Stage and Picture in the English Renaissance The Mirror Up to Nature

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

Info autore

John H. Astington is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. His many publications centre on the theatre of the Renaissance and its cultural contexts, and his books include English Court Theatre 1558–1642 (Cambridge, 1999) and Actors and Acting in Shakespeare's Time (Cambridge, 2010).

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John H. Astington, John Astington, Astington John H., John H. (University of Toronto) Astington
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.05.2017
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica
• EAN: 9781107121430
• ISBN: 978-1-107-12143-0
• Numero di pagine: 280
• Categorie: LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, ART / History / General, ART / European, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, History of Art, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Literary studies: general, Renaissance art, Renaissance style, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights