{"product_id":"the-art-of-light-on-yaron-abulafia-9781138913653","title":"The Art of Light on Stage: Lighting in Contemporary Theatre","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Art of Light on Stage is the first history of theatre lighting design to bring the story right up to date. In this extraordinary volume, award-winning designer Yaron Abulafia explores the poetics of light, charting the evolution of lighting design against the background of contemporary performance. The book looks at the material and the conceptual; the technological and the transcendental. Never before has theatre design been so vividly and excitingly illuminated. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book examines the evolution of lighting design in contemporary theatre through an exploration of two fundamental issues: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. What gave rise to the new directions in lighting design in contemporary theatre?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. How can these new directions be viewed within the context of lighting design history?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe study then focuses on the phenomenological and semiotic aspects of the medium for light - the role of light as a performer, as the medium of visual perception and as a stimulus for imaginative representations - in selected contemporary theatre productions by Robert Wilson, Romeo Castellucci, Heiner Goebbels, Jossi Wieler and David Zinder. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis ground-breaking book will be required reading for anyone concerned with the future of performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yaron Abulafia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138913650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138913653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 7.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Yaron Abulafia","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075558928639,"sku":"9781138913653","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7766d6af-3416-47bd-8403-da953f55806c.jpg?v=1685460142","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-art-of-light-on-yaron-abulafia-9781138913653","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}