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LITTLE, ALAN M. G - ROMAN PERSPECTIVE PAINTING AND ANCIENT STAGE.

Kennebunk / Maine, Starr Press, 1972. 1st edition. Sewed / Card covers, 27,5cmx21,5cm, Good copy. Privately printed - distributed by the author. Contents: I). Early scenography - What the term stood for in Antiquity. 1). Scene painting and the origin of perspective. 2). The sources of information about scenography. 3). A theoretical basis for an ancient perspective method. 4). The use of ancient construction as an aid to wall painting. II). Architecture and perspective in Roman wall painting. 1). How perspective painting made its way into the Roman household. 2). Architectural perspective and the influence of the vault. 3). From architectural perspective painting to pictural Vistas of a new kind. III). A painted sourcebook for the Roman stage. 1). A roman architect on the uses of perspective painting. 2). Three types of Vista and Vitruvius. 3). Painting and the Periaktoi on the Roman wooden stages. 4). The room of the masks and the evolution of the scaenae frons. 5). The fadeout and return of the theatrical pattern. 6). Conclusion: The reflection of the stage in Roman decoration. With notes and bibliography. XI plates with 45 illustrations. 50 pag text.
EUR 27.00 [Appr.: US$ 28.89 | £UK 23.25 | JP¥ 4530] Book number 020944

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