{"product_id":"art-in-the-cinema-the-mid-century-art-documentary","title":"Art in the Cinema: The Mid-Century Art Documentary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"author notFaded\"\u003eSteven Jacobs\u003cspan class=\"contribution\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-color-secondary\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"author notFaded\"\u003eDimitrios Latsis\u003cspan\u003e \u0026amp; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"author notFaded\"\u003eBirgit Cleppe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover | \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e15.6 x 1.35 x 23.39 cm | 256 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBloomsbury | 2023 | 9781788313674\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the 1940s and 1950s, hundreds of art documentaries were produced, many of them being highly personal, poetic, reflexive and experimental films that offer a thrilling cinematic experience. With the exception of Alain Resnais’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVan Gogh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1948), Henri-Georges Clouzot’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLe Mystère Picasso\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1956) and a few others, most of them have received only scant scholarly attention. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book aims to rectify this situation by discussing the most lyrical, experimental and influential post-war art documentaries, connecting them to contemporaneous museological developments and Euro-American cultural and political relationships. With contributors with expertise across art history and film studies, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eArt in the Cinema\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003edraws attention to film projects by André Bazin, Ilya Bolotowsky, Paul Haesaerts, Carlo Ragghianti, John Read, Dudley Shaw Aston, Henri Storck and Willard Van Dyke among others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48248925159682,"sku":"BK-BLO-AITC-001-T","price":17.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_1181_d5af7c2a-a2de-4560-a3bd-638e240ae85d.jpg?v=1792600686","url":"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/products\/art-in-the-cinema-the-mid-century-art-documentary","provider":"Books About Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}