Aesthetics and the cinematic narrative : an introduction /

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Author / Creator:Bolus, Michael Peter, author.
Imprint:London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, an imprint of Wimbledon Publishing Company, 2019.
Description:ix, 163 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:English
Subject:Motion pictures -- Aesthetics.
Motion pictures -- Aesthetics.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11989570
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ISBN:9781783089819
1783089814
9781783089840
1783089849
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Since the inception of cinema in the late nineteenth century, filmmakers have employed a wide array of precursory aesthetic strategies in the conception and creation of their disparate works. The existence of these traditional antecedents have afforded filmmakers a diverse range of technical and artistic applications towards the construction of their respective cinematic narratives. Furthermore, the socio-political and cultural contexts in which films are conceived often inform the manner in which particular aesthetic sensibilities are selected and deployed. This book provides a concise historical survey of Aesthetics as a practical philosophical discipline and applies several of its underlying principles to the examination of filmic storytelling.
Standard no.:40029483794
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: art and aesthetics
  • Myth and parable
  • Realism and abstraction
  • Classicism and romanticism
  • Escapism and formalism.