Scenic Art for the Theatre, 2nd Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

It may seem unusual to publish a second edition of a book about scenic painting. One obvious motivation to write a new edition, which is that new information has come forth to clarify our knowledge of scenic painting, is not present. Little of the act or art of stage painting has changed recently; painting is still just painting after all. No new colors were formulated, nor have different brush types appeared since the publication of the first edition. There are no faddish painting techniques to defend, nor are there exotic materials being introduced into paintbrush handles to gain us milliseconds of time per stroke. The practice of scenic painting has changed very little, in fact. It is likely that Philip de Loutherbourg ...