Paul Klee : theater everywhere
Title:
Paul Klee : theater everywhere
Author:
Klee, Paul, 1879-1940.
ISBN:
9783775721851
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Publication Information:
Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz Pub, 2008.
Physical Description:
279 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 33 cm
General Note:
Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Zentrum Paul Klee and Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels.
Published also in German and French.
Contents:
Foreword / Theater: Everywhere You Look / Staged Worlds: On Masked Men and Imitation Animals / Chronology -- Paul Klee's "Life in the Theater" / Europe's Modern Theater / Illustrations -- Actors -- Stars and Celebrities -- Marionettes and Figurines -- Theater Everywhere: Children's Games and Scenes of Nature -- Dancers -- The Circus: Acrobats and Clowns -- Theater at the Bauhaus -- Plays and Scenic Fantasies -- Essays -- Dance and the "Law of Movement" in Paul Klee / "An outstanding performance. what with the crowd and the incredible daring on the high wire." Paul Klee's Fascination for the Circus and Acrobats / Yes and No: Paul Klee and the Bauhaus Theater / The Image as Stage: Paul Klee and the Creation of Theatrical Space / "Stage Landscape": From Wagner to Wedekind: Paul Klee at Munich's Theaters / The Struggle among the Arts: Paul Klee and the Invention of Modern Director's Theater
Abstract:
"The work of Paul Klee [1879-1940) was deeply influenced by his passion for the theater. Throughout his life the artist fervently attended theatrical performances, from the opera to puppet shows. Characters from plays or operas - Hamlet, Falstaff, and Don Giovanni, for example - populate his cryptic visual world. Various types of characters and theatrical elements, such as clowns and masks, were firmly established themes in his visual repertoire. Primarily, though, Klee created connections between the theater and life, taking up the topos of the world as a stage: people became actors or marionettes; theatrical events touched upon scenes from everyday life." "This publication sheds light on all of these aspects of Klee's fascination for the theater. A chronology gives a panoramic outline of his many experiences with the theater. Selected works by contemporary artists make it clear that Klee was not the only one fascinated with the sharp-eyed perception of theatrical situationsthe topic is one that continues to engage artists today."--Jacket.
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