Modern Architecture in Theatre: The Experiments of Art et Action [electronic resource] /
Read, Gray.author.
If the city is the theatre of urban life, how does architecture act in its many performances? This book reconstructs the spatial experiments of Art et Action, a theatre troupe active in 1920s Paris, and how their designs for theater buildings show how the performance spaces interacted with actors and spectators according to their type.
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""Cover""; ""Half Title ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Architecture as a Performing Art                                                     ""; ""1 Hearing the Voices of the Universe: Choral Theatre                                                           ""; ""2 The Festival of Seeing Others and Being Seen: Theatre of Space                                                                       ""
""3 Artistic Display and Commentary: Theatre of the Book                                                             """"4 The Spectator and Mass Media: Chamber Theatre                                                      ""; ""5 Civic Debate: University Theatre                                         ""; ""Conclusion: The Performance of a Town                                            ""; ""Bibliography                   ""; ""Index            ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
If the city is the theatre of urban life, how does architecture act in its many performances? This book reconstructs the spatial experiments of Art et Action, a theatre troupe active in 1920s Paris, and how their designs for theater buildings show how the performance spaces interacted with actors and spectators according to their type.
Theater.
Architecture.
Performing arts.
Arts.
Theater-History.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Architecture, general.
Performing Arts.
Arts.
Theatre History.