السينوغرافيا مفهوما و لغة مسرحية

Abstract EN

The research’s introduction discusses the concept of “Scenography” as a theatrical term tracing back the word’s origin to Latin, which means that the concept of Scenography exists in the Greeks and then the Romans.

Moreover, the word was used in the Renaissance as the art of image perspective, while in the nineteenth century, and despite the appearance of the director, the word was not used although there was a role for Scenography but in out contemporary concept.

However, Craig asked to give more attention to the image, and in the twentieth century the term became to mean the art of theatrical image making.

Later, the research focuses on the detailed concept of Scenography during the twentieth century as theatrical language ...

and a basic element of the stage languages, considering it performance languages, especially after the emergence of performances that omit the verbal language, which highlighted the importance of image language as an alternative to verbal language.

Furthermore, the research discusses the role of lighting in Scenography and t applying it on some Arabic plays to analyze the role of the visual image (Scenography) as being a supplementary and basic language in the performances.

The plays that will be analyzed are “Light and Shadow” from Bahrain and “Stories under the Occupation” from Palestine, where Scenography emphasized the idea of the performances and added an exciting visual language to it that consist of though.