The following books and videos support the course assignments and class discussions.
Texts
Blumenthal, Eileen, and Julie Taymor. Julie Taymor: Playing with Fire. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1995. ISBN: 0810938790.
Burdick, Elizabeth B., Peggy C. Hansen, and Brenda Zanger. Contemporary Stage Design U.S.A. New York, NY: International Theatre Institute of the United States, Inc., Distributed by Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1974, 1975. ISBN: 0819580236.
Courtney, Cathy. Jocelyn Herbert: A Theatre Workbook. London, UK: Art Books International, 1993. ISBN: 1874044058.
Calloway, Stephen. The Elements of Style. Edited by Elizabeth Cromley. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1991. ISBN: 0671739816.
Gloag, John. A Social History of Furniture Design. New York, NY: Crown, 1966.
Fuerst, Walter René, and Samuel J. Hume. Twentieth-Century Stage Decoration. Vols. 1 and 2. New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1967; New York, NY: B. Blom, 1967. ISBN: 0405085400.
Henderson, Mary C. Theater in America: 200 Years of Plays, Players and Productions. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986. ISBN: 0810910845.
Mielziner, Jo. Designing for the Theatre: A Memoir and a Portfolio. New York, NY: Bramhall House, 1965.
Norwich, John Julius. ed. Great Architecture of the World. New York, NY: Random House, 1982. ISBN: 0517256010.
Pecktal, Lynn. Designing and Painting for the Theater. New York, NY: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1975. ISBN: 00301190104.
Russell, Douglas A. Period Style for the Theatre. Newton, MA: Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 1980. ISBN: 0205104886.
Schouvaloff, Alexander. Theater on Paper. New York, NY: The Drawing Center, 1990.
Speltz, Alexander. The Styles of Ornament. New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1959. ISBN: 0486205576.
Thornton, Peter. Authentic Décor: The Domestic Interior, 1620-1920. Crescent, 1884; New York, NY: Gramercy, 1993. ISBN: 0517103281.
Video
Kabuki. Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Princeton, NJ, 1993.
The Design of the Modern Theatre: Adolph Appia’s Innovations. Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Princeton, NJ, 1993.