Author | : Robert Ray Scales |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 588 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Stage lighting |
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Author | : Christopher Conway |
Publisher | : Vanderbilt University Press |
Total Pages | : 365 |
Release | : 2015-07-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0826503713 |
Nineteenth-Century Spanish America: A Cultural History provides a panoramic and accessible introduction to the era in which Latin America took its first steps into the Modern Age. Including colorful characters like circus clowns, prostitutes, bullfighters, street puppeteers, and bestselling authors, this book maps vivid and often surprising combinations of the new and the old, the high and the low, and the political and the cultural. Christopher Conway shows that beneath the diversity of the New World there was a deeper structure of shared patterns of cultural creation and meaning. Whether it be the ways that people of refinement from different countries used the same rules of etiquette, or how commoners shared their stories through the same types of songs, Conway creates a multidisciplinary framework for understanding the culture of an entire hemisphere. The book opens with key themes that will help students and scholars understand the century, such as the civilization and barbarism binary, urbanism, the divide between conservatives and liberals, and transculturation. In the chapters that follow, Conway weaves transnational trends together with brief case studies and compelling snapshots that help us understand the period. How much did books and photographs cost in the nineteenth century? What was the dominant style in painting? What kinds of ballroom dancing were popular? Richly illustrated with striking photographs and lithographs, this is a book that invites the reader to rediscover a past age that is not quite past, still resonating into the present.
Author | : Jeanne Halgren Kilde |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780195179729 |
In the 1880s, socio-economic and technological changes in the United States contributed to the rejection of Christian architectural traditions and the development of the radically new auditorium church. Jeanne Kilde links this shift in evangelical Protestant architecture to changes in worship style and religious mission.
Author | : Wolfgang Schivelbusch |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 1995-12-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520203549 |
Wolfgang Schivelbusch tells the story of the development of artificial light in the nineteenth century. Not simply a history of a technology, Disenchanted Night reveals the ways that the technology of artificial illumination helped forge modern consciousness. In his strikingly illustrated and lively narrative, Schivelbusch discusses a range of subjects including the political symbolism of streetlamps, the rise of nightlife and the shopwindow, and the importance of the salon in bourgeois culture.
Author | : Barry Witham |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 1996-02-23 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521308588 |
Describes the growth and development of theatre in the United States. Documents and commentary are arranged into chapters on business practice, acting, theatre buildings, drama, design, and audience behavior.
Author | : Marilyn Casto |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2021-12-14 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0813193591 |
Kentucky emerged as a prime site for theatrical activity in the early nineteenth century. Most towns, even quite small ones, constructed increasingly elaborate opera houses, which stood as objects of local pride and symbols of culture. These theaters often hosted amateur performances, providing a forum for talent and a focus for community social life. As theatrical attendance rose, performance halls began offering everything from drama to equestrian shows to burlesque. Today many architects believe that the design of a theater should not detract from the stage or screen. Marilyn Casto shows that nineteenth-century Kentucky audiences, however, not only expected elaborate decor but considered it a delightful part of the theatergoing experience. Embellished arches and painted and gilded walls and ceilings enhanced the theatricality of the performance while adding to the excitement of an evening out. In Actors, Audiences, and Historic Theaters of Kentucky, Casto investigates the social and architectural history of Kentucky theaters, paying special attention to the actors who performed in them and the audiences who saw it all. A captivating glimpse into a disappearing slice of American popular culture, her work examines what people considered entertaining, what they hoped to gain from theatergoing, and how they chose and experienced the theaters' architectural settings. In the social and physical design of these theaters, Casto explores nearly two centuries of the state's and nation's cultural history.