The Puppet and the Modern Arbor Vitae, 2014.

The Puppet and the Modern. The Visual Style of Czechoslovakia's Unique Puppet Theatre Culture. Jirásková, Marie - Jirásek, Pavel. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014. Original hardcover, 469 pp. 32.5 x 21.5 cm. Czech puppetry between 1900 and 1950 was an integral part of modernist and contemporary theatre and animation. This book examines the manufacturing of puppets, stage design and technologies, and focuses on the connections of artist from various disciplines and styles to the development of avant-garde and modernist currents in twentieth-century art. Includes 750 photographs of puppets and unique archival images of performances, sets, posters, periodicals and illustrations. New, still wrapped.