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Douglas Sirk, aesthetic modernism and the culture of modernity /
The first truly interdisciplinary analysis to link Douglas Sirk's striking visual aesthetic to key movements in twentieth century art and architecture, this book reveals how the exaggerated artifice of Sirḱ⁰₉s formal style emerged from his detailed understanding of the artistic debates that ra...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The first truly interdisciplinary analysis to link Douglas Sirk's striking visual aesthetic to key movements in twentieth century art and architecture, this book reveals how the exaggerated artifice of Sirḱ⁰₉s formal style emerged from his detailed understanding of the artistic debates that raged in 1920s Europe and the post-war United States. With detailed case studies of Final Chord and All That Heaven Allows, Victoria Evans demonstrates how Sirk attempted to dissolve the boundaries of cinema by assimilating elements of avant-garde art, architecture and design into the colour, composition and setting of many of his most well-known films. Treating Sirḱ⁰₉s oeuvre as a continuum between his German and American periods, Evans argues that his mise-en-sc÷ne was the result of an interdisciplinary, transnational dialogue, and illuminates the broader cultural context in which his films appeared by establishing links between archival documents, Modernist manifestos and the philosophical writings of his peers. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781474409407 1474409407 |