THE 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Moscow Art Theatre, Anton Chekhov, American Labor Union
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A psychological perspective or attitude which should exist on the part of anyone contemplating a work of art. A (actor) preforms b (character) for c (audience) breakdown preconceived ideas of what people should look like (character descriptions) People sitting around three sides of stage. People sitting on all sides of stage given circumstances conditions of the play which influence the action rhetoric the art if using language so as to persuade or influence others --> less influence on words, more so emotions. Explained how emotions should look invented the idea of rhetoric/ school of rhetoric history of actor training consists of mater/apprentice model (trial and error) Francois deslarte created the science of applied aesthetics: use of hand gesture, led body gestures to show emotion (big influence on silent films) Joined moscow art theatre (wanted to get rid of mechanical system); created the creative state of mind. Anton chekhov wrote the seagull, invented a new realism (aka no heroes/villians)
