舞台设计(stage design)
舞台演出中灯光、布景、服装、音响等组合效果的美学创作。早在西元前4世纪的古希腊戏剧中，诸如描画的屏风以及能旋转的平台等就有所使用。但舞台设计中使用的大部分创新发明是在文艺复兴时期的义大利出现的，当时绘景式背景、透视式建筑背景以及众多的布景变换都很常见。义大利的舞台置景技术於1605年由琼斯（I. Jones）介绍到英国。到19世纪後期，舞台置景更多地受到新起的自然主义的影响，主张要历史地还原真实的原貌。到了20世纪，简化了的舞台设计更多地把注意力集中到演员身上。舞台设计一直受到灯光进步的影响，从文艺复兴时代使用蜡烛，到18世纪使用油灯，直到19世纪使用煤气灯和电灯。当代的舞台灯光由电脑控制板来操控，取得复杂的灯光效果，能将整个舞台的所有视觉元素组合成一个完整的统一体。
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stage design
Aesthetic composition of a dramatic production as created by lighting, scenery, costumes, and sound. While such elements as painted screens and wheeled platforms were used in the Greek theater of the 4th century BC, most innovations in stage design were developed in the Italian Renaissance theater, where painted backdrops, perspective architectural settings, and numerous changes of scenery were common. Italian staging was introduced in England in 1605 by Inigo Jones for court masques. In the late 19th century, staging was influenced by the new naturalism, which called for historically accurate sets. In the 20th century, simplified stage design focused attention on the actor. Stage design has been greatly affected by advances in lighting, from the use of candles in the Renaissance to oil lamps in the 18th century and gas and electric lights in the 19th century. Modern stage lighting, which employs computerized control boards to achieve complex effects, can unify all the visual elements of a stage production.