From Art to Theatre: Form and Convention in the Renaissance

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1947 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. Third Printing. 4to. ix, 255 pp, acknowledgments, list of 62 b&w illustrations, Introduction: The Problem of the Renaissance Theatre; PART I. THE ROOTS OF THEATRE FROM AND CONVENTION: PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND THE TABLEAUX VIVANTS: I. The Beginnings of the Scenic Background: Primitive Ceremonial, The Greek Theatre, and Medieval Art; II. Show-Picture and Show-Architecture: The Tableaux Vivants. PART II. THE THEATRES OF ARCHITECTURAL SYMBOL: THE TERENCE ACADEMY FACADE; THE FLEMISH, ELIZABETHAN, AND SPANISH POPULAR THEATRES: III. The First Stage Facade: The Rederyker Stage in the Netherlands; IV. The Second Stage Facade: The Elizabethan Stage; V. Arcade Facade and Curtain Facade: The Curtain Stages of Germany and Spain; The Schools; the Jesuit Stage; and the Teatro Olimpico. PART III. THE THEATRES OF PICTORIAL ILLUSION: THE ITALIAN PERSPECTIVE SCENE; COMPROMISE IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND; THE BAROQUE SETTING OF WING AND BACKDROP, OF PROSCENIUM AND PAINTED PICTURE: VI. The Italian Perspective Scene; VII. Framing the Perspective Scene: The Inner Stage, The Proscenium, and the Front Curtain; VIII. Compromises in France and England: The Baroque Scene. Conclusion: The Pictorial Heritage of the Theatre; bibliography, index. Third Impression, 1947. Price clipped. Three 3/4" chips to rear fore-edge corners dj and top edge spine with small chips and closed tears to some edges. Lightly bumped top fore-edge corner with inked name ffep and a small inked chech mark in margin acknowledgments page v. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine..