Figuring the past : period film and the mannerist aesthetic /

Figuring the past : period film and the mannerist aesthetic /

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Author / Creator:Vidal, Belén.
Imprint:Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2012.
Description:1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Film culture in transition
Film culture in transition.
Subject:
Historical films -- History and criticism.
Motion pictures and history.
Renaissance in motion pictures.
Historical films.
Motion pictures and history.
Renaissance in motion pictures.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11164328
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Varying Form of Title:Period film and the mannerist aesthetic
ISBN:9789048513536
9048513537
9089642811
9789089642813
908964282X
9789089642820
9789089642813
9089642811
9781283698245
1283698242
9789089642820
908964282X
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:"This definitive work offers a new approach to the period film at the turn of the twenty-first century, examining the ways in which contemporary cinema recreates the historical past. This book explores the relation between visual motifs and cultural representation in a range of key films by James Ivory, Martin Scorsese and Jane Campion, among others. Looking at the mannerist taste for citation, detail and stylisation, the author argues for an aesthetic of fragments and figures central to the period film as an international genre. Three key figures - the house, the tableau and the letter - structure a critical journey through a selection of detailed case studies, in relation to changing notions of visual style, melodrama, and gender. This seeks to place this popular but often undervalued genre in a new light and to rethink its significance in the context of key debates in film studies."--Publisher's website.
Other form:Print version: 9781283698245
Standard no.:9789089642813
9789089642820

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