Scenography and Art History

Astrid von Rosen is Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Studies at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Viveka Kjellmer is Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Studies at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Two forewords
Acknowledgements

1. Introduction: Re-imagining Scenography in Relation to Art History, Astrid von Rosen (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and Viveka Kjellmer (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

2. Black Goats and Broomsticks: Feminism and the Figure of the Witch in Leonor Fini’s Designs for Le Sabbat, Rachael Grew (Loughborough University, UK)

3. Scenographing the Dance Archive – Keep Crawling!, Astrid von Rosen (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

4. Michael Chapman’s Rauschenberg: Mis-en-scène and Scenography in Taxi Driver, Gillian McIver (The University for the Creative Arts, UK)

5. A Dynamic Bipolarity: The Royal Holloway Chapel Project, Scenography and Art History, Greer Crawley (Buckinghamshire New University/Royal Holloway University of London, UK) and Harriet O’Neill (British School at Rome, Italy)

6. Killed by Drones: Embodying Live Performance Scenography, Olga Nikolaeva (Independent scholar, Sweden)

7. Evocations of the ‘sonore et voilé’: The Scenographic World of Der Ring in the Art of Henri Fantin-Latour, Corrinne Chong (Peel District School Board/Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada)

8. Visual Couture: Costume Agency in the Advertising Campaign Opera Papier, Viveka Kjellmer (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

9. ‘Re-Dressing The Part:’ The Scenographic Strategies of Ellen Terry (1847-1928), Veronica Isaac (University of Brighton/New York University London, UK)

10. Scenographing Festival Books: Towards a Multisensory Archive, Carmen González-Román (University of Málaga, Spain)

11. Scenographic Events: Interfacing with Digital Fashion Stories, Christine Sjöberg (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

12. Beyond Change: Archaeology of a Spook Play, Tamas Szalczer (Designer, USA) and Eszter Szalczer (University at Albany, State University of New York, USA)

Index