Download or read book A Photographic Guide to Marionettes in the Nineteenth Century written by Max von Boehn and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-09-07 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
Download or read book A Photographic Guide to the History of the Shadow Puppet Theatre in the West written by Max Von Boehn and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2014-12-03 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic book contains a photographic guide to the history of the shadow puppet theatre in the West, and will prove to be be a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in the subject. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
Download or read book A Photographic Guide to Marionettes in the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century written by Max Von Boehn and published by . This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
Download or read book The Victorian Marionette Theatre written by John Mccormick and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating and colorful book, researcher and performer John McCormick focuses on the marionette world of Victorian Britain between its heyday after 1860 and its waning years from 1895 to 1914. Situating the rich and diverse puppet theatre in the context of entertainment culture, he explores both the aesthetics of these dancing dolls and their sociocultural significance in their life and time. The history of marionette performances is interwoven with live-actor performances and with the entire gamut of annual fairs, portable and permanent theatres, music halls, magic lantern shows, waxworks, panoramas, and sideshows. McCormick has drawn upon advertisements in the Era, an entertainment paper, between the 1860s and World War I, and articles in the World’s Fair, a paper for showpeople, in the first fifty years of the twentieth century, as well as interviews with descendants of the marionette showpeople and close examinations of many of the surviving puppets. McCormick begins his study with an exploration of the Victorian marionette theatre in the context of other theatrical events of the day, with proprietors and puppeteers, and with the venues where they performed. He further examines the marionette’s position as an actor not quite human but imitating humans closely enough to be considered empathetic; the ways that physical attributes were created with wood, paint, and cloth; and the dramas and melodramas that the dolls performed. A discussion of the trick figures and specialized acts that each company possessed, as well as an exploration of the theatre’s staging, lighting, and costuming, follows in later chapters. McCormick concludes with a description of the last days of marionette theatre in the wake of changing audience expectations and the increasing popularity of moving pictures. This highly enjoyable and readable study, often illuminated by intriguing anecdotes such as that of the Armenian photographer who fell in love with and abducted the Holden company’s Cinderella marionette in 1881, will appeal to everyone fascinated by the magic of nineteenth-century theatre, many of whom will discover how much the marionette could contribute to that magic.
Download or read book HOLDENS written by JOHN. MCCORMICK and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Photographic Guide to Puppets Between 1900 and 1930 written by Max Von Boehn and published by . This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
Download or read book A Photographic Guide to the History of Oriental and Occidental Shadow Puppet Theatre written by Max von Boehn and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic book contains a photographic guide to the history of the oriental and occidental shadow puppet theatre, and will prove to be a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in the subject.This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
Download or read book A Book of Marionettes written by Helen Haiman Joseph and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2022-01-17 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has puppet theater and marionettes as its main subject. The author, herself a puppeteer, has divided her work into chapters dealing with the history of puppets, the different types found throughout the world and so on.
Download or read book A Chronological Compilation of Public Puppet and Marionette Performances in Nineteenth Century America written by Ralph Jonathan Pine and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pelham Puppets a Photographic Guide written by Paul Coleman and published by . This book was released on 2009-03-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1940s to the 1980s, Pelham Puppets delighted the imaginations of children throughout the world. Today, those same puppets continue to delight the adults those children became, as well as new collectors and enthusiasts of all ages. The range of puppets made by the company is quite staggering. Though no-one knows for sure just how many characters were made it is likely to have exceeded 1000, with more than 9 million puppets produced. This book brings together over 1200 full colour photographs and text, over 400 hundred pages, to provide a comprehensive guide to hundreds of characters produced during the life-time of the company. The book layout follows each range of characters as they developed over the decades. In many cases it is possible to see how the puppet character design changed according to the times. The style of photography allows close-up examination of each puppet from different angles, while celebrating the artistry and craftmanship employed by the company. This is a book as happy on a coffee table as it is in the library of collectors, auctioneers and other enthusiasts. An absolute must for the serious collector or enthusiast and an invaluable reference tool.
Download or read book The Complete Book of Marionettes written by Mabel and Les Beaton and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-06-10 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVHow to construct and manipulate puppets, build little theaters, set up and furnish a stage, light scenes, and more. Over 200 illustrations. /div
Download or read book A Photographic Guide to Toy Dolls in the Nineteenth Century written by Max Von Boehn and published by . This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
Download or read book A Book of Marionettes written by Helen Haiman Joseph and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marionettes and String Puppets Collector s Reference Guide written by Daniel E. Hodges and published by Antique Trader. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This artfully illustrated reference guide tells the story of these unique stringed characters: their history, their makers, the individual puppets themselves, and who collects them. Highlighting the key marionette makers, this book provides details on why, when, and how a puppet was made, along with current values and how to identify the marionettes.
Download or read book Everybody s Marionette Book written by and published by Home Farm Books. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in the 1930s, this is a wonderfully detailed guide to marionettes, puppetry and the construction and production of a show. It contains over a hundred diagrams and illustrations detailing all the various designs for puppets and instructions for their construction. All the secrets of the trade are laid in in simple language and instructions, along with clear and detailed diagrams. This is an exhaustive manual for anyone interested in puppetry. Contents Include: By Way of Introduction Puppetry In Foreign Countries The Stage Scenery and Properties Lighting Marionettes in the Making Marionettes Continued Controls and Strings Trick Dolls The Marionette in Action The Glove Puppet Productions Bibliography Materials and Where To Obtain Them Marionettes In London Museums Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Keywords: Making Marionettes Farm Books Puppetry Stage Scenery London Museums Glove Puppet Puppet Productions Marionette Foreign Countries 1900s Puppets 1930s Wonderfully Illustrations Bibliography Dolls Lighting
Download or read book Pelham Puppets written by Paul Coleman and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pelham Puppets a Photographic Guide written by Paul Coleman and published by . This book was released on 2009-10-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the second in the series of photographic guides to Pelham Puppets intended for collectors and enthusiasts of these amazing toys.Pelham Puppets Ltd produced in excess of nine million puppets between 1947 and 1993. The first book in this series, 'Pelham Puppets a photographic guide volume 1', brought together hundreds of characters made by the company and now collected by enthusiasts all over the world. Volume 2 seeks to add hundreds more characters to the collection.It's been reported that Pelham Puppets Ltd produced in excess of 1000 characters during production. The several hundred puppets that appear in Volume 1 of this series are fairly well documented in sales leaflets of the era but there were hundreds more that go seemingly unrecorded in the company's records. Here I have added some of the characters from known records but not included in the first book in this series but more importantly I have added hundreds more that many collectors may have never seen, or been aware of, as they have not been documented before now.The book runs to some 400 pages with 1000 full colour plates and hundreds of Pelham Puppets from the 1940s to the 1990's.Such is the rarity of some Pelham Puppets, that the chances of discovering them in sales is very remote, since those that have been found are now treasured in private collections and until now, unseen by the public. Along with hard to find characters, this volume seeks to unlock some hidden treasures made by the company and reveal to collectors a remarkable variety of illusive, apocryphal and unique Pelham Puppets. This book is a testimony to the ingenuity of design and craftsmanship, unique to the workforce that was Pelham Puppets Ltd.
