Medieval Art And The Look Of Silent Film

Author : Lora Ann Sigler
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476673523

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Medieval Art and the Look of Silent Film by Lora Ann Sigler Pdf

 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.

Author : Conrad Rudolph
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781444357226

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A Companion to Medieval Art by Conrad Rudolph Pdf

A Companion to Medieval Art brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe. Brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe. Contains over 30 original theoretical, historical, and historiographic essays by renowned and emergent scholars. Covers the vibrancy of medieval art from both thematic and sub-disciplinary perspectives. Features an international and ambitious range - from reception, Gregory the Great, collecting, and pilgrimage art, to gender, patronage, the marginal, spolia, and manuscript illumination.

Author : Bettina Bildhauer
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781861899279

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Filming the Middle Ages by Bettina Bildhauer Pdf

In this groundbreaking account of film history, Bettina Bildhauer shows how from the earliest silent films to recent blockbusters, medieval topics and plots have played an important but overlooked role in the development of cinema. Filming the Middle Ages is the first book to define medieval films as a group and trace their history from silent film in Weimar Germany to Hollywood and then to recent European co-productions. Bildhauer provides incisive new interpretations of classics like Murnau’s Faust and Eisenstein’s Alexander Nevsky, and she rediscovers some forgotten works like Douglas Sirk’s Sign of the Pagan and Asta Nielsen’s Hamlet. As Bildhauer explains, both art house films like The Seventh Seal and The Passion of Joan of Arc and popular films like Beowulf or The Da Vinci Code cleverly use the Middle Ages to challenge modern ideas of historical progress, to find alternatives to a print-dominated culture, and even to question what makes us human. Filming the Middle Ages pays special attention to medieval animated and detective films and provactively demonstrates that the invention of cinema itself is considered a return to the Middle Ages by many film theorists and film makers. Filming the Middle Ages is ideal reading for medievalists with a stake in the contemporary and film scholars with an interest in the distant past.

Author : Sandra Gorgievski
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780786457564

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Face to Face with Angels by Sandra Gorgievski Pdf

Arch-mediator between the divine and the mundane, the angel is an enduring figure in the Western world. It has been interpreted as an externalization of repressed fantasies, a projection of the self as other, and a metaphor for modern estrangement. This book is the first comparative study of sacred medieval images of angels and their cinematic treatment, including reference to both the medieval and modern imaginations. The text traces the traditional functions of angels and their reworking in film, then takes particular note of new icons like the female angel and others who become models for our connection with transcendence.

Author : Kevin J. Harty
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476608440

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Cinema Arthuriana by Kevin J. Harty Pdf

The legends of King Arthur have not only endured for centuries, but also flourished in constant retellings and new stories built around the central themes. With the coming of motion pictures, Arthur was destined to hit the screen. This edition of Cinema Arthuriana, revised in 2002, presents 20 essays on the topic of the recurring presence of the legend in film and television from 1904 to 2001. They cover such films as Excalibur (1981) and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), television productions such as The Mists of Avalon (2001), and French and German films about the quest for the Holy Grail and the other adventures of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

Author : Arden Reed
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780520285507

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Slow Art by Arden Reed Pdf

Introduction : marking time -- What is slow art? (when images swell into events and events condense into images) -- Living pictures -- Before slow art -- Slow art emerges in modernity I : secularization from Diderot to Wilde -- Slow art emerges in modernity II : the great age of speed -- Slow fiction, film, video, performance, 1960 to 2010 -- Slow photography, painting, installation art, sculpture, 1960 to 2010 -- Angel and devil of slow art

Author : Donna Kornhaber
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780190852542

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Silent Film: A Very Short Introduction by Donna Kornhaber Pdf

Encompassing the thirty-five year span between the initial development of film technology in the mid-1890s and the adoption of synchronized sound in the late 1920s, the cinema's silent era is both one of the most important epochs of film history and one of the most misunderstood within the popular imagination. In this brief and readable account, these formative decades come vividly to life. Covering the full scope of the silent era-from the invention of motion pictures to the rise of the Hollywood studios-and touching on films and filmmakers from every corner of the globe, Silent Film: A Very Short Introduction offers a window into film's first years as a worldwide entertainment phenomenon. From groundbreaking early shorts to the masterpieces of the cinema's classical era, from street-corner nickelodeons to grand movie palaces, from slapstick to the avant-garde, the silent era's artistic abundance and global variety are here put on full display. In the story of silent film, we see not just the origins of a new culture industry but also a legacy of imagination and innovation that continues to profoundly influence the cinema even to this day. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Edward Jewitt Wheeler,Isaac Kaufman Funk,William Seaver Woods,Arthur Stimson Draper,Wilfred John Funk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1122 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1929-04
Category : Literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105024638418

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The Literary Digest by Edward Jewitt Wheeler,Isaac Kaufman Funk,William Seaver Woods,Arthur Stimson Draper,Wilfred John Funk Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B3068676

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The Common Room by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kevin J. Harty
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476639000

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Medieval Women on Film by Kevin J. Harty Pdf

In this first ever book-length treatment, 11 scholars with a variety of backgrounds in medieval studies, film studies, and medievalism discuss how historical and fictional medieval women have been portrayed on film and their connections to the feminist movements of the 20th and 21st centuries. From detailed studies of the portrayal of female desire and sexuality, to explorations of how and when these women gain agency, these essays look at the different ways these women reinforce, defy, and complicate traditional gender roles. Individual essays discuss the complex and sometimes conflicting cinematic treatments of Guinevere, Morgan Le Fay, Isolde, Maid Marian, Lady Godiva, Heloise, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and Joan of Arc. Additional essays discuss the women in Fritz Lang's The Nibelungen, Liv Ullmann's Kristin Lavransdatter, and Bertrand Tavernier's La Passion Beatrice.

Author : Helen Gardner,Horst De la Croix,Richard G. Tansey,Diane Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Page : 1158 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39076001314777

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Gardner's Art Through the Ages by Helen Gardner,Horst De la Croix,Richard G. Tansey,Diane Kirkpatrick Pdf

"In this volume, we have made every effort to preserve Helen Gardner's freshness of style and, above all, her sympathetic approach to individual works of art and the styles of which they are a part."- Preface.

Author : Helen Gardner,Horst De la Croix
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Art
ISBN : PSU:000056596182

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Gardner's Art Through the Ages: Renaissance and modern art by Helen Gardner,Horst De la Croix Pdf

This classic art history survey text has sold more than two million copies since it was first published in 1926. The ideal text for the full-year history course, it surveys the entire span of Western art from prehistory to the present and offers overviews of significant areas of non-Western art. Features: * New to this edition: * Increased number of illustrations, more in color. * Heightened visual appeal and superior accuracy of color resulting from printing at 175-line screen resolution. * Addition of new maps, timelines, and improved photographic views. * Reorganized, expanded, and revised chapters in Part One reflect significant changes in the field of ancient art over the last decade. (Author Fred S. Kleiner, Classical scholar, is Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Archaeology, the official journal of the Archaeological Institute of America). * Inclusion of more art from North American museums facilitates students' viewing of actual works. * Inclusion of many new views of previously illustrated monuments. * Increased attention to social and political context of works of art in the ancient world. * Presentation of more classical works of art created for non-elite patrons. * Reorganized by Early Christian, Islamic, and Byzantine material. * Addition of twenty-eight new line art figures. * Expanded coverage of Chinese art and introduction of Korean art. * Expanded coverage of Mayan ceramics and stelae, new coverage of Peruvian textiles and Colombian gold work. * Revision of African art, updated in a separate chapter with twice as many images as the previous edition. * Reorganized chapters covering Northern and Italian Renaissance. * Reorganized coverage of eighteenth-century material. * Increased coverage of women and minority artists. * Totally reorganized nineteenth- and twentieth-century material, many new images from nineteenth- and twentieth-century artists. -- Amazon.com

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Arts
ISBN : PSU:000056234589

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Arts & Humanities Through the Eras: Medieval Europe (814-1450) by Anonim Pdf

Profiling milestones and movements in the arts, literature, music and religion from a specific period, each volume in this five-volume set helps students and researchers understand the various disciplines of the humanities in relation to each other, as well as to history and culture. An overview of the period and a chronology of major world events begin each volume. Nine chapters follow, covering the major branches of the humanities: architecture and design, dance, fashion, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater and visual arts. Chapters begin with a chronology of major events within the discipline followed by articles covering the movements, schools of thought and masterworks that characterize the discipline during the era and biographical profiles of pioneers, masters and other prominent figures in the field. Chapters end with significant primary documents from the period.

Author : David Bordwell
Publisher : Bloomington : Indiana University Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : La passion de Jeanne d'Arc (Motion picture)
ISBN : UOM:39015003752360

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Filmguide to La Passion de Jeanne D'Arc by David Bordwell Pdf

Author : Misericordia International (Organization). Colloque,Frédéric Billiet,Paul Hardwick
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015079343672

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Profane Images in Marginal Arts of the Middle Ages by Misericordia International (Organization). Colloque,Frédéric Billiet,Paul Hardwick Pdf

IntroductionPrefaceMalcolm JonesEditorialElaine C. BlockTechnical Aspects of the MisericordHugh HarrisonProfane Imagery on Misericords and Lead Badges1 Misericords as an Interpretative Tool in the study of Choir StallsCharles Tracy2 Misericords and the World of BruegelElaine C. Block3 TutivillusChrista Grössinger4 Where the Abbot Carries Dice : Gaming-Board Misericords in Context M.A. Hall5 Flying Low Down Under: Representations of Winged MammalsFowl and Birds on English MisericordsS.J. F.S. Philips6 The Mermaid in the ChurchTerry Pearson7 Romance among the Choir Stalls: Middle English Romance Motifs on English MisericordsJennifer Fellows8 Misinterpretation in the MarginsPaul Hardwick9 Passionate Pilgrims: Secular Lead Badges as Precursors of Emblemata AmatoriaStefanie StockhorstProfane Images in other marginal media10 Obscenity as the Woodworker's Last LaughNaomi Reed Kline11 Looking for Fun in All the Wrong Places: Humour and Comedy in Moralizing PrintsDiane G. Scillia12 A Sacred Tekst Profaned : Seven Women Fight for the BreechesWalter S. Gibson13 Iconographie des charniers des ossuaires et des aîtres à Travers la France médievale Sylvie Bethmont-Gallerand14 An Iconography of Shame: German Defamatory Pictures of the Early Modern EraSilke Meyer15 The Lost Print Collection of Ferdinand Columbus (1488-1539)Mark P. Mc DonaldThe Marginal Arts in the Mainstream16 Screening the Middle Ages: Costumes and Objects as Medieval Signifiers in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)Brian J. Levy17 Diabolus in musica dans les stalles médiévales: significations du désordre musical Frédéric Billiet18 Review of Averting Demons by Ruth MellinkoffMalcolm Jones19 Resumes in French and EnglishSylvie Bethmond-GallerandElaine C. BlockAppendix/ List of photographs by siteThe Authors.