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Douglas Sirk, Aesthetic Modernism and the Culture of Modernity - by Victoria L Evans (Paperback)

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  • 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 Sirk's formal style emerged from his detailed understanding of the artistic debates that raged in 1920s Europe and the post-war United States.
  • About the Author: Victoria Evans is the main programmer for the Dunedin Film Society and an organiser for the New Zealand International Film Festival.
  • 208 Pages
  • Performing Arts, Film

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About the Book



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.



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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 Sirk's 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 Sirk's oeuvre as a continuum between his German and American periods, Evans argues that his mise-en-scene 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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Douglas Sirk, Aesthetic Modernism and the Culture of Modernity By Victoria L. Evans 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 Sirk's 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 Sirk's oeuvre as a continuum between his German and American periods, Evans argues that his mise-en-scène 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. Dr Victoria L. Evans is the main programmer for the Dunedin Film Society and an organiser in Dunedin for the New Zealand International Film Festival.



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It has been said that many books should be written on any one auteur. Victoria L. Evans in Douglas Sirk: Aesthetic Modernism and the Culture of Modernity underscores this point. At once elegant and rigorous, Evans's attention to aesthetic, art-historical, and architectural detail make returning to Douglas Sirk a journey in intellectual delights. This book is a treasure for film studies.--Professor David A. Gerstner, CUNY



About the Author



Victoria Evans is the main programmer for the Dunedin Film Society and an organiser for the New Zealand International Film Festival. She is also on the national management committee of the New Zealand Federation of Film Societies. She received her phD from the University of Otago in 2008.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .5 Inches (D)
Weight: .75 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Film
Genre: Performing Arts
Number of Pages: 208
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Theme: History & Criticism
Format: Paperback
Author: Victoria L Evans
Language: English
Street Date: May 13, 2019
TCIN: 1002951659
UPC: 9781474452021
Item Number (DPCI): 247-19-6268
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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