{"product_id":"visual-experiences-in-cinquecento-theatrical-spaces-9781487503888","title":"Visual Experiences in Cinquecento Theatrical","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough an interdisciplinary examination of sixteenth-century theatre, \u003ci\u003eVisual Experiences in Cinquecento Theatrical Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e studies the performative aspects of the early modern stage, paying special attention to the overlooked complexities of audience experience. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamining the period’s philosophical and aesthetic ideas about space, place, and setting, the book shows how artists consciously moved away from traditional representations of real spaces on stage, instead providing their audiences with more imaginative and collaborative engagements that were untethered by strict definitions of naturalism. In this way, the book breaks with traditional interpretations of early modern staging techniques, arguing that the goal of artists in this period was not to cater to a single privileged viewer through the creation of a naturalistically unified stage but instead to offer up a complex multimedia experience that would captivate a diverse assembly of theatre-goers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Berzal de Dios offers excellent comparative discussions on the illustrations that work well to demonstrate the book’s overall thesis – when it comes to the stage, spectators engage with a play of asemblances and recognizable buildings, not a mimetic ideal. Berzal de Dios’s emphasis on disunity in scenography reminds us that a city that appears on stage is not always a representation of the truth. Urban spaces condensed on the stage might imply an idealized locale, but we need to be looking at the stage with a different point of view. Berzal de Dios’s study reminds us that built environments on the Cinquecento stage were ephemeral, made for plural audiences, and meant to celebrate irregular viewpoints.\" -- Kyna Hamill, Boston University * \u003cem\u003eRenaissance Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, Summer 2020 *\u003cbr\u003e\"Javier Berzal de Dios’s excellent Visual Experiences in Cinquecento Theatrical Spaces persuasively rebuts received narratives regarding Italian Renaissance theatre architecture and design, offering a more complex, nuanced picture that includes the heterogeneous, sometimes messy experiences of actual spectators.\" -- Robert Henke * Theatre Journal, Vol. 73 No. 1 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations Introduction: Striking the Stage   1. Magic and Mimesis: La Calandria and the Idea of Rome 2. The Artificial City on Stage 3. Palladio, Scamozzi, and the Built Theatre as Enclosure 4. The Medici Theatres, Political Aspirations, and Cognitive Autonomy    Notes Index","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50051537207639,"sku":"9781487503888","price":41.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487503888.jpg?v=1740362874","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/visual-experiences-in-cinquecento-theatrical-spaces-9781487503888","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}