The theater of electricity : technology and spectacle in the late 19th century / / Ulf Otto

• Autore: Otto Ulf <1931->
• Pubblicazione: Berlin, Germany : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023]; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 pages)
• Disciplina: 605
• Soggetto topico: Stage management; Theater - History - 19th century
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Appearance of Electricity -- Theatricality and Electricity -- Electrification of the Theater -- 1: Incandescence -- 1.1 Installations: Technical Apparatus and Aesthetic Continuities (Frankfurt 1891) -- 1.2 Legitimations: Interests of Directors, Industry and Monarchy (Munich 1883) -- 1.3 Sensualities: The Meaning of Light Colors and Chandeliers (Paris 1881) -- 1.4 Purifications: Oxygen Consumption and Nervous Disorders (London 1881) -- 1.5 Combustions: Catastrophe Simulations and Safety Measures (Vienna 1881) -- 2: Oxidation -- 2.1 Gas Burners: Lamps and Street Lighting (1817/1818) -- 2.2 Reflectors: Chemical Reactions and Enlightened Light (1781-1784) -- 2.3 Foot Ramps: Natural Figures and Unnatural Light Sources (1757) -- 2.4 Showcases: Optical Techniques and Artistic Light Changes (1760-1822) -- 2.5 Pyrotechnics: Color Plays and Fatigue Phenomena -- 3: Regulators -- 3.1 Expectations of Salvation: Festivals of Incandescence (Wagner) -- 3.2 Power Transmission: Vertical Integration and Avant-Garde (Appia) -- 3.3 Parallel Circuits: Dividing the Light and Controlling the Current -- 3.4 Switching Operations: Button Pressing and Weather Lighting (Benjamin) -- 4: Fabrication -- 4.1 Engineering Knowledge: Stage Engineering and Industrial Operations -- 4.2 Transport Systems: Patent Stages and Image Changes -- 4.3 Projection Surfaces: Cloud Apparatuses and Broadening Horizons (Fortuny) -- 4.4 Soul Vibrations: Stage Walls and Cloud Apparatuses -- 4.5 Atmospheric Arts: Rotation and Elfin Forest (Reinhardt) -- 5: Attractions -- 5.1 Rollercoasters: Power Transmission and Amusement Parks (Frankfurt 1891) -- 5.2 Water Forces: Fountains and Rays of Light (Frankfurt 1891) -- 5.3 Arts and Crafts: Upholstery and Total Works of Art (Munich 1882 and Frankfurt 1891). ; 5.4 Festivals of Light: Enlightenment and Orientalism (London 1851-Paris 1900) -- 5.5 Dynamos: Epiphany and Energy (Paris 1900) -- 6: Industrial Ballets -- 6.1 Newspaper Reports: Poetry and Technology -- 6.2 Twilight of the Gods: Electrical Engineering and the Process of Civilization -- 6.3 Dances of Progress: Culture Industry and Colonialism -- 6.4 Luminous Jewels: Féerie and Industry -- 6.5 Luminoclasts: Machismo and Avant-Garde -- 7: Luminous Bodies -- 7.1 Allegories: Trademarks and Women's Bodies -- 7.2 Dispositives: Bodies on Display and Unidirectional Glances -- 7.3 Specialties: Attraction and Scandal -- 7.4 Salomania: Exoticism and Projection -- 7.5 Maenads: Classical Philology and Psychoanalysis -- 8: Projection Arts -- 8.1 Serpentines: Belly Dances and Light Shows -- 8.2 Textiles: Fabric Webs and Whitewashing -- 8.3 Motors: Patented Art and Extensions of the Body -- 8.4 Effects: Spotlights and Ghostly Apparitions -- 8.5 Cinema: Serpentines and Images of Movement -- 9: Conclusion: Aesthetics of Electricity -- 9.1 Industrial Culture -- 9.2 Alienation Effects (Brecht).
• Titolo autorizzato: The theater of electricity
• ISBN: 3-476-05961-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910734831903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II