Overview
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (7 chapters)
-
Front Matter
-
Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Reviews
"Gray Read's attentive study of the theatrical-architectural partnership of Edouard Autant and his wife, Louise Lara, uncovers a revolution waged by means of five iconic theatre designs, drawn from the original 'theatres' of the city's performative landscape. In the bright lights of Paris between the wars, Autant and Lara's Art et action advanced a boldly precise thesis: that art and life could be joined at last within an enigma of form." - Donald Kunze, Professor of Architecture and Integrative Arts, Pennsylvania State University, USA
"In this original account of the fascinating position of theatre and its roots in modern urban life developed by Autant and Lara in Paris between the two World Wars, Gray Read proposes a challenge to contemporary thinking about urban design and architecture. Read demonstrates how Art et action responds to deeper historical traditions as it seeks its roots in lived culture avoiding arbitrary formalistic tendencies." - Alberto Perez-Gomez, Bronfman Professor of Architecture, McGill University, Canada
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Modern Architecture in Theatre
Book Subtitle: The Experiments of Art et Action
Authors: Gray Read
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137368683
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Theatre & Performance Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-36867-6Published: 22 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-36868-3Published: 21 November 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 139
Topics: Theatre and Performance Studies, Architecture, general, Performing Arts, Arts, Theatre History