Visual Experiences in Cinquecento Theatrical Spaces (English, Jimena Berzal de Dios)

Product description Review "Berzal de Dios offers excellent comparative discussions on the illustrations that work well to demonstrate the book’s overall thesis – when it comes to the stage, spectators engage with a play of asemblances and recognizable buildings, not a mimetic ideal. Berzal de Dios’s emphasis on disunity in scenography reminds us that a city that appears on stage is not always a representation of the truth. Urban spaces condensed on the stage might imply an idealized locale, but we need to be looking at the stage with a different point of view. Berzal de Dios’s study reminds us that built environments on the Cinquecento stage were ephemeral, made for plural audiences, and meant to celebrate irregular viewpoints." -- Kyna Hamill, Boston University ― Renaissance Quarterly, Summer 2020"Javier Berzal de Dios’s excellent Visual Experiences in Cinquecento Theatrical Spaces persuasively rebuts received narratives regarding Italian Renaissance theatre architecture and design, offering a more complex, nuanced picture that includes the heterogeneous, sometimes messy experiences of actual spectators." -- Robert Henke ― Theatre Journal, Vol. 73 No. 1 About the Author Jimena Berzal de Dios is Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Western Washington University.