Richard C. Beacham, Hugh Denard

Living Theatre in the Ancient Roman House (eBook, PDF)

Theatricalism in the Domestic Sphere

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores and illustrates how ancient Roman houses and villas, in their décor, activities, and function were highly-theatricalised environments.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009041478
• Artikelnr.: 70913560

Autorenporträt

Richard C. Beacham is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Digital Humanities, King's College, London. An authority on ancient theatre, he is the author of numerous publications including The Roman Theatre and its Audience (Harvard University Press, 1991) and Spectacle Entertainments of Early Imperial Rome (Yale University Press, 1999). As a leading international scholar of theatre history, Beacham has pioneered the use of 3-D modelling in humanities research. While a Fellow at the Getty Museum, he produced his translation of ancient comedy upon a replica Roman stage based upon his research.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Roman theatricality and theatricalism
2. Theatrical life at Pompeii
3. Performance at Pompeii and the range of Roman theatrical entertainments
4. Politics and patronage at Pompeii
5. Theatricalism and the Roman house
6. Skenographia: theatricality and theatricalism in Second Style frescoes
7. Skenographia at Boscoreale, Oplontis and Pompeii
8. Skenographia on the Palatine and at Pompeii
9. Fourth Style Skenographia
10. Triclinium theatricality.