| Sceno-Graphic Techniques Contributor(s): Parker, W. Oren (Author) |
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ISBN: 0809313502 ISBN-13: 9780809313501 Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press OUR PRICE: $35.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1987 Annotation: The first book to bring together the drafting techniques, descriptive geometry, engineering drawing, and graphics of perspective needed to plan and execute a setting for the theatre. Parker presents these elements in a logical three-part format. "The Language of Lines" offers a study of drafting techniques, conventions, and symbols peculiar to the theatre; "Graphic Solutions" deals with the graphic problem-solving often needed to draw and make the frequent irregular forms of present-day scene design; and "Perspective in the Theatre" treats the two-dimensional perspective of the designer's sketch and the three-dimensional perspective required for an illusion or stylistic concept. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - Stagecraft & Scenography |
| Dewey: 792.025 |
| LCCN: 86017859 |
| Lexile Measure: 1310 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 10.09" W x 7" (0.73 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first book to bring together the drafting techniques, descriptive geometry, engineering drawing, and graphics of perspective needed to plan and execute a setting for the theatre. Parker presents these elements in a logical three-part format. "The Language of Lines" offers a study of drafting techniques, conventions, and symbols peculiar to the theatre; "Graphic Solutions" deals with the graphic problem-solving often needed to draw and make the frequent irregular forms of present-day scene design; and "Perspective in the Theatre" treats the two-dimensional perspective of the designer's sketch and the three-dimensional perspective required for an illusion or stylistic concept. |