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Roofed Theaters of Classical Antiquity

Author : George C. Izenour
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300046855
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roofed Theaters of Classical Antiquity written by George C. Izenour and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to explore the roofed theater sites of classical antiquity. George Izenour, one of the most distinguished modern experts on theater design, engineering, and acoustics, examines the archeological remains of twenty-four Greek, Greco-Hellenistic, and Roman buildings. He provides detailed architectural drawings of their probable original appearance and discusses how these huge spaces were spanned and what the precise effects might have been on sound, lighting, and ventilation. Basing his discussion on the principles of classical architecture and on his observations and site photographs of ancient theater ruins, Izenour explores the structure and design of classical roofing systems, seating systems, sight lines to the stage, lighting, and acoustics. He also offers a succinct comparison of ancient and modern roofed theater design. In eight useful appendixes he addresses subjects that range from the remodeling of Greco-Hellenistic outdoor theaters to the drop-curtain-movable-painted-scenery controversy in the Roman theater.

Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily

Author : Kathryn G. Bosher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108493874
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily written by Kathryn G. Bosher and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the origins and development of ancient drama, especially comedy, on Sicily and its relationship to the political situation.

Ancient theaters of Anatolia

Author : R. R. R. Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780954807764
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Ancient theaters of Anatolia written by R. R. R. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Theater Design

Author : George C. Izenour
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300067755
Total Pages : 697 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theater Design written by George C. Izenour and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is a comprehensive reference to all aspects of theatre planning and construction and a history of theatre design from ancient times to the present. Drawing on examples from Greek and Roman models to Renaissance and baroque theatres to contemporary buildings around the world, it discusses such requirements as structural systems, seating, acoustics and visual volume in detail, considering the optimum conditions for both musical and dramatic performance. This edition includes, as an appendix, a new set of drawings, in addition to the original 900 illustrations.

Theater Technology

Author : George C. Izenour
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300067666
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theater Technology written by George C. Izenour and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George C. Izenour ties detailed information on construction, lighting, acoustical structures, electro-mechanical-hydraulic systems, and stage controls to a rich-history of technological developments from the invention of the proscenium stage in late Renaissance Italy to the contributions of our own time. All the drawings are produced on the same scale for plan, transverse section, and perspective section.

The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre

Author : Rune Frederiksen
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
ISBN 13 : 8771249966
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (712 download)

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Book Synopsis The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre by : Rune Frederiksen

Download or read book The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre written by Rune Frederiksen and published by Aarhus Universitetsforlag. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of papers following the conference The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre, held in Athens in January 2012. Fundamental publications on the topic have not been issued for many years. Bringing together the leading experts on theatre architecture, this conference aimed at introducing new facts and important comprehensive studies on Greek theatres to the public. The published volume is, first of all, a presentation of new excavation results and new analyses of individual monuments. Many well-known theatres such as the one of Dionysos in Athens, and others at Dodone, Corinth, and Sikyon have been re-examined since their original publication, with stunning results. New research, presented in this volume, includes moreover less well known, or even newly found, ancient Greek theatres in Albania, Asia Minor, Cyprus, and Sicily. Further studies on the history of research, on regional theatrical developments, terminology, and function, as well as a perspective on Roman theatres built in Greek traditions make this volume a comprehensive volume of new research for expert scholars as well as for students and the interested public.

Visualizing cityscapes of Classical antiquity: from early modern reconstruction drawings to digital 3D models

Author : Chiara Piccoli
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784918903
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book Visualizing cityscapes of Classical antiquity: from early modern reconstruction drawings to digital 3D models written by Chiara Piccoli and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study presented here aims to make a practical contribution to a new understanding and use of digital 3D reconstructions in archaeology, namely as ‘laboratories’ to test hypotheses and visualize, evaluate and discuss multiple interpretations.

The Context of Ancient Drama

Author : Eric Csapo
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472082759
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (827 download)

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Download or read book The Context of Ancient Drama written by Eric Csapo and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-use guide to the nature and stagecraft of ancient plays

Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical and Post-Biblical Antiquity

Author : Edwin M. Yamauchi
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1683073622
Total Pages : 1862 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical and Post-Biblical Antiquity by : Edwin M. Yamauchi

Download or read book Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical and Post-Biblical Antiquity written by Edwin M. Yamauchi and published by Hendrickson Publishers. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 1862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical & Post-Biblical Antiquity is a unique reference work that provides background cultural and technical information on the world of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament from 4000 BC to approximately AD 600. Also available as a 4-volume set (ISBN 9781619708617), this complete one-volume edition covers topics from A-Z. This dictionary casts light on the culture, technology, history, and politics of the periods of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Written and edited by a world-class historian and a highly respected biblical scholar, with contributions by many others, this unique reference work explains details of domestic life, technology, culture, laws, and religious practices, with extensive bibliographic material for further exploration. There are 115 articles ranging from 5-20 pages long. Scholars, pastors, and students (and their teachers) will find this to be a useful resource for biblical study, exegesis, and sermon preparation. This is not your standard Bible dictionary, but one that focuses on aspects of daily life in Bible times, addressing interesting and sometimes puzzling topics that are often overlooked in other encyclopedias. I highly recommend the Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical and Post-Biblical Antiquity and will be giving it shout-outs in my classes in the years to come. James K. Hoffmeier, Professor of Old Testament and Near Eastern Archaeology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School This wonderful resource is much more than a dictionary. It is a compendium of substantive essays on numerous facets of daily life in the ancient world. I am frequently asked by pastors and students for recommendations on books that illuminate the manners, customs, and cultural practices of the biblical world. Now I have the ideal set of books to recommend. Clinton E. Arnold, Dean and Professor of New Testament, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University

Ancient Rome

Author : John Coulston
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1782975020
Total Pages : 1127 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Rome written by John Coulston and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2000-12-01 with total page 1127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major new book on the archaeology of Rome. The chapters, by an impressive list of contributors, are written to be as up-to-date and useful as possible, detailing lots of new research. There are new maps for the topography and monuments of Rome, a huge research bibliography containing 1,700 titles and the volume is richly illustrated. Essential for all Roman scholars and students. Contents: Preface: a bird's eye view ( Peter Wiseman ); Introduction ( Jon Coulston and Hazel Dodge ); Early and Archaic Rome ( Christopher Smith ); The city of Rome in the Middle Republic ( Tim Cornell ); The moral museum: Augustus and the image of Rome ( Susan Walker ); Armed and belted men: the soldiery in Imperial Rome ( Jon Coulston ); The construction industry in Imperial Rome ( Janet Delaine and G Aldrete ); The feeding of Imperial Rome: the mechanics of the food supply system ( David Mattingly ); `Greater than the pyramids': the water supply of ancient Rome ( Hazel Dodge ); Entertaining Rome ( Kathleen Coleman ); Living and dying in the city of Rome: houses and tombs ( John Patterson ); Religions of Rome ( Simon Price ); Rome in the Late Empire ( Neil Christie ); Archaeology and innovation ( Hugh Petter ); Appendix: Sources for the study of ancient Rome ( Jon Coulston and Hazel Dodge ).

Performance and the Politics of Space

Author : Erika Fischer-Lichte
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113621027X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Performance and the Politics of Space written by Erika Fischer-Lichte and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its very beginnings, theatre has been both an art and a public space, shared by actors and spectators. As a result, its entity and history is intimately tied to politics: a politics of inclusion and exclusion, of distributions and placements, of spatial appropriation and utopian concepts. This collection examines what is at stake when a theatrical space is created and when a performance takes place; it asks under what circumstances the topology of theatre becomes political. The book approaches this issue from various angles, taking theatre as a cultural paradigm for political dimensions of space in its respective historical context. Visiting the political dimensions of theatrical space in both theatre history and contemporary performance, the volume responds to the so-called spatial turn in cultural and historical studies, and questions a politics of aesthetics that is discussed in continental philosophy. The book visits different levels and linkages between aesthetic theory and geography, art and sociology, architecture and political theory, and geometry and history, shedding new light on theatre, politics, and space, thereby transforming this historically intertwined triad into a transdisciplinary theme.

Roman Theatres

Author : Frank Sear
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191518271
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Roman Theatres written by Frank Sear and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2006-07-20 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a definitive architectural study of Roman theatre architecture. In nine chapters it brings together a massive amount of archaeological, literary,and epigraphic information under one cover. It also contains a full catalogue of all known Roman theatres, including a number of odea (concert halls) and bouleuteria (council chambers) which are relevant to the architectural discussion, about 1,000 entries in all. Inscriptional or literary evidence relating to each theatre is listed and there is an up-to-date bibliography for each building. Most importantly the book contains plans of over 500 theatres or buildings of theatrical type, as well as numerous text figures and nearly 200 figures and plates.

Space, Place, and Landscape in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture

Author : Kate Gilhuly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107042127
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Space, Place, and Landscape in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture written by Kate Gilhuly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together a collection of original essays that engage with cultural geography and landscape studies to produce new ways of understanding place, space, and landscape in Greek literature from the fifth and fourth centuries BCE. The authors draw on an eclectic collection of contemporary approaches to bring the study of ancient Greek literature into dialogue with the burgeoning discussion of spatial theory in the humanities. The essays in this volume treat a variety of textual spaces, from the intimate to the expansive: the bedroom, ritual space, the law courts, theatrical space, the poetics of the city, and the landscape of war. And yet, all of the contributions are united by an interest in recuperating some of the many ways in which the ancient Greeks in the archaic and classical periods invested places with meaning and in how the representation of place links texts to social practices.

Temples and Sanctuaries in the Roman East

Author : Arthur Segal
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1842178369
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book Temples and Sanctuaries in the Roman East written by Arthur Segal and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated volume presents a comprehensive architectural study of 87 individual temples and sanctuaries built in the Roman East between the end of the 1st century BCE and the end of the 3rd century CE, within a broad region encompassing the modern states of Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan. Religious architecture gave faithful expression to the complexity of the Roman East and to its multiplicity of traditions pertaining to ethnic and religious aspects as well as to the powerful influence of Imperial Rome. The source of this power lay in the uniformity of the architectural language, the inventory of forms, the choice of styles and the spatial layout of the buildings. Thus, while temples have an eclectic character, there is an underlying unity of form comprising the podium, the stairway between the terminating walls (antae) and the columns along the entrance front - in other words, the axiality, frontality and symmetry of the temple as viewed from outside. The temples and sanctuaries studied in this volume demonstrate individual nuances of plan, spatial design, location in the sanctuary and interrelations with the immediate vicinity but can be divided into two main categories: Vitruvian temples (derived from Hellenistic-Roman architecture) and Non-Vitruvian temples (those with plans and spatial designs that cannot be analysed according to architectural criteria such as those defined by Vitruvius). The individual descriptions presented focus solely upon the analysis of the external and internal space of the temples of all types and do not involve any cultural or ethnic discussion.

Lighting the Shakespearean Stage, 1567 - 1642

Author : Robert B. Graves
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809386690
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Lighting the Shakespearean Stage, 1567 - 1642 written by Robert B. Graves and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1999-12-08 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Lighting the Shakespearean Stage, 1567–1642,R. B. Graves examines the lighting of early modern English drama from both historical and aesthetic perspectives. He traces the contrasting traditions of sunlit amphitheaters and candlelit hall playhouses, describes the different lighting techniques, and estimates the effect of these techniques both indoors and outdoors. Graves discusses the importance of stage lighting in determining the dramatic effect, even in cases where the manipulation of light was not under the direct control of the theater artists. He devotes a chapter to the early modern lighting equipment available to English Renaissance actors and surveys theatrical lighting before the construction of permanent playhouses in London. Elizabethan stage lighting, he argues, drew on both classical and medieval precedents.

Performance in Greek and Roman Theatre

Author : George William Mallory Harrison
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004244573
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Performance in Greek and Roman Theatre written by George William Mallory Harrison and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series has existed for the past 50 years. It provides a forum for the publication of well over 300 scholarly works on all aspects of the ancient world, including inscriptions, papyri, language, the history of material culture and mentality, the history of peoples and institutions, but also latterly the classical tradition, for example, neo-latin literature and the history of Classical scholarship.

Site and Sound

Author : Victoria Newhouse
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1580932819
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Site and Sound written by Victoria Newhouse and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victoria Newhouse, noted author and architectural historian, addresses the aesthetics and acoustics in concert halls and opera houses of the past, present, and future in this stunning companion to the highly regarded Towards a New Museum. Site and Sound explores the daunting, perennial question: Does the music serve the space, or the other way around? Heavily illustrated throughout—with historic images, spectular color photographs, detailed drawings—this volume is an informed and enjoyable presentation of a building type that is at the heart of cities small and large. Newhouse starts with a survey of venues from ancient Greek and Roman times and progresses to contemporary works around the world. She singles out Lincoln Center in particular for its long history and its transitions and remodelings over the years. Two major chapters cover the present: one focuses on recent work in the West, including the National Opera House of Norway in Oslo by Snøhetta (2008), the Casa da Música in Porto, Portugal, by Rem Koolhaas (2005), and many more; the second examines the boom in concert halls in China. A final chapter looks at projects that are currently planned and the future of an architecture for music.