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Pretty : film and the decorative image / Rosalind Galt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Galt, Rosalind.
- Series:
- Film and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Aesthetics.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- Introduction: the pretty as troublesome image
- From aesthetics to film aesthetics: or, beauty and truth redux
- Colors: Derek Jarman and queer aesthetics
- Ornament and modernity: from decorative art to cultural criticism
- Objects: oriental style and the arabesques of Moulin Rouge!
- At the crossroads: iconoclasm and the anti-aesthetic in postwar film and theory
- Forms: Soy Cuba and revolutionary beauty
- Perverse prettiness: sexuality, gender, and aesthetic exclusion
- Bodies: the sumptuous charms of Ulrike Ottinger
- Postscript: toward a worldly image.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes filmography.
- ISBN:
- 9780231153461
- 0231153465
- 9780231153478
- 0231153473
- 9780231526951
- 0231526954
- OCLC:
- 678923958
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