{"product_id":"9780809318513","title":"Scenographic Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a revised, expanded version of Payne’s \u003ci\u003eDesign for the Stage: First Steps, \u003c\/i\u003ethe book \u003ci\u003eChoice \u003c\/i\u003echaracterized as “An excellent text,” “a re­freshingly innovative approach to theatrical design with an artistic, theatrical, and histor­ical focus rather than the technical craft ori­entation found in most textbooks.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePayne seeks to instill in beginning scenographers a basic core of knowledge: theater history and the development of drama; art history and an understanding of periods and styles of architecture, painting, sculp­ture, furnishing, and costume; and the prin­ciples, techniques, and materials in pictorial and three-dimensional design. He has incorporated into his text many suggestions for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoutside readings, quoting passages and even entire chapters from important works. He stresses research, arguing that the scenogra­pher cannot grow without knowledge of the literature of his own and related arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Kavelin, in \u003ci\u003eTheatre Crafts, \u003c\/i\u003erecom­mended \u003ci\u003eDesign for the Stage \u003c\/i\u003eto any student, teacher, or practitioner of design, calling it a “literate, well-organized book.” \u003ci\u003eThe Sce­nographic Imagination \u003c\/i\u003eis a bigger, deeper book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Southern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47020511101168,"sku":"9780809318513","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780809318513_p0.jpg?v=1763727260","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780809318513","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}