Design sketch for Master Martin

From The Director's Prism: E. T. A. Hoffmann and the Russian Theatrical Avant-Garde by Dassia N. Posner

In this scene design sketch, towers flank an ornately carved proscenium arch, the opening of which is bridged by a gymnast's bar that provided a practical playing space in the air above the stage. In the upstage distance are the rooftops of the city of Nuremberg. As is typical of Eisenstein's sketches, the edges of the drawing are populated by faces and figures in varying states of completion. See book: p. 151
Creator(s)	Eisenstein, Sergei
Creator Role	artist
Contributor(s)	Eisenstein, Sergei (author) Hoffmann, E. T. A. (author)
Subjects	Performing Arts
Date	1922
Related Section	Chapter 3: Peregrinus Tyss Meets Pipifax: Eisenstein, the Grotesque, and the Attraction
Keywords	Hoffmann creative process plural perspective Proletkult framing devices self-referentiality
Content Type	design sketch
Citable Link	Citable Link

Copyright Holder	Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, Moscow
Copyright Status	in-copyright
Rights Granted	non-exclusive, one-time, world rights in all languages
Credit Line	Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, f. 1923, op. 1, ed. khr. 796: 6 verso
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Sergei Eisenstein, design sketch for Master Martin the Cooper and His Men, based on the tale by E. T. A. Hoffmann. Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, f. 1923, op. 1, ed. khr. 796: 6 verso.

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