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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Eugene J. Johnson (Williams College, Massachusetts)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 18.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 26.20cm Weight: 1.030kg ISBN: 9781108421744ISBN 10: 1108421741 Pages: 346 Publication Date: 17 May 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Ferrara and Mantua, 1486–1519; 2. Rome 1480s–1520; 3. Early theaters in Venice and the Veneto; 4. Sixteenth-century Florence, with excursions to Venice, Lyon and Siena; 5. Early permanent theaters and the commedia dell'arte; 6. Theaters in the ancient manner and Andrea Palladio; 7. Drama-Tourney theaters; 8. Ferrara, Parma, and theaters of Giovanni Battista Aleotti; 9. Seventeenth-century theaters in Venice: the invention of the opera house; 10. Seventeenth-century theaters for comedy and opera; 11. Teatro di Tordinona in Rome, Queen Christina of Sweden, and Carlo Fontana.Reviews'... sprinkled with photographs and illustrations of Italian theatres as well as architectural plans and digital reconstruction of stage interiors. The content is technical throughout, but there's just enough colour to hold the general reader's interest.' BBC Music Magazine 'Beautifully presented ... an important addition to the bibliography on the topic ...' Brian Robins, Opera 'This is clearly the definitive study of Renaissance and early Baroque theaters and should be on the reading lists not only of scholars and students in the fields of theater and architecture but also those of musicologists and historians concerned with the role of culture in early modern Italy.' Jonathan Glixon, Renaissance Quarterly 'The book is clearly written and profusely illustrated (nearly two hundred images in black-and-white and color). This is clearly the definitive study of Renaissance and early Baroque theaters and should be on the reading lists not only of scholars and students in the fields of theater and architecture but also those of musicologists and historians concerned with the role of culture in early modern Italy.' Jonathan Glixon, Renaissance Quarterly '... sprinkled with photographs and illustrations of Italian theatres as well as architectural plans and digital reconstruction of stage interiors. The content is technical throughout, but there's just enough colour to hold the general reader's interest.' BBC Music Magazine 'Beautifully presented ... an important addition to the bibliography on the topic ...' Brian Robins, Opera 'This is clearly the definitive study of Renaissance and early Baroque theaters and should be on the reading lists not only of scholars and students in the fields of theater and architecture but also those of musicologists and historians concerned with the role of culture in early modern Italy.' Jonathan Glixon, Renaissance Quarterly 'The book is clearly written and profusely illustrated (nearly two hundred images in black-and-white and color). This is clearly the definitive study of Renaissance and early Baroque theaters and should be on the reading lists not only of scholars and students in the fields of theater and architecture but also those of musicologists and historians concerned with the role of culture in early modern Italy.' Jonathan Glixon, Renaissance Quarterly '... sprinkled with photographs and illustrations of Italian theatres as well as architectural plans and digital reconstruction of stage interiors. The content is technical throughout, but there's just enough colour to hold the general reader's interest.' BBC Music Magazine 'Beautifully presented ... an important addition to the bibliography on the topic ...' Brian Robins, Opera 'This is clearly the definitive study of Renaissance and early Baroque theaters and should be on the reading lists not only of scholars and students in the fields of theater and architecture but also those of musicologists and historians concerned with the role of culture in early modern Italy.' Jonathan Glixon, Renaissance Quarterly 'The book is clearly written and profusely illustrated (nearly two hundred images in black-and-white and color). This is clearly the definitive study of Renaissance and early Baroque theaters and should be on the reading lists not only of scholars and students in the fields of theater and architecture but also those of musicologists and historians concerned with the role of culture in early modern Italy.' Jonathan Glixon, Renaissance Quarterly '... sprinkled with photographs and illustrations of Italian theatres as well as architectural plans and digital reconstruction of stage interiors. The content is technical throughout, but there's just enough colour to hold the general reader's interest.' BBC Music Magazine '... sprinkled with photographs and illustrations of Italian theatres as well as architectural plans and digital reconstruction of stage interiors. The content is technical throughout, but there's just enough colour to hold the general reader's interest.' BBC Music Magazine Author InformationEugene J. Johnson is Amos Lawrence Professor of Art History at Williams College, Massachusetts. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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