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Here's a promising-looking title, Rachel: Il Teatro degli Artisti...<http://catalog.library.uarts.edu/record=b1120049~S1> Note that the text is in Italian and in English. Sara ------------------- Sara J. MacDonald, Public Services Librarian The University of the Arts - University Libraries & Archives 320 S Broad St - Philadelphia PA 19102 - USA http://library.uarts.edu/ http://library.uarts.edu/mobile [log in to unmask] 215-717-6282 Like us! http://www.facebook.com/UArtsLibraries On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Chris Mees <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > *designinform > *• *Design Abstracts Retrospective > *• *Design ProFILES > *• *ReVIEW > • designinform Research Guides* > > Hi Rachel > > These are among the sources in our reference library that we use when > researching 20th set designers for the *designinform *database *Design > ProFILES ***. *The student would need to refer the individual books to > indentify the designers who were also artists. Looking at the first book > on the list I see the names of several fine artists including Picasso, > Cocteau, John Piper, Rex Whistler, Edward Burra, and Helge Refn. > > Hainaux, René. *Stage design throughout the world since 1935* (London: > George G. Harrap & Co., 1956) > > Hainaux, René. *Stage design throughout the world since 1950* (London: > George G. Harrap & Co., 1964) > > Hainaux, René. *Stage design throughout the world since* *1960** *(London: > George G. Harrap & Co., 1972) > > Komisarjevsky, Theodore and Simonson, Lee. *Settings & costumes of the > modern stage*. (London: The Studio, 1933) > > Whitworth, Geoffrey. *Theatre in action*. (London: The Studio, 1938) > > Beaumont, Cyril W. *Design for ballet*. (London: The Studio, 1937) > > Beaumont, Cyril W. *Ballet design past & present*. (London: The Studio, > 1946) > > *Diaghilev: creator of the Ballets Russes*. Edited and with text by Ann > Kodicek (London: Lund Humphries, 1996). [Catalogue of an exhibition at > the Barbican Centre, London in 1996. Includes designers of sets and > costumes for the Ballets Russes. Many artists, of course worked for the > Ballets Russes] > > Baer, Nancy Van Norman. *Paris modern: the Swedish Ballet 1929-1925*. > (San Francisco, California: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1996 > [Catalogue of a touring exhibition. Includes set and costume designers] > > Crisp, Mary and Crisp, Clement. *Design for Ballet*. (London: Studio > Vista, 1978) [much on 20th century set designers] > > Cheshire, D.F. *Bibliography of theatre and stage design: a select list > of books and articles published 1960-1970* (London: Commission for > British theatre production, 1974) > > *British theatre design 1979-1983*. Faringdon, England: Twynam > Publishing, 1983) > > *British theatre design 1983-1987*. (Faringdon, England: Twynam > Publishing, 1987) > > Owen, Bobbi. *Costume design on Broadway: designers and their credits, > 1915-1985*. New York, NY: Greenwood Press, 1987). [Contains something > like 1,000 entries. Many costume designers were also set designers] > > *The Encyclopedia of World Theater*. Introduction by Martin Esslin. (New > York, NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1977) > > > * *Design ProFILES* currently contains data on 1,136 set designers > > > All the best > > Chris > > Chris Mees > Editor *– designinform > Design Research Publications . Poundsford . Vicarage Lane . Burwash . > East Sussex . England TN19 7JS > T: +44 1435 883950 > E: **[log in to unmask] > **W: **http://www.designinform.co.uk > * > > ------------------------------ > > > Dear collective wisdom, > I have a student working on an independent study project on the topic of > artists who were set designers in the 20th-21st centuries. While she has > found tons of sources on individual artists who worked as set designers, > she is looking for more compilations or comprehensive sources on the topic > as a whole. I have tried searching for "set design" and "artists" as > subjects in various databases (DAAI, Art Abstracts, to name a couple), but > am also getting hit or miss relevancy (lots of articles/ books on > individual artists, but no comprehensive articles on the topic as a whole). > Any ideas from the great minds of ARLIS? 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