Spectacle & Image in Renaissance Europe/Dans L'Europe De LA Renaissance: Selected Papers of the Xxxiind Conference at the Centre D'Etudes Superieure

Lascombes, Andre (Editor)/ Centre D'Etudes Superieures De LA Renaissance (Corporate Author)/ Colloque International D'Etudes Humanistes 1989 (Tours, France)

ISBN 10: 9004097740 / ISBN 13: 9789004097742

Published by E.J. Brill, New York, 1993

About this Item

Book measures 26x17cm, 367pp. Bound in original publishers cloth, with gilt title lettering. Binding with minor shelf wear. Binding in near fine clean condition. Internally pages very clean, near fine. A very good clean copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spectacle & Image in Renaissance Europe/Dans L'Europe De LA Renaissance: Selected Papers of the Xxxiind Conference at the Centre D'Etudes Superieure
• Publisher: E.J. Brill, New York
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004097740
• ISBN 13: 9789004097742
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

These nineteen papers focus on the 1480-1610 period in England, France and Spain, offering a range of views on the use of images to spectacular ends in institutional form or in artifacts.
After a recall of what neurophysiology says about brain treatment of images and what dominant codings of image may have been in Renaissance commonalty culture, four studies examine the way propagandistic imagery operates and its various effects, from benign submission to fierce opposition. Most studies, however, review accepted or moot points regarding interpretation of plays or staging. Interestingly, even if the papers build on different premises, they come up with fairly consistent findings about theatrical coding and image reception.
While the selection helps see why study of popular shows - including plays - needs be rooted in the broadest cultural context, it also illustrates how basic similitudes in the strategic use, and the impact, of images underlie superficial generic differences.

About the Author

André Lascombes, Doctorat d'État, is Professor (de 1e classe) at the University of Tours, France. Recent publications: "La fonction théâtrale des personnages du mal", in METh, (1992) and "Ce nom qui dit: fonctionnement théâtral du personnage allégorique", Le personnage allégorique (1989).