Von Rosen Astrid, Kjellmer Viveka (eds.) Scenography and Art History: Performance Design and Visual Culture

Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021. — 261 p. — ISBN 978-1-3502-0444-7.Scenography and Art History reimagines scenography as a critical concept for art history, and is the first book to demonstrate the importance and usefulness of this concept for art historians and scholars in related fields. It provides a vital evaluation of the contemporary importance of scenography as a critical tool for art historians and scholars from related branches of study addressing phenomena such as witchy designs, Early Modern festival books, live rock performances, digital fashion photography, and outdoor dance interventions. With its nuanced and detailed case studies, this book is an innovative contribution to ongoing debates within art history and visual studies concerning multisensory events. It extends the existing literature by demonstrating the importance of a reimagined scenography concept for comprehending historical and contemporary art histories and visual cultures more broadly. The book contends that scenography is no longer restricted to the traditional space of the theatre, but has become an important concept for approaching art historical and contemporary objects and events. It explores scenography not solely as a critical approach and theoretical concept, but also as an important practice linked with unrecognized labour and broader political, social and gendered issues in a great variety of contexts, such as festive culture, sacred settings, fashion, film, or performing arts. Designed as a key resource for students, teachers and researchers in art history, visual studies, and related subjects, the book, through its cross-disciplinary frame, does consider, implicitly and explicitly, the roles of both scenography and art in society.Introduction: Re-imagining Scenography in Relation to Art History
Black Goats and Broomsticks: Feminism and the Figure of the Witch in Leonor Fini's Designs for Le Sabbat
Scenographing the Dance Archive – Keep Crawling!
Michael Chapman's Rauschenberg: Mis-en-scène and Scenography in Taxi Driver
A Dynamic Bipolarity: The Royal Holloway Chapel Project, Scenography and Art History
Killed by Drones: Embodying Live Performance Scenography
Evocations of the 'sonore et voilé': The Scenographic World of Der Ring in the Art of Henri Fantin-Latour
Visual Couture: Costume Agency in the Advertising Campaign Opera Papier
Re-Dressing The Part:' The Scenographic Strategies of Ellen Terry (1847-1928)
Scenographing Festival Books: Towards a Multisensory Archive
Scenographic Events: Interfacing with Digital Fashion Stories
Beyond Change: Archaeology of a Spook Play