Ross Anderson: The Appian Way, Gebunden
The Appian Way
- Adolphe Appia and the Scenography of Modern Architecture
(soweit verfügbar beim Lieferanten)
- Verlag:
- Park Books, 05/2025
- Einband:
- Gebunden
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9783038604051
- Artikelnummer:
- 12144395
- Umfang:
- 424 Seiten
- Sonstiges:
- 271 farbige und 73 s/w-Abbildungen
- Gewicht:
- 1852 g
- Maße:
- 285 x 230 mm
- Stärke:
- 52 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 22.5.2025
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
Adolphe Appia (1862-1928) is a prominent figure in the history of modern theater, best known for his writings on the mise-en-scène and stage design for the operas of Richard Wagner. Far less is known about the Swiss scenographer's importance in twentieth-century architecture and aesthetics. The Appian Wayis the definitive account of Appia's significance in this field. It is centered on his remarkable drawings that are at once austere and atmospheric: framing a series of scenes capturing stairs, landings, platforms, and terraces, all staged before a distant horizon under a luminous sky, the drawings are generally monochrome, but the subtle hues of the paper imbue each with a distinctive, ambient undertone. Appia himself might be thought about in the same way; he was distant yet also enigmatically present in the ensuing drama of modern architecture and stage design.
Comprised of four main chapters and a coda, this engaging and accessible book is structured as a dramatic story that traces the contours of Appia's life-his personal circumstances, convictions, aesthetic preferences, desires, and motivations-all aimed at constructing a comprehensive portrayal of his life and his work, within the horizons of his time. Appia's drawings are reproduced here in full color, accompanied by a vast range of archival material, much of which has never been published before.
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