Medieval Art and the Look of Silent Film
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7352-3 (ISBN)
The heyday of silent film soon became quaint with the arrival of "talkies." As early as 1929, critics and historians were writing of the period as though it were the distant past. Much of the literature on the silent era focuses on its filmic art--ambiance and psychological depth, the splendor of the sets and costumes--yet overlooks the inspiration behind these.
This book explores the Middle Ages as the prevailing influence on costume and set design in silent film and a force in fashion and architecture of the era. In the wake of World War I, designers overthrew the artifice of prewar style and manners and drew upon what seemed a nobler, purer age to create an ambiance that reflected higher ideals.
Lora Ann Sigler is a professor emerita of art history at California State University. She is a portrait/landscape artist and designer living in San Pedro, California.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
One—Setting the Stage
Two—Staging the Set
Three—The Web We Wove
Four—The Weave We Wore
Five—Taking It to the Seats
Six—Living It Up: In the Hills
Seven—Keep the Home Buyers Turning
Eight—More Play for Less Pay: Women
in Film Production
Epilogue: That’s About the Sum of It
Appendix A. Mechanization and the Aftereffects of World War I
Appendix B. Audrey Munson: The “Girl of Dreams”
Appendix C. Purveyors of Fantasy: Erté and Georges Barbier
Appendix D. Critical Wit: James Laver
Appendix E. Siegfried Kracauer, Lotte Eisner
and the Rise of the Nazis Hypothesis
Glossary
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 27.12.2018 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 104 photos, appendices, glossary, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 422 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-7352-7 / 1476673527 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-7352-3 / 9781476673523 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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