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Stage design
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1. Concept

Stage design includes “scenic painting and theatrical architecture” (pittura scenica e l’architettura teatrale), or “scenography” (scenografia) in the definition proposed by Antonio Caimi in 1862. In German, the artistic design and construction that creates the venue for the action in the theater has since the 20th century been called the Bühnenbild (stage image)…

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Ball-Krückmann, Babette, “Stage design”, in: Encyclopedia of Early Modern History Online, Editors of the English edition: Graeme Dunphy, Andrew Gow. Original German Edition: Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit. Im Auftrag des Kulturwissenschaftlichen Instituts (Essen) und in Verbindung mit den Fachherausgebern herausgegeben von Friedrich Jaeger. Copyright © J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2005–2012. Consulted online on 01 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2352-0272_emho_COM_017869>
First published online: 2015
First print edition: 20180208



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