Magic of Light, The: The Craft and Career of Jean Rosenthal, Pion by Rosenthal, Jean and Lael Wertenbaker
| |||||||||||||||
 Sell Back Your Copy for $80.70
Whether you buy it used on Amazon for $94.50 or somewhere else, you can sell it back through our Book Trade-In Program at the current price of $80.70.
Used Price$94.50
Trade-in Price$80.70
Price after
Trade-in$13.80 |
Book Description
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Authors
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Classic and still well worth reading,
By A Customer
This review is from: Magic of Light: The Craft and Career of Jean Rosenthal, Pioneer in Lighting for the Modern Stage (Hardcover)
While this book is not up to date with the current gadgets of the industry, moving lights, projections, lazers etc. It is still a definitive book on excellent lighting design. It is hard to find but it well worth it. The sections about lighting for dance are outstanding. The book focuses on integrating the lighting design with the overall design of the event. Find other books for technology but get a copy of the Magic of Light. When your friends in the industry ask to borrow your copy tell them to get lost. Otherwise you will have to find another copy. [thanks amazon]
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The only textbook I kept,
By A Customer
This review is from: Magic of Light: The Craft and Career of Jean Rosenthal, Pioneer in Lighting for the Modern Stage (Hardcover)
I was a technical theatre student in the mid-80s, and this is the only book which I've kept from the many we had to buy. While it doesn't include all the modern technical gadgets available, it is a wonderfully readable and entertaining discussion on the art of lighting theatre, dance and opera. Jean Rosenthal was a pioneer in stage lighting, moving designers away from making sure the stage wasn't dark to illuminating the plot, characters and theme. This book is hard to find now, which is a pity. It would do many designers well to read it with care. We've gone from "light to see" to Jean's art to "showing off our gadgetry".
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inspirational,
By
This review is from: Magic of Light: The Craft and Career of Jean Rosenthal, Pioneer in Lighting for the Modern Stage (Hardcover)
It wasn't until I first read this book that I truly understood the purpose of light on the stage. As Jean stated at the beginning of the book, she was a pioneer of lighting design. Her book is not about gadgetry, even though she does list some aspects, it is about lighting as an art form, lighting as a business, and lighting as a career. I still use this book as an inspiration whenever I become complacent or dismayed in the industry, and it helps me remember the overall picture of which lighting is only a part. Every lighting designer should read this book at some point early in their career, and then come back to it often.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
