Landscape and the Arts in Early Modern Italy : Theatre, Gardens and Visual Culture.
Grant, Katrina.
Landscape and the Arts in Early Modern Italy : Theatre, Gardens and Visual Culture. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (294 pages) - Visual and Material Culture, 1300-1700 Series . - Visual and Material Culture, 1300-1700 Series .
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Theatricality, a View from the Landscape -- 2. Gardens of the Gods: Classical Revival, Intermedi, Early Opera and the Idea of Nature -- 3. The (Singing) Figure in the Landscape -- 4. Triumph over Nature: Machines and Meraviglia on the Seventeenth-century Stage -- 5. The Theatre in the Landscape: Pliny to Pratolino -- 6. The Garden as Stage, the Visitor as Performer -- 7. Stages without Actors: Theatres of Sculpture, Water and Flowers -- 8. Performing in the Parrhasian Grove: Green Theatres and the Academies -- Bibliography -- Index.
No detailed description available for "Landscape and the Arts in Early Modern Italy".
9789048551125
Landscape painting.
Opera.
Landscapes.
Theater-Italy-History-17th century.
Electronic books.
Landscape and the Arts in Early Modern Italy : Theatre, Gardens and Visual Culture. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (294 pages) - Visual and Material Culture, 1300-1700 Series . - Visual and Material Culture, 1300-1700 Series .
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Theatricality, a View from the Landscape -- 2. Gardens of the Gods: Classical Revival, Intermedi, Early Opera and the Idea of Nature -- 3. The (Singing) Figure in the Landscape -- 4. Triumph over Nature: Machines and Meraviglia on the Seventeenth-century Stage -- 5. The Theatre in the Landscape: Pliny to Pratolino -- 6. The Garden as Stage, the Visitor as Performer -- 7. Stages without Actors: Theatres of Sculpture, Water and Flowers -- 8. Performing in the Parrhasian Grove: Green Theatres and the Academies -- Bibliography -- Index.
No detailed description available for "Landscape and the Arts in Early Modern Italy".
9789048551125
Landscape painting.
Opera.
Landscapes.
Theater-Italy-History-17th century.
Electronic books.