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Landscape and the Arts in Early Modern Italy: Theatre, Gardens and Visual Culture
Landscape and the Arts in Early Modern Italy: Theatre, Gardens and Visual Culture
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The book explores how theatre, opera, and landscape painting in early modern Italy contributed to a new vision of landscape that reconceived the relationship between humans and nature. It argues that the combination of narratives, sets, and special effects, as well as the use of garden theatres for displays of power, shaped this shift.
Format: Hardback
Length: 292 pages
Publication date: 23 May 2022
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Landscape and the Arts in Early Modern Italy: Theatre, Gardens, and Visual Culture explores the profound impact of theatre and the emerging genre of opera on the perception and representation of landscape during the long seventeenth century in Italy. It delves into the simultaneous emergence of gardens as theatrical spaces, coinciding with the development of opera in the Italian courts at the turn of the century. This period witnessed the emergence of landscape painting as a distinct genre, leading to a transformative aesthetic of designed landscapes and gardens. Consequently, it led to a reimagining of the relationship between humans and the natural world. While the significance of theatre as a vital cultural expression in Italy is widely acknowledged, the intricate interplay between theatre's visual culture and the broader artistic landscape remains a subject of ongoing exploration. This book argues that a combination of narratives unfolding in natural settings (such as Arcadia, Parnassus, and Alcina), the emotional responses evoked by sets and special effects (such as the illusionary manipulation of natural laws), and the strategic use of garden theatres for displays of power, enactment of princely virtue, and the establishment of social order, all contributed to the shifting idea of landscape in the seventeenth century. By examining these interrelated elements, the book sheds light on the complex and multifaceted ways in which theatre and visual culture shaped the artistic and cultural landscape of early modern Italy.
Weight: 698g
Dimension: 175 x 247 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789463721530
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