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USING SOME GESTALT THEORY PRINCIPLES IN THE SET DESIGN OF A THEATRE PROJECT

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Research in the fields Décor (Interior Architecture and Scenography).

Abstract

There are theater schools aim to create a specific psychological atmosphere for the audience, in which he experiences a psychological impact based on his current circumstances while watching the show and on the percept he receives visually. These models appear clearly in the modern trends of theater, such as the Gestalt theatre project, which that established in the late twentieth century based on the basic principles of Gestalt theory, Gestalt is a psychological term meaning "unified whole" and refers to theories of visual perception developed by German psychologists in 1920, describing situations in which the viewer receives visual elements according to their composition.
This research aims to shed light on the designer role importance in theater based on understanding the psychological theory "Gestalt" role in theater and how to employ this role through the Gestalt theater project work examples, and the director's visual explanation of the recipient's awareness, and to confirm the integration and all performance elements interaction.

DOI

10.47436/jaars.2022.90724.1033

Keywords

Gestalt Theory, Theater set design, The Gestalt theatre project

Authors

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Reham Raafat Hamoudah Ahmed

Last Name

Hamoudah

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Raafat

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Decor, Fine Art, Helwan university, Cairo.

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reham.r.h@gmail.com

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First Name

Dalia

Last Name

Ragheb

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قسم دیکور, کلیة الفنون الجمیلة, جامعة حلوان, القاهرة.

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drdaliaragheb@gmail.com

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First Name

Omneya

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Yehia

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Scenography - Décor Department - Faculty of Fine Arts - Helwan University

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omneya.yehia@yahoo.com

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3

Article Issue

5

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35059

Issue Date

2022-06-01

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2021-08-17

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2022-06-01

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121

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136

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2535-1508

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2535-2369

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Journal of Arts & Architecture Research Studies

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https://jaars.journals.ekb.eg/

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USING SOME GESTALT THEORY PRINCIPLES IN THE SET DESIGN OF A THEATRE PROJECT

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23 Jan 2023