Costume in Greek Classic Drama

Costume in Greek Classic Drama
Author: Iris Brooke
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2012-08-09
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 0486147827

This work describes how performers were dressed in plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and explains how the actors' performances influenced the cut of their costumes. 53 black-and-white illustrations.

Costume in Greek Tragedy

Costume in Greek Tragedy
Author: Rosie Wyles
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-10-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780715639450

The core of the book focuses on tragic costume in its original performance context of fifth-century Athens, but the implications of subsequent uses in Roman and more recent performances are also taken into consideration.Most importantly, the reader is invited to think about how tragic costume worked as a language in ancient performance and was manipulated physically and verbally in order to create meaning. Elements of this language are shown through a series of test cases from a range of ancient tragedies. All ancient passages are given in translation and the book includes a glossary of terms.

Ancient Greek Costume

Ancient Greek Costume
Author: Linda Jones Roccos
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2006-09-28
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0786427744

Costume production distinguishes early civilization from the Paleolithic era as much as architectural production. Costume transcends boundaries, as it first unites and then divides mankind. The mode of dress differentiates friend from foe and peasant from prince. Changes in the appearance and types of garments through the ages are a significant indicator of social, economic and chronological changes. This annotated bibliography of 603 references, taken from monographs, dissertations, festschrifts, periodicals, encyclopedias and handbooks, is the most comprehensive research tool for the subject of ancient Greek costume. This subject is of increasing interest to scholars in many fields, including archaeology and anthropology, art and art history, classics, drama, history, ancient literature, even modern literature. The references in this bibliography range from the encyclopedia entry to the monograph, and show a variety of themes: women's dress, men's dress, foreign dress, accessories, jewelry, headdresses, theater dress, textile production and literary evidence.

The Art of Ancient Greek Theater

The Art of Ancient Greek Theater
Author: Mary Louise Hart
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2010
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1606060376

An explanation of Greek theater as seen through its many depictions in classical art

Public and Performance in the Greek Theatre

Public and Performance in the Greek Theatre
Author: Peter D. Arnott
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2002-09-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134924038

Peter Arnott discusses Greek drama not as an antiquarian study but as a living art form. He removes the plays from the library and places them firmly in the theatre that gave them being. Invoking the practical realities of stagecraft, he illuminates the literary patterns of the plays, the performance disciplines, and the audience responses. Each component of the productions - audience, chorus, actors, costume, speech - is examined in the context of its own society and of theatre practice in general, with examples from other cultures. Professor Arnott places great emphasis on the practical staging of Greek plays, and how the buildings themselves imposed particular constraints on actors and writers alike. Above all, he sets out to make practical sense of the construction of Greek plays, and their organic relationship to their original setting.

Greek Theatre Performance

Greek Theatre Performance
Author: David Wiles
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2000-05-25
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780521648578

Specially written for students and enthusiasts, David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre and cultural life.

Images of the Greek Theatre

Images of the Greek Theatre
Author: Richard Green
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1995
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Exploring themes of ancient life and culture. Format is accessile to general readers - students emphasis on archaeological evidence.