Tokovi modernizacije pozorišne scenografije u Beogradu uoči I. svetskog rata

The begin»ings of the avtistic scenography i» the Belgrade Theater n"ere linked to the first years of the 1920ies. Ava>it-garde e> e>its in the European theater ref lected in periodicals and daily papers, ni!h ever more professional disciissions on the rol e and place of pvodiiction and scenogvap.\u27 iy i» the»iodevn society. A de>nand for an updated mise en scene nas a fu»da>ne»tal i»ipetus for artistic refov>nation of the National Theater in Belgrade, initiated i» 1911. The course of developme>it of the Belgrade Theater !vas thus directed tonards the artistic, >nodern and jugoslav character. The first professional producer, Andrejev, and a theater pain!er. Bal>izek, tlie Russian artists inf luenced by the contemporavy Ger»ian theater, n>ere engaged to improve the prodire!ion and scenography i» the spirit of the current West-Eiiropean»>odel. Theiv >»ost significant achievements here Ivere related to the setting of Shakespeave\u27s tragedies MACBETH and CORIOLAN in 1912, introducing some novelties in the per for>nance of Shakespeare. The prductio.i tended to create harmoninoiis u»ities and or»a»iental stylizatio », thus pri>»arily i>»proving the visual sphere of the perforn>a»ce. Concerning ar t istic scenery, tn >o styles, i.e. naturalism and symbolis>n, oserlapped. These tno s t yles e!rcited a strong i>ifI«e>ice upon tlie development of artistic scenography i>i Belgrade in tlie eve of World War l