Stage and Picture in the English Renaissance : The Mirror up to Nature
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1107121434
ISBN-13
9781107121430
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 18th, 2017
Print length
280 Pages
Weight
756 grams
Dimensions
18.10 x 25.30 x 2.40 cms
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This book presents a new approach to the relationship between traditional pictorial arts and the theatre in Renaissance England. Demonstrating the vast range of visual culture in evidence in the period, John H. Astington shows its pervading influence in the composition, production and reception of Renaissance English drama.
This book presents a new approach to the relationship between traditional pictorial arts and the theatre in Renaissance England. Demonstrating the range of visual culture in evidence from the mid-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth century, from the grandeur of court murals to the cheap amusement of woodcut prints, John H. Astington shows how English drama drew heavily on this imagery to stimulate the imagination of the audience. He analyses the intersection of the theatrical and the visual through such topics as Shakespeare''s Roman plays and the contemporary interest in Roman architecture and sculpture; the central myth of Troy and its widely recognised iconography; scriptural drama and biblical illustration; and the emblem of the theatre itself. The book demonstrates how the art that surrounded Shakespeare and his contemporaries had a profound influence on the ways in which theatre was produced and received.
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