Stage decoration / by Sheldon Cheney ; two hundred fifty-six illustrations.

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Cheney, Sheldon, 1886-1980.

Title & Author:

Stage decoration / by Sheldon Cheney ; two hundred fifty-six illustrations.

Publication:

New York : The John Day Company, 1928.

Description:

xxii, 138 pages, 7 leaves : frontispiece, illustrations, 127 plates ; 24 cm

Notes:
Letterpress descriptive of each plate on verso of preceding plate.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Part I. Stage decoration. Definition and theory ; The historical background ; Naturalism ; The tasteful realistic setting ; Stylization ; Progress in mechanics and lighting ; Visions of a different theatre : Craig and Appia ; The reach toward abstract means ; The record by nations ; Squaring the new staging with expressionism ; The modern stage ; The architectural stage ; The space stage ; Constructivism -- Part II. A pictorial record of stage forms and decoration from the beginnings to 1900 -- Part III. One hundred examples of modern stage decoration.
Also issued online.

Subject:

Theaters Stage-setting and scenery.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 117802
Call No.: 3471 GF1676; ID:85-B19708
Status: Available

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