Stage And Picture In The English Renaissance

Author : John Astington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Art and literature
ISBN : 1108622941

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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 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"--

Author : John Astington
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781107121430

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Stage and Picture in the English Renaissance by John Astington Pdf

This book demonstrates the pervading influence of visual art in the composition, production and reception of Renaissance English drama.

Author : John H. Astington
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781108652896

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Stage and Picture in the English Renaissance by John H. Astington Pdf

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.

Author : Viviana Comensoli,Anne Russell
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : English drama
ISBN : 0252067304

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Enacting Gender on the English Renaissance Stage by Viviana Comensoli,Anne Russell Pdf

Collection of essays which engages debates over gender in the English Renaissance theater--Cover.

Author : Paola Pugliatti,Alessandro Serpieri
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Drama
ISBN : 3039110799

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English Renaissance Scenes by Paola Pugliatti,Alessandro Serpieri Pdf

This book throws new light on the complexity and variety of practices which may be defined as 'theatrical' in a broad sense in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English drama. The volume deals first with the mainstream of dramatic production, starting from the anti-theatrical debate which characterized the whole period and increased in intensity as it went on. Here Shakespeare and Ben Jonson come on stage with their rejoinders to this issue. At the same time, while the universities were offering a kind of theatre workshop importing Latin and Italian models, popular performances were being staged in non-theatrical spaces. Tournaments, and their aristocratic codes, are explored as well as more popular and 'marginal' spectacles - such as those of conny-catching improvisers, jugglers, gypsy dancers and fortune-tellers, clowns and prophetesses.

Author : C W R D Moseley
Publisher : Humanities-Ebooks
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781847601834

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English Renaissance Drama: A Very Short Introduction to Theatre and Theatres in Shakespeare's Time by C W R D Moseley Pdf

Introduces the conclusions of recent scholarship and research into theatrical conditions, conventions and concepts in the time of Shakespeare. The book begins with a discussion of the origins of early modern English drama and of the theatres that were built for it. Attitudes to theatre and to players, and what audiences expected of both, are explored in the contexts of the constraints of the acting space and the political culture. The book then looks at the structure and dynamics of the theatrical companies before concluding with a discussion of the genres of plays and the expectations of them that people (including writers) held. Appendices list brief details of the major dramatists of the time, and summarise the main historical and dramatic events.

Author : Camilla Caporicci,Armelle Sabatier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000734836

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The Art of Picturing in Early Modern English Literature by Camilla Caporicci,Armelle Sabatier Pdf

Written by an international group of highly regarded scholars and rooted in the field of intermedial approaches to literary studies, this volume explores the complex aesthetic process of "picturing" in early modern English literature. The essays in this volume offer a comprehensive and varied picture of the relationship between visual and verbal in the early modern period, while also contributing to the understanding of the literary context in which Shakespeare wrote. Using different methodological approaches and taking into account a great variety of texts, including Elizabethan sonnet sequences, metaphysical poetry, famous as well as anonymous plays, and court masques, the book opens new perspectives on the literary modes of "picturing" and on the relationship between this creative act and the tense artistic, religious and political background of early modern Europe. The first section explores different modes of looking at works of art and their relation with technological innovations and religious controversies, while the chapters in the second part highlight the multifaceted connections between European visual arts and English literary production. The third section explores the functions performed by portraits on the page and the stage, delving into the complex question of the relationship between visual and verbal representation. Finally, the chapters in the fourth section re-appraise early modern reflections on the relationship between word and image and on their respective power in light of early-seventeenth-century visual culture, with particular reference to the masque genre.

Author : Mary Beth Rose
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781501723247

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The Expense of Spirit by Mary Beth Rose Pdf

A public and highly popular literary form, English Renaissance drama affords a uniquely valuable index of the process of cultural transformation. The Expense of Spirit integrates feminist and historicist critical approaches to explore the dynamics of cultural conflict and change during a crucial period in the formation of modern sexual values. Comparing Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatic representations of love and sexuality with those in contemporary moral tracts and religious writings on women, love, and marriage, Mary Beth Rose argues that such literature not only interpreted sexual sensibilities but also contributed to creating and transforming them.

Author : A. J. Hoenselaars
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0838634311

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Images of Englishmen and Foreigners in the Drama of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries by A. J. Hoenselaars Pdf

The connection between Renaissance ideas about the character of individual nations and the presentation of stage characters of various nationalities in the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries is examined in this volume.

Author : Rebecca Weld Bushnell
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501745577

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Tragedies of Tyrants by Rebecca Weld Bushnell Pdf

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Author : Henry S. Turner,Professor of English Henry S Turner
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199287383

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The English Renaissance Stage by Henry S. Turner,Professor of English Henry S Turner Pdf

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Author : Michael Hattaway
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780470998724

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A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture by Michael Hattaway Pdf

This is a one volume, up-to-date collection of more than fifty wide-ranging essays which will inspire and guide students of the Renaissance and provide course leaders with a substantial and helpful frame of reference. Provides new perspectives on established texts. Orientates the new student, while providing advanced students with current and new directions. Pioneered by leading scholars. Occupies a unique niche in Renaissance studies. Illustrated with 12 single-page black and white prints.

Author : Steven Mullaney
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0472083465

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The Place of the Stage by Steven Mullaney Pdf

Probes English society in the age of Shakespeare

Author : Lily B. Campbell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107620841

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Scenes and Machines on the English Stage During the Renaissance by Lily B. Campbell Pdf

This 1923 book studies the development of English staging during the Renaissance, and its relationship with the classical revival of stage decoration in Italy. The text attempts to show how from the beginning of the classical revival of drama in Italy, staging was regarded as an accepted part of dramatic production.

Author : Henry S. Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:704588353

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The English renaissance stage by Henry S. Turner Pdf