• ISBN13: 9781487503888
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publisher Imprint: University of Toronto Press
• Publication Date: January 22, 2019
• Pages: 216
• Original Price: USD 74.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 454 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): General

Through an interdisciplinary examination of sixteenth-century theatre, Visual Experiences in Cinquecento Theatrical Spaces studies the performative aspects of the early modern stage, paying special attention to the overlooked complexities of audience experience.

Examining 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.

Berzal de Dios, Jimena: - Jimena Berzal de Dios is Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Western Washington University.