History and Theory of Chinese Opera Stage Design

Author: Zhang Lianbian
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Publish Date: 2000-09-01
Features: For nearly a century, in the process of establishing and developing China's professional art education system, establishing a standardized professional art textbook system that combines Chinese and Western approaches and is systematic and scientific has always been the persistent goal pursued by generations of art educators. If it can be said that Chinese art educators in the first half of the 20th century had made diligent explorations and accumulated substantial achievements, though still lacking in systematicity, then in the 1950s, based on the nationwide development of teaching plans and syllabi for various art disciplines, and following the National Liberal Arts Textbook Conference in 1962, this work began to be implemented. Unfortunately, the ensuing decade of the Cultural Revolution turmoil forced the interruption of this effort. The content of this book includes: History of Stage Design in Chinese Opera; Classical Chinese Opera Stage Design; Stage Design for Traditional Peking Opera Plays; Stage Design for New Chinese Opera Plays; Regional Opera Stage Design; Regional Opera Stage Design; Introduction to Stage Design in Chinese Opera; Conceptual Theory; Functional Theory; Aesthetic Theory; Symbolic Theory; Comprehensive Theory, etc.