The Scenographic Imagination, Third Edition

by Darwin Reid Payne

Book Overview

In this enlarged and thoroughly revised third edition of his widely used text, Darwin Reid Payne explores the principles and philosophies that shape the visual elements of theatre.

Payne sets out to discover who scenographers are and to define their responsibilities. He sees scenographers as not merely craftspersons but artists with "a special vision that spans all the arts." Such artists are in a position to "extend and amplify underlying...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809318504
• ISBN13: 9780809318506
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.5" x 10.5"