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Yuji Nawata, born in 1964, studied German literature at the University of Tokyo, where he completed his PhD in 1994. He was habilitated in culture science at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in 2011. Since 2002, he has been a professor at the Department of German Studies of Chuo University in Tokyo.
Hans Joachim Dethlefs, born in 1952, received his doctorate from Philipps-Universität Marburg and works as a professor at the Department of German Studies at Chuo University, Tokyo. Publications, among others, include the following: »Der Wohlstand der Kunst: Ökonomische, sozialethische und eudämonistische Sinnperspektiven im frühneuzeitlichen Umgang mit dem Schönen« (Tokyo 2010). His research focuses on the evolution of Northern European art terminologies following Italian art theory.
Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Preface 7
Performance Spaces in Ancient Chinese Cities: Street Theatres of the 9th Century Capital Chang'an 13
The Semi-Circular Theatre in Seleucid and Arsacid Babylon 33
The Perspectival Stage in Sebastiano Serlio's Second Book of Architecture (1545) and its German Reception in the Context of Wohlstand 47
Central Perspective in Catholic Churches and on Stage in Europe between the 15th and 17th Centuries 91
Notable Spectacles in the Late 19th-Century Kabuki Stage 103
Berlin and its Theatres between 1870 and 1890 111
The Theatres in Modern Shanghai: From the Perspective of Cultural History 123
Discussions on Theatre Spaces and Theatre Materials by the Leningrad School 133
Projection Technology and the Theatre Stage: Light, Space, Body Politics 143
Cultural Techniques of Play: A Global Perspective 157
Contributors 171