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Screening Modernism
Andras Balint Kovacs
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Description for Screening Modernism
Paperback. A study of European art cinema's postwar heyday. This book presents an argument that cinematic modernism was not a unified movement. It traces the emergence of art cinema as a historical category. It explains the main formal characteristics of modern styles and forms as well as their intellectual foundation. Series: Cinema and Modernity. Num Pages: 432 pages, 102 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
Casting fresh light on the renowned productions of auteurs such as Antonioni, Fellini, and Bresson and drawing out from the shadows a range of important but lesser-known works, Screening Modernism is the first comprehensive study of European art cinema's postwar heyday. Spanning from the 1950s to the 1970s, Andras Balint Kovacs' encyclopedic work argues that cinematic modernism was not a unified movement with a handful of styles and themes but rather a stunning range of variations on the core principles of modern art. Illustrating how the concepts of modernism and the avant-garde variously manifest themselves in film, Kovacs ... Read more
Casting fresh light on the renowned productions of auteurs such as Antonioni, Fellini, and Bresson and drawing out from the shadows a range of important but lesser-known works, Screening Modernism is the first comprehensive study of European art cinema's postwar heyday. Spanning from the 1950s to the 1970s, Andras Balint Kovacs' encyclopedic work argues that cinematic modernism was not a unified movement with a handful of styles and themes but rather a stunning range of variations on the core principles of modern art. Illustrating how the concepts of modernism and the avant-garde variously manifest themselves in film, Kovacs ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Cinema and Modernity
Condition
New
Weight
606g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226451657
SKU
V9780226451657
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About Andras Balint Kovacs
Andras Balint Kovacs is associate professor in the Institute for Art Theory and Media Research at ELTE University in Budapest.
Reviews for Screening Modernism
Andras Balint Kovacs has written a monumental work. Impressive in its scope, erudition, originality, critical acumen, and philosophical sophistication, Screening Modernism is a landmark historical study of modernist cinema that makes a permanent contribution to the field. - William Rothman, University of Miami