Modern Architecture in Theatre: The Experiments of Art et Action
If the city is the theatre of urban life, how does architecture act in its many performances? This book reconstructs the spatial experiments of Art et Action, a theatre troupe active in 1920s Paris, and how their designs for theater buildings show how the performance spaces interacted with actors and spectators according to their type.
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Modern Architecture in Theatre: The Experiments of Art et Action
If the city is the theatre of urban life, how does architecture act in its many performances? This book reconstructs the spatial experiments of Art et Action, a theatre troupe active in 1920s Paris, and how their designs for theater buildings show how the performance spaces interacted with actors and spectators according to their type.
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Modern Architecture in Theatre: The Experiments of Art et Action

Modern Architecture in Theatre: The Experiments of Art et Action

by A. Read
Modern Architecture in Theatre: The Experiments of Art et Action

Modern Architecture in Theatre: The Experiments of Art et Action

by A. Read

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Overview

If the city is the theatre of urban life, how does architecture act in its many performances? This book reconstructs the spatial experiments of Art et Action, a theatre troupe active in 1920s Paris, and how their designs for theater buildings show how the performance spaces interacted with actors and spectators according to their type.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781137368683
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 11/21/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 139
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Gray Read is Associate Professor of Architecture at Florida International University, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Architecture as a Performing Art 1. Choral Theatre: Hearing the Voices of the Universe 2. Theatre of Space: The Festival of Seeing Others and Being Seen 3. Theatre of the Book: Artistic Display and Commentary 4. Chamber Theatre: The Spectator and Mass Media 5. University Theatre: Civic Debate Conclusion: The Performance of a Town
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