Essentials of Period Style

Essentials of Period Style: A Sourcebook for Stage and Production Designers covers the visual, social, and political dynamics of multiple epochs and cultures and discusses how these trends affect the design of the architecture, costumes, and furnishings of the time.

This book relates these characteristics and cultural movements to the design needs students encounter as they design a period production. Each chapter contains examples of period style in both theatre and film from a variety of notable productions and a glossary of specialized terms and words used in the chapter. Technological and aesthetic developments that affect design, lighting, and music are also included.

This is a textbook meant for Period Styles courses in Theatre programs.

Hal Tiné designed the sets for the Broadway productions of Jerry’s Girls, and The Trip Back Down, and other National Tours. He has worked extensively, designing over 150 productions, for regional theatres, Off- and off-off Broadway, regional opera and ballet, including over 20 for the New York Grand Opera.

He was Associate Designer with Peter Wexler for the Met Opera Un Ballo in Maschera, with Pavorotti, and Le Prophète. Work for television includes Good Morning America, World News Tonight, and Saturday Night Live, as well as numerous commercials for Kraft Foods, IBM, and Penzoil. Museum and exhibition work include the Smithsonian, the New-York Historical Society, the Brooklyn Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art among others.

Mr. Tiné taught stage design and Period Style in the Design/Tech program at Purchase College for many years and recently retired from the Production Design program at the Savannah College of Art and Design where he continued to develop his Period Style curriculum. He is a full member of United Scenic Artists, local 829, and a member of USITT.