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Interpreting the pictorial record: theatre iconography and the referential dilemma
- Source :
- Theatre Research International. Autumn, 1997, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p190, 12 p.
- Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- The 'referential dilemma' facing theater historians is based on their attempt to link pictorial documents in the context of actual theatrical performances. One theater historian, Julius Bab, compared his work to that of an art historian who is forced to study art objects that no longer exist based solely on their descriptions.
- Subjects :
- Theater -- History
Arts, visual and performing
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03078833
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Theatre Research International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.20184615