Cinema by design : art nouveau, modernism, and film history / by Lucy Fischer.
Cinema by design : art nouveau, modernism, and film history / by Lucy Fischer.
Cinema by design : art nouveau, modernism, and film history / by Lucy Fischer.
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New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2017]
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G 2017/1156
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 265 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Art Nouveau and the age of attractions -- Art nouveau and American film of the 1920s: prestige, class, fantasy, and the exotic -- Architecture and the city: Barcelona, Gaudí, and the cinematic imaginary -- Art nouveau, chambers of horror, and "the Jew in the text" -- Art nouveau, pa...
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New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2017]
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New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
Art Nouveau thrived from the late 1890s through the First World War. The international design movement reveled in curvilinear forms and both playful and macabre visions and had a deep impact on cinematic art direction, costuming, gender representation, genre, and theme. Though historians have long dismissed Art Nouveau as a decadent cultural mode,...
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Cinema by design : art nouveau, modernism, and film history / by Lucy Fischer.
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Film and culture series
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2017/1156
Record Identifier
74VKVVapG28Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVVapG28Z
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ISBN
0231175035 paperback alkaline paper
9780231175029 hardcover alkaline paper
0231175027 hardcover alkaline paper
9780231175036 paperback alkaline paper
DDC
791.43657
MMS ID
991024094881202626
