Analyzes the visual and cultural context of Europe's first feature
films from 19th century painting to pictorial photography Sheds new
light on the late 19th and early 20th century's cultural context
Innovatively brings together different media, their artistic
traditions, and their respective theoretical and discursive
paradigms Presents an alternative history of early European cinema
by analyzing it from an inclusive art historical perspective
Thoroughly explores the first European feature films' cinematic
form and function Velvet Curtains and Gilded Frames explores the
intermedial context of early cinema. It tackles the first European
feature films' intricate relationship with its sister arts to
reveal that the period referred to by historians as the long
nineteenth century" was one in which Bourgeois Realism reigned
supreme. The nineteenth-century rise of the middle class coincided
with realism becoming the dominant artistic mode in both form and
content, leading to a revival of genre painting in the art
academies; the supremacy of the social melodrama on the stage; and
the advent of Pictorialism in photography. In its quest for
artistic legitimacy, European filmmakers sought to win over
middle-class audiences with films based on popular works of art -
the first "art films" - by employing similar visual and narrative
strategies as its artistic counterparts. "
General
Imprint: |
Edinburgh University Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Edinburgh Studies in Film and Intermediality |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Authors: |
Vito Adriaensens
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
224 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4744-0698-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-4744-0698-X |
Barcode: |
9781474406987 |
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