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Cartoon vision UPA animation and postwar aesthetics

Title
Cartoon vision [electronic resource] : UPA animation and postwar aesthetics / Daniel Bashara.
Author
Bashara, Daniel, 1982-
Publication
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]

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Summary
"Cartoon Vision examines American animation alongside the modern design boom of the postwar era. Focusing especially on United Productions of American (UPA), a studio whose graphic, abstract style defined the postwar period, Daniel Bashara considers animation as a laboratory exploring new models of vision and space, tracing the links--both literal and aesthetic--between animators, architects, and designers developing a midcentury modernism that rigorously reimagined the senses. Invoking the American Bauhaus legacy of László Moholy-Nagy and György Kepes, Cartoon Vision 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"--Provided by publisher.
Uniform Title
Cartoon vision (Online)
Alternative Title
Cartoon vision (Online)
Subject
  • United Productions of America
  • Animated films > United States > History and criticism
  • Animated films > Aesthetics
  • Art and motion pictures
  • Motion pictures and architecture
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction -- Postwar precisionism: order in American modernist art and the modern cartoon -- Unlimited animation: movement in modern architecture and the modern cartoon -- Condensed works: communication in graphic design and the modern cartoon -- The design gaze: cartoon logic in Hollywood cinema and the avant-garde -- Conclusion.
LCCN
2018042106
OCLC
ssj0002106606
Author
Bashara, Daniel, 1982-
Title
Cartoon vision [electronic resource] : UPA animation and postwar aesthetics / Daniel Bashara.
Imprint
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Other Form:
Print version: Bashara, Daniel, 1982- author. Cartoon vision Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520298132 (DLC) 2018038418
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