Alaux, JP (English spelling) AlauxJP

Japanese: Alaux,J.P.(英語表記)AlauxJP
Alaux, JP (English spelling) AlauxJP

…The theaters of the early 19th century all had large-scale, fantastical sets, and background painters and prop artists became as important as the actors. Jean-Pierre Alaux's huge palace set with the Tigris River in the background for Pixelecourt's masterpiece, The Ruins of Babylon, was well-received, and the visual contributions of set artists such as J. Daguerre (who later invented the daguerreotype), who depicted the eruption of Vesuvius, also promoted the later Romantic theater tendency to respect local and historical color. Today, the meaning of melodrama has changed even further, and it generally refers to a popular love story between a man and a woman that is full of ups and downs. …

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…19世紀初頭の劇場は,いずれもこぞって幻想的な大がかりな装置を飾り,背景画家や道具方は俳優同様重要な存在になっていく。ピクセレクールの代表作《バビロンの廃墟》のティグリス川を背景にした巨大な王宮のセットは,ジャン・ピエール・アローJean‐Pierre Alauxの作で評判となったし,あるいはベスビアス火山の爆発を表現したJ.ダゲール(のちの写真のダゲレオタイプの発明者)などの装置家による視覚的要素での貢献は,地方色・時代色を尊重するのちのロマン派演劇の傾向をも促進したのであった。 今日では,メロドラマのさし示す意味合いはさらに変容し,一般に波乱に富む男女の通俗的恋愛劇をさすようになっている。…

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