Figuring the past : period film and the mannerist aesthetic / Belén Vidal.

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Vidal, Belén.

Title & Author:

Figuring the past : period film and the mannerist aesthetic / Belén Vidal.

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Description:

1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations

Series:

Film culture in transition

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: period film and the mannerist moment -- A poetics of figuration -- Present in the past: The house -- Time and the image: the tableau -- The scene of writing: the letter -- Conclusion-Second sight: reviewing the past, figuring the present.
English.

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.

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ISBN:

9789048513536 (electronic bk.)
9048513537 (electronic bk.)
9089642811
9789089642813
908964282X
9789089642820
9781283698245
1283698242
(hardcover)

Subject:

Historical films History and criticism.
Motion pictures and history.
Renaissance in motion pictures.
Mannerism (Art)
Films historiques Histoire et critique.
Cinéma et histoire.
Renaissance au cinéma.
Maniérisme (Art)
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)
Film, TV and radio.
The arts.
PERFORMING ARTS Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS Film & Video General.
Historical films
Motion pictures
Film

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Discursive works.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Books at JSTOR: Open Access
OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks)

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Film culture in transition.

Period film and the mannerist aesthetic

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