Stage Designers in Early Twentieth-Century America [electronic resource] : Artists, Activists, Cultural Critics /
Essin, E.author.
By casting designers as authors, cultural critics, activists, entrepreneurs, and global cartographers, Essin tells a story about scenic images on the page, stage, and beyond that helped American audiences see the everyday landscapes and exotic destinations from a modern perspective.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Design as Cultural History; Design Genealogies; American Modern Design and Designers; Scenographic Culture; 1. The Designer as Author; Scenographic Authorship; Theatre Arts Magazine; The Divine Comedy; Continental Stagecraft; The Stage Is Set; Aline Bernstein's Authorship; 2. The Designer as Cultural Critic; Scenographic Criticism; Commerce and the Modern City: Belasco and Jones; Social Crisis and the Modern Slum: Bel Geddes and Bay; Containment and the Modern Suburb: Gorelik and Mielziner
3. The Designer as ActivistScenographic Activism; Jones and the Paterson Strike Pageant; Bernstein, the Neighborhood Playhouse, and the USAA; Bay and the Federal Theatre Project; 4. The Designer as Entrepreneur; Scenographic Entrepreneurship; Urban, the Ziegfeld Stage, and Domestic Modernity; Bel Geddes, Streamlined Efficiency, and Spectacular Modernity; 5. The Designer as Global Cartographer; Scenographic Cartography; Bel Geddes's Cartography of the Pacific Theatre; Mielziner's Cartography of Asian Tourism; Aronson's Cartography of Eastern Europe
Roads Less Traveled and Some Concluding RemarksNotes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
By casting designers as authors, cultural critics, activists, entrepreneurs, and global cartographers, Essin tells a story about scenic images on the page, stage, and beyond that helped American audiences see the everyday landscapes and exotic destinations from a modern perspective.
Theater—History.
America—History.
Civilization—History.
Performing arts.
United States—History.
History, Modern.
Theatre History.
History of the Americas.
Cultural History.
Performing Arts.
US History.
Modern History.