What Is Lighting Design?

What Is Lighting Design?: A Genealogy of People and Ideas explains what lighting design is by looking at the history of ideas that are a part of this craft and how those ideas developed.

Michael Chybowski is a freelance lighting designer and an Associate Professor of Lighting Design at the University of Connecticut. His work in the fields of theatre, opera, dance, performance art, and film has been seen throughout the United States and around the world. Long-term collaborations include work with the artist Laurie Anderson, the choreographer Mark Morris, and many theatres on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regionally within the United States, Europe, and Asia.

1. Introduction 2. Some Early History 3. Lighting Reforms 4. More Recent History 5. Adolph Appia & The New Stagecraft 6. The Spotlight Era 7. The Fundamental Properties of Light: Angle, Intensity, Color 8. Control 9. Space 10. Time 11. Dramatic Intention 12. What Is Lighting Design?