| Cartoon Vision: Upa Animation and Postwar Aesthetics Contributor(s): Bashara, Dan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520298136 ISBN-13: 9780520298132 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - Genres - Animated - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Animation (see Also Film - Genres - Animated) |
| Dewey: 791.433 |
| LCCN: 2018038418 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.35 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Cartoon Vision Dan Bashara examines American animation alongside the modern design boom of the postwar era. Focusing especially on United Productions of America (UPA), a studio whose graphic, abstract style defined the postwar period, Bashara considers animation akin to a laboratory, exploring new models of vision and space alongside theorists and practitioners in other fields. The links--theoretical, historical, and aesthetic--between animators, architects, designers, artists, and filmmakers reveal a specific midcentury modernism that rigorously reimagined the senses. Cartoon Vision invokes the American Bauhaus legacy of L szl Moholy-Nagy and Gy rgy Kepes and advocates for animation's pivotal role in a utopian design project of retraining the public's vision to better apprehend a rapidly changing modern world. |