The Theater Machine II
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Publisher : Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 40,29 MB
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the theatre mechine III
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Publisher : Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 48,91 MB
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Renaissance Fun
Author : Philip Steadman
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 18,67 MB
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 1787359158
Book Description
Renaissance Fun is about the technology of Renaissance entertainments in stage machinery and theatrical special effects; in gardens and fountains; and in the automata and self-playing musical instruments that were installed in garden grottoes. How did the machines behind these shows work? How exactly were chariots filled with singers let down onto the stage? How were flaming dragons made to fly across the sky? How were seas created on stage? How did mechanical birds imitate real birdsong? What was ‘artificial music’, three centuries before Edison and the phonograph? How could pipe organs be driven and made to play themselves by waterpower alone? And who were the architects, engineers, and craftsmen who created these wonders? All these questions are answered. At the end of the book we visit the lost ‘garden of marvels’ at Pratolino with its many grottoes, automata and water jokes; and we attend the performance of Mercury and Mars in Parma in 1628, with its spectacular stage effects and its music by Claudio Monteverdi – one of the places where opera was born. Renaissance Fun is offered as an entertainment in itself. But behind the show is a more serious scholarly argument, centred on the enormous influence of two ancient writers on these subjects, Vitruvius and Hero. Vitruvius’s Ten Books on Architecture were widely studied by Renaissance theatre designers. Hero of Alexandria wrote the Pneumatics, a collection of designs for surprising and entertaining devices that were the models for sixteenth and seventeenth century automata. A second book by Hero On Automata-Making – much less well known, then and now – describes two miniature theatres that presented plays without human intervention. One of these, it is argued, provided the model for the type of proscenium theatre introduced from the mid-sixteenth century, the generic design which is still built today. As the influence of Vitruvius waned, the influence of Hero grew.
The American Architect [and] the Architectural Review
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Page : 676 pages
File Size : 41,46 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Architecture
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On the Uses of the Fantastic in Modern Theatre
Author : I. Eynat-Confino
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 13,74 MB
Release : 2008-11-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0230616968
Book Description
The book reveals how the fantastic is used in modern theatre as a manipulative device to encode the unspeakable and control audience response, challenging conventional readings of all authors who use the fantastic.
Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials
Author : Vincent Terrace
Publisher : VNR AG
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 38,43 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780918432711
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"The Stage's Glory"
Author : Berta Joncus
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 723 pages
File Size : 39,52 MB
Release : 2011-05-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1644531259
Book Description
John Rich (1692-1761) was a profoundly influential figure of the eighteenth-century London stage. As producer, manager, and performer, he transformed the urban entertainment market, creating genres and promotional methods still with us today. This volume gives the first comprehensive overview of Rich’s multifaceted career, appreciation of which has suffered from his performing identity as Lun, London’s most celebrated Harlequin. Far from the lightweight buffoon that this stereotype has suggested, Rich—the first producer of The Beggar’s Opera, the founder of Covent Garden, the dauntless backer of Handel, and the promoter of the principal dancers from the Parisian opera—is revealed as an agent of changes much more enduring than those of his younger contemporary, David Garrick. Contributions by leading scholars from a range of disciplines—theatre, dance, music, art, and cultural history—provide detailed analyses of Rich’s productions and representations. These findings complement Robert D. Hume’s lead article, a study that radically alters our perception of Rich. Published by University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
NTA UGC NET/JRF/SET Teaching & Research Aptitude Paper 1 2021
Author : Farah Sultan
Publisher : Arihant Publications India limited
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 21,79 MB
Release : 2021-02-14
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ISBN : 932529088X
Book Description
1. The whole syllabus of General Paper -1 is divided into 10 Sections 2. Every topic is well explained. 3. Every Chapter of each unit consists of Previous Years’ Solved Paper 4. More than 3000 MCQs are designed exactly on the lines of paper. 5. Previous Years’ Solved Papers [2020-2019] are provided to give hints and base for preparation. 6. 5 Practice Sets are given for the self -assessment to track the level preparedness. Every year, approx. 10 lakh candidates register for NTA UGC exam to become a lecturer or researcher in various fields. If you are keen to pursue a career in the lectureship, then appearing in NTA UGC NET Exam will be the best decision. The newly updated and well revised ‘NTA UGC NET/SET/JRF Teaching and Research Aptitude Paper 1’ has been designed under the guidance of many subject experts, following the content according to the latest syllabus & pattern of the exam. Dividing the entire syllabus under 10 Units, discussing and elaborating each chapter in easy understanding language supported with Examples, Flowcharts, Figures, Diagrams, etc. Other than theory, it has ample number of questions with; more than 3000 Chapterwise/Unitwise MCQs for complete practice, Chapter/Unitwise Previous Years’ Papers (2014-2019), 5 Practice Sets are given with Online Practice and 2020-2019 Solved Papers are provided with detailed explanations. This book for General English Paper 1 gives a complete account of Teaching and Research Aptitude to score maximum in this compulsory paper. TOC Solved Paper December 2020 [shift- I], Solved Paper December 2020 [Shift –II], Solved Paper June 2018, Solved Paper December 2019, Solved Paper July 2018, Unit 1 Teaching Aptitude, Unit 2 Research Aptitude, Unit 3 Comprehension, Unit 4 Communication, Unit 5 Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude, Unit 6 Logical Reasoning, Unit 7 Data Interpretation, Unit 8 Information and Communication Technology, Unit 9 People, Development and Environment, Unit 10 Higher Education System, Practice Sets (1-5).
Engineering
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Page : 700 pages
File Size : 31,10 MB
Release : 1883
Category : Engineering
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A Popular History of American Invention
Author : Waldemar Kaempffert
Publisher :
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 11,63 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Inventions
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