Scenography and Art History

Performance Design and Visual Culture

Astrid Von Rosen, Viveka Kjellmer (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2023
Bloomsbury Visual Arts (Verlag)
978-1-350-20448-5 (ISBN)

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Scenography and Art History reimagines scenography as a critical concept for art history, and is the first book to demonstrate the importance and usefulness of this concept for art historians and scholars in related fields. It provides a vital evaluation of the contemporary importance of scenography as a critical tool for art historians and scholars from related branches of study addressing phenomena such as witchy designs, Early Modern festival books, live rock performances, digital fashion photography, and outdoor dance interventions. With its nuanced and detailed case studies, this book is an innovative contribution to ongoing debates within art history and visual studies concerning multisensory events. It extends the existing literature by demonstrating the importance of a reimagined scenography concept for comprehending historical and contemporary art histories and visual cultures more broadly.

The book contends that scenography is no longer restricted to the traditional space of the theatre, but has become an important concept for approaching art historical and contemporary objects and events. It explores scenography not solely as a critical approach and theoretical concept, but also as an important practice linked with unrecognized labour and broader political, social and gendered issues in a great variety of contexts, such as festive culture, sacred settings, fashion, film, or performing arts. Designed as a key resource for students, teachers and researchers in art history, visual studies, and related subjects, the book, through its cross-disciplinary frame, does consider, implicitly and explicitly, the roles of both scenography and art in society.

Astrid von Rosen is Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Studies at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Viveka Kjellmer is Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Studies at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Two forewords
Acknowledgements

1. Introduction: Re-imagining Scenography in Relation to Art History, Astrid von Rosen (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and Viveka Kjellmer (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

2. Black Goats and Broomsticks: Feminism and the Figure of the Witch in Leonor Fini’s Designs for Le Sabbat, Rachael Grew (Loughborough University, UK)

3. Scenographing the Dance Archive – Keep Crawling!, Astrid von Rosen (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

4. Michael Chapman’s Rauschenberg: Mis-en-scène and Scenography in Taxi Driver, Gillian McIver (The University for the Creative Arts, UK)

5. A Dynamic Bipolarity: The Royal Holloway Chapel Project, Scenography and Art History, Greer Crawley (Buckinghamshire New University/Royal Holloway University of London, UK) and Harriet O’Neill (British School at Rome, Italy)

6. Killed by Drones: Embodying Live Performance Scenography, Olga Nikolaeva (Independent scholar, Sweden)

7. Evocations of the ‘sonore et voilé’: The Scenographic World of Der Ring in the Art of Henri Fantin-Latour, Corrinne Chong (Peel District School Board/Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada)

8. Visual Couture: Costume Agency in the Advertising Campaign Opera Papier, Viveka Kjellmer (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

9. ‘Re-Dressing The Part:’ The Scenographic Strategies of Ellen Terry (1847-1928), Veronica Isaac (University of Brighton/New York University London, UK)

10. Scenographing Festival Books: Towards a Multisensory Archive, Carmen González-Román (University of Málaga, Spain)

11. Scenographic Events: Interfacing with Digital Fashion Stories, Christine Sjöberg (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

12. Beyond Change: Archaeology of a Spook Play, Tamas Szalczer (Designer, USA) and Eszter Szalczer (University at Albany, State University of New York, USA)

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Erscheinungsdatum	28.04.2023
Zusatzinfo	30 colour & 30 bw illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-350-20448-X / 135020448X
ISBN-13	978-1-350-20448-5 / 9781350204485
Zustand	Neuware