Modern architecture in theater : the experiments of Art et action /
If the city is the theatre of urban life, how does architecture act in its many performances? This interdisciplinary book reconstructs the spatial experiments of Art et Action, a theatre troupe active in 1920s Paris, that defined five distinct types of modern performance, types which mirror social i...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Palgrave pivot.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Architecture as a Performing Art
- Hearing the Voices of the Universe: Choral Theatre
- The Festival of Seeing Others and Being Seen: Theatre of Space
- Artistic Display and Commentary: Theatre of the Book
- The Spectator and Mass Media: Chamber Theatre
- Civic Debate: University Theatre
- Conclusion: The Performance of a Town