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Scénografie v počátcích Divadla D
Scenography in the beginnings of Divadlo D

Author(s): Pavlína Vojtová
Subject(s): History, Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Photography, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: E. F. Burian; Divadlo D; the thirties of 20th century; László Moholy-Nagy; Karel Teige; Zdeněk Rossmann; Jiří Novotný; Miroslav Kouřil; Josef Raban; theatre; scenography; photography; film

Summary/Abstract: The study is focused on work and cooperation of five young stage designers/architects with director E. F. Burian in the avant-garde theatre of Divadlo D in its beginnings in early 1930s, namely César Grimmich, Miroslav Kouřil, Jiří Novotný, Karel Poličanský, and Josef Raban, and then mainly the trio KNR. The main part depands on presentation theirs working methods and themes, which reflect new techniques of visual art, focused on light experiments, photography, film and raw materials. Their methods are also confronted with work and experiments of László Moholy-Nagy

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 73-110
  • Page Count: 38
  • Language: Czech