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The Renaissance stage : the idea and image of antiquity / written and presented by Dr. Richard Beacham ; produced and directed by Ian Thompson.
LIBRA DVD PN2171 .R46 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Ancient theatre & its legacy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery.
- Theaters.
- Theater--History--16th century.
- Theater.
- History.
- European drama--Renaissance, 1450-1600.
- European drama.
- European drama--Renaissance.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2003]
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- This program traces the earliest Renaissance attempts to stage classical drama through the application of medieval concepts of production; follows the deductions made from Vitruvius' De Architectura and the impetus provided by the appearance of dramas in Italian; the building of the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza and the theatres in Ferrara and Parma; shows the varying uses of perspective in scene painting and the development of moveable scenery; and explains how the proscenium arch and the picture frame theatre were born.
- Notes:
- Originally issued as a videorecording in 1989; first FFH distribution date 1990.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 55620914
- Publisher Number:
- FFH 2332 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
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