{"product_id":"the-model-as-performance-thea-brejzek-9781350095908","title":"The Model as Performance: Staging Space in Theatre and Architecture","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Model as Performance\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the history and development of the scale model from the Renaissance to the present from a scenographic perspective and a performative paradigm that explores what the model can do and how it is used in theatre and architecture. It provides a comprehensive historical context and theoretical framework for theatre scholars, scenographers, artists and architects interested in the model's reality-producing capacity and its recent emergence in contemporary art practice and exhibition. For the undergraduate student, it provides a historical survey of the model, and to the postgraduate student, it opens up a new methodological approach. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroducing a typology of the scale model beyond the iterative and the representative model, the authors identify the autonomous model as a provocative construction between past and present, idea and reality that challenges and redefines the relationship between object, viewer and environment. Case studies include Brunelleschi's dome models and Bel Geddes' \u003ci\u003eFuturama\u003c\/i\u003e, Mies van der Rohe's mock ups and Zumthor's atmospheric models, Anna Viebrock's life size boxes and Herzog \u0026amp; de Meuron's miniature styrofoam exhibits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thea Brejzek, Lawrence Wallen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350095907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350095908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d","brand":"Thea Brejzek","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925003763967,"sku":"9781350095908","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_cd8a740c-d67c-4bdc-b956-f568cefd649c.jpg?v=1681074750","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-model-as-performance-thea-brejzek-9781350095908","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}