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Renaissance Fun explores the technology of Renaissance entertainments in stage machinery and theatrical special effects; in gardens and fountains; and in the automata and self-playing musical instruments that were installed in garden grottoes.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Steadman, Philip, 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : UCL Press, 2021.
Subjects:
1500-1699
Stage machinery > Europe > History > 16th century.
Stage machinery > Europe > History > 17th century.
Theaters > Europe > Special effects > History > 16th century.
Theaters > Europe > Special effects > History > 17th century.
Theaters > Europe > Sound effects > History > 16th century.
Theaters > Europe > Sound effects > History > 17th century.
Renaissance.
Machines de théâtre > Europe > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Machines de théâtre > Europe > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Théâtres > Europe > Effets spéciaux > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Théâtres > Europe > Effets spéciaux > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Théâtres > Europe > Effets sonores > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Théâtres > Europe > Effets sonores > Histoire > 17e siècle.
ART > History > Renaissance.
Renaissance
Stage machinery
Theaters > Sound effects
Theaters > Special effects
Europe
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The machine in the theatre. Changing the scenes
  • Intermezzo: Moving pictures
  • A theatre of machines
  • Intermezzo: Artificial weather
  • The automata of Hero of Alexandria
  • The machine in the garden. Artificial creatures
  • Intermezzo: Talking heads
  • Water in the air
  • Intermezzo: Surprise soakings
  • Artificial music
  • A garden and an opera. The 'garden of marvels' at Pratolino
  • Mercury and Mars in Parma, 1628
  • Reprise: Hero as unlikely hero.

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