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Subject Guide: Theatre

Scenic and Set Design

CU Books

The Poetics of Stage Space: The Theory and Process of Theatre Scene Design
by Bruce A. Bergner
Call #: LOWER LEVEL 792.025 B499P
Publication Date: 2013
Scene Design and Stage Lighting
by W. Oren Parker; R. Craig Wolf; Dick Block
Call #: LOWER LEVEL 792.025 P244S2
Publication Date: 2002
Scenic Art for the Theatre by Susan Crabtree; Peter Beudert
Call #: LOWER LEVEL 751.75 C883S and eBook
Publication Date: 2011
Scenic Art and Construction
by Tim Blaikie; Emma Troubridge
Call #: LOWER LEVEL 792.025 T859S
Publication Date: 2002
Drafting Scenery for Theater, Film and Television
by Rich Rose
Call #: LOWER LEVEL 792.025 R797D
Publication Date: 2003
The ABC of Stage Technology by Francis Reid
Call #: REFERENCE 792.02 R355A
Publication Date: 1995

OhioLINK Books

Theatrical Design in the Twentieth Century: An Index to Photographic Reproductions of Scenic Designs by W. Patrick Atkinson
Call #: OhioLINK

Finding Scenic Design Images Online

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Decorative Arts

CU Books

The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
by Gordon Campbell
Call #: e-Book
Publication Date: 2006
History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture, 1400-2000
by Pat Kirkham
Call #: LOWER LEVEL 745 H673
ISBN: 9780300196146
Publication Date: 2013
Design: The Definitive Visual History by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
Call #: LOWER LEVEL 745.409 D456
ISBN: 1465438017
Publication Date: 2015
A History of Design from the Victorian Era to the Present by Ann Ferebee; Jeff Byles
Call #: LOWER LEVEL 745.409 F349H
Publication Date: 2011

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