Pictorial illusionism [[electronic resource] ] : the theatre of Steele MacKaye / / J.A. Sokalski
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| Autore: |
Sokalski J. A (Joseph Anton), <1962->
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| Titolo: |
Pictorial illusionism [[electronic resource] ] : the theatre of Steele MacKaye / / J.A. Sokalski
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| Pubblicazione: | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | xvi, 315 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports |
| Disciplina: | 792.092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Dramatists, American - 19th century |
| Inventors - United States | |
| Theater - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Theaters - Stage-setting and scenery - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Theatrical managers - United States | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-308) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front Matter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Artistic Foundations -- The Madison Square Theatre -- Innovations and Inventions at the Madison Square Theatre -- The Management of the Madison Square Theatre -- Civil War Cycloramic Oratory and The Drama of Civilization -- The Spectatorium and The Great Discovery -- Perfecting Pictorial Illusionism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Drawing together a wealth of primary sources, J.A. Sokalski examines the aims, inventions, and methods of the pictorial style that defined MacKaye's art. Sokalski shows how MacKaye's famous Madison Square Theatre, which featured a double stage reminiscent of an elevator, created whirling pictorial illusions for fashionable New York. He argues that MacKaye's infamous failure, the colossal Spectatorium theatre for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, was the most complete realization of this illusionary aesthetic. Sokalski also explores MacKaye's influence on Buffalo Bill Cody and how civil war cycloramas expanded his concept of pictorial space. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Pictorial illusionism |
| ISBN: | 0-7735-7808-0 |
| 1-282-85024-5 | |
| 9786612850240 | |
| 0-7735-6029-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826969503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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