Playing Cards: Art Genius

基本信息

Paperback: 144 pages

Publisher: OUP Oxford (23 Nov. 2017)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0198701772

ISBN-13: 978-0198701774

Product Dimensions: 110 x 172 x 8mm | 114g

書籍簡介

電影院是第一個，也許也是最偉大的工業化藝術形式，在二十世紀的文化生活佔據十分重要的地位。如今，隨着科技發展日新月異，網上視頻平台的推廣使用，電影院仍然是全世界人們不可或缺的文化、藝術和娛樂生活。

電影院是在兩次世界大戰的背景下發展起來的，這段時間發生許多大大小小的戰爭、革命和意義深刻的社會變革。其歷史也記錄着這段時期的變化發展，比任何其他藝術形式都能反映出技術的進步。在這本牛津通識讀本中，作者Geoffrey Nowell-Smith關注電影院的發展歷史時刻，從無聲到有聲，從黑白到彩色，並考慮從藝術家學者到大眾市場娛樂的流派。

“牛津通識讀本”系列叢書由國內專業翻譯出版社譯林出版社從牛津大學出版社引進。譯林出版社此次從中遴選約四十本篇目加以譯介。各篇目所論主題或為某一學科，或為理論流派，或為思想史、文化史上的名流。作者多為國外大學或研究機構的知名學者，對相關領域均有較深入研究。原版雖名謂“Short Introduction”，然而，叢書作者在撰寫時既非進行簡單的資料羅列，也未流於隨性的主觀評説。在闡述主題的過程中，作者不僅理論視野開闊，且常有獨到的見解形諸筆端，顯示出基於深厚學養的主題駕馭能力。

Cinema was the first, and is arguably still the greatest, of the industrialized art forms that came to dominate the cultural life of the twentieth century. Today, it continues to adapt and grow as new technologies and viewing platforms become available, and remains an integral cultural and aesthetic entertainment experience for people the world over. 

Cinema developed against the backdrop of the two world wars, and over the years has seen smaller wars, revolutions, and profound social changes. Its history reflects this changing landscape, and, more than any other art form, developments in technology. In this Very Short Introduction, Nowell-Smith looks at the defining moments of the industry, from silent to sound, black and white to colour, and considers its genres from intellectual art house to mass market entertainment. 

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目錄

Preface

1: Introduction: what is Cinema?

2: Technologies

3: Industry

4: Aesthetics

5: Cinema and the outer world

6: Shaping the imaginary

7: Seven epochs

8: Conclusion

Further reading

Index

作者簡介

Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, Honorary Professorial Fellow in the School of History at Queen Mary, University of London

Professor Geoffrey Nowell-Smith is one of the leading scholars in film studies. During his long academic career he taught film studies in various universities in Britain and the US, and from 1978-1989 he was Head of Education and then Head of Publishing at the British Film Institute. He has authored and edited a number of books, including The Oxford History of World Cinema (OUP, 1996) and Making Waves: New Wave, Neorealism, and the New Cinemas of the 1960s (Bloomsbury, 2007).