Art and Design: Design for Performance Books
This guide brings together key Library resources to help you find information relating to Fine Art and Art and Design.
Books on Design for Performance
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Books are organised on the shelves by subject.
The different subjects are all represented by a numerical code we call a shelf mark. This is a 3 digit number followed by some decimal numbers.
The more decimal numbers after the main 3 digit number, the more specific the subject area.
All books and plays are shelved in numerical order according to these shelf marks.
See the guide below for browsing books by subject and recently added books:
Shelf Guide
Technical Theatre
- Costume 792.026
- Health and safety in entertainment Settings 363.147
- Settings (incl. lighting/props/scenery) 792.025
- Stage management 792.02
- Stage presentations 792
- Stage productions 792.9
Culture & Background
- Cultural studies 306
- Literature in other languages 890
- Theatre 792
- Theatre History 792.09
- Tragedy and serious drama 792.1
Applied Theatre
- Applied Theatre 792.022
- Community Theatre 792.0222
About shelfmarks
BCU Library organises books and other items by topic using the Dewey Decimal Classification System (DDCS). Books are assigned a subject number which tells you where the book is located on the shelves.
BCU Library organises books and other items by topic using the Dewey Decimal Classification System (DDCS). Books are assigned a subject number which tells you where the book is located on the shelves.
Recently Added Books
Towards Good Lighting for the Stage by
Towards Good Lighting for the Stage: Aesthetic Theory for Theatrical Lighting Design explores the theoretical underpinnings of effective lighting design from conceptualization to live performance. Through an investigation of the author's own aesthetic point of view--grounded in a broad investigation of art and design that blends pop culture and fine art, theory, and practice--this book documents the author's thinking on the design process to fill the unexplored gap between an aesthetic philosophy and its expression in composition. Redefinitions of the artist, artwork, and spectator link beauty and artistic efficacy to arrive at a set of principles for assessment that demand that contemporary lighting design surpass utilitarian visibility to become a vital part of the total artwork that is a theatrical production. Inspired by the movements of the broader art and design worlds of the mid-19th century through present day--citing influences as diverse as Jennifer Tipton, Lois Tyson, Dieter Rams, and Dave Hickey--this book charts a course from the artistic team's dramaturgical work to a solo studio concept to the tech table. Engaging and wide-ranging, Towards Good Lighting for the Stage synthesizes years of cross-disciplinary research and case studies of the author's own work into provocative reading for practitioners of lighting design, advanced students, and academics, as well as those interested in connecting theatrical practice, aesthetic theory, and visual art.
ISBN: 9781000783667Publication Date: 2022-12-27
Film Editing: Emotion, Performance and StoryISBN: 9781474256261
Atmospheres of projection : environmentality in art and screen mediaISBN: 9780226817477
Scale Theory by
A pioneering call for a new understanding of scale across the humanities How is it possible that you are--simultaneously--cells, atoms, a body, quarks, a component in an ecological network, a moment in the thermodynamic dispersal of the sun, and an element in the gravitational whirl of galaxies? In this way, we routinely transform reality into things already outside of direct human experience, things we hardly comprehend even as we speak of DNA, climate effects, toxic molecules, and viruses. How do we find ourselves with these disorienting layers of scale? Enter Scale Theory, which provides a foundational theory of scale that explains how scale works, the parameters of scalar thinking, and how scale refigures reality--that teaches us how to think in terms of scale, no matter where our interests may lie. Joshua DiCaglio takes us on a fascinating journey through six thought experiments that provide clarifying yet provocative definitions for scale and new ways of thinking about classic concepts ranging from unity to identity. Because our worldviews and philosophies are largely built on nonscalar experience, he then takes us slowly through the ways scale challenges and reconfigures objects, subjects, and relations. Scale Theory is, in a sense, nondisciplinary--weaving together a dizzying array of sciences (from nanoscience to ecology) with discussions from the humanities (from philosophy to rhetoric). In the process, a curious pattern emerges: attempts to face the significance of scale inevitably enter terrain closer to mysticism than science. Rather than dismiss this connection, DiCaglio examines the reasons for it, redefining mysticism in terms of scale and integrating contemplative philosophies into the discussion. The result is a powerful account of the implications and challenges of scale, attuned to the way scale transforms both reality and ourselves.
ISBN: 9781452966489Publication Date: 2021-11-30
Game of Thrones : the costumesISBN: 9780008354572
Installation Art Between Image and Stage by
Despite its large and growing popularity?to say nothing of its near-ubiquity in the world's art scenes and international exhibitions of contemporary art?installation art remains a form whose artistic vocabulary and conceptual basis have rarely been subjected to thorough critical examination. ??????????? With this book, Anne Ring Petersen aims to change that. She begins by exploring how installation art developed into an interdisciplinary genre in the 1960s, and how its intertwining of the visual and the performative has acted as a catalyst for the generation of new artistic phenomena. She goes on to address a series of basic questions that get at the heart of what installation art is and how it is defined. Drawing on the work of such well-known artists as Bruce Nauman, Pipilotti Rist, Ilya Kabakov, and many others, Petersen breaks crucial new ground in understanding the conceptual underpinnings of this vibrant form.
ISBN: 9788763542579Publication Date: 2015-12-15
Fake Love Letters, Forged Telegrams, and Prison Escape Maps by
A behind-the-scenes look at the extraordinary and meticulous design of graphic objects for film sets Although graphic props such as invitations, letters, tickets, and packaging are rarely seen close-up by a cinema audience, they are designed in painstaking detail. Dublin-based designer Annie Atkins invites readers into the creative process behind her intricately designed, rigorously researched, and visually stunning graphic props. These objects may be given just a fleeting moment of screen time, but their authenticity is vital and their role is crucial: to nudge both the actors on set and the audience just that much further into the fictional world of the film.
ISBN: 9780714879383Publication Date: 2020-02-19
Complete Guide to Special Effects Makeup by
Acclaimed as the best book ever published on the subject, A Complete Guide to Special Effects Makeup covers everything from basic facial makeup styles, simple scars and gashes, to masks, molds and cast-making; everything you need to know to create vampires, zombies and other fantastical characters. With clear step by step instructions and hundreds of color photos, it includes stunning conceptual pieces from many of the contributing artists and a section on manga/cosplay hair and makeup. Bound to thrill anyone interested in creating realistic and unique makeup effects!
ISBN: 9781781161449Publication Date: 2012-09-04
Contemporary Scenography by
Contemporary Scenography investigates scenographic concepts, practices and aesthetics in Germany from1989 to the present. Facing the end of the political divide, the advent of the digital age and the challenges of globalization, German-based designers and scenographers have reacted in a variety of ways to these shifts in the cultural landscape.The edited volume, a compilation of 12 original chapters written in collaboration with acclaimed scenographers,stage designers and distinguished scholars, offers fresh insights and in-depth analyses of current artistic concepts, discourse and innovation in this multifaceted, dynamic field. The book covers a broad spectrum of scenography, including theatre works by Katrin Brack, Bert Neumann, Aleksandar Denic, Klaus Grünberg, Vinge/Müller and Rimini Protokoll, in addition to scenography in museums, exhibitions, social spaces and in various urban contexts.Presenting a range of perspectives, the volume explores the interdisciplinarity of contemporary scenography and its ongoing diversification, raising questions relating to cultural heritage, genre and media specificity, knowledge transfer, local versus global practices, internationalization and cultural exchange. Combined with a set of stimulating examples of scenographic design in action - presented through interviews, artists' statements and case studies - the contributors develop a theoretical framework for understanding scenography as an art practice and discourse.
ISBN: 9781350064492Publication Date: 2019-05-30
