| Description |
1 online resource (54 minutes) |
| Playing Time |
005427 |
| Description |
data file |
| Note |
Title from resource description page (viewed October 20, 2017). |
| Contents |
Greek and Roman eras -- Medieval and liturgical era -- Renaissance and Elizabethan eras -- Restoration era -- Era of gas -- Era of electricity -- Designers of the era -- History of electrical control. |
| Performer |
Jaymi Lee Smith, speaker. |
| Summary |
Professor of Lighting Design at the University of California Irvine, Jamyi Lee Smith, explores the history of theatrical lighting, tracing the development of lighting technology from the Greek and Roman eras through the era of electricity. Smith discusses the use of natural light, candles, chandeliers, and gas lighting to explicate not only the advances that lighting technology has seen, but to showcase how lighting design has been instrumental to the actor's performances, the scripting of plays, and the development of theatre. |
| Language |
In English. |
| Local Note |
Alexander Street Theatre Performance and Design Collection: Performance Design Archive Online |
| Subject |
Stage lighting -- History.
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Stage lighting.
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| Genre/Form |
Filmed lectures.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Jaymi Lee, speaker.
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Alexander Street (Firm), production company.
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| Added Title |
History of theatrical lighting |
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