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Landscape Allegory in Cinema
- Author(s):
- David Melbye (see profile)
- Date:
- 2010
- Subject(s):
- Allegory, Experimental films, Motion pictures, Motion pictures--Political aspects, Landscapes, Transnationalism
- Item Type:
- Book
- Tag(s):
- cinema and painting, film modernism, landscape allegory, landscape cinema, Avant garde cinema, Film, Film and politics, Landscape, Transnational cinema
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6NC5SC24
- Abstract:
- Landscape Allegory in Cinema provides a systematic overview of landscape-oriented films across the history of the medium, showing specifically how and when natural settings function as characters. The study also explores a larger cultural context for the narrative representation of landscape across the humanities, by tracing cultural trajectories of landscape depiction through time. For example, I argue that 17th century Dutch schools of Naturalist and Italianate painting evolved into a modern cinematic context where realistic and idealized settings are coterminous. Eventually, the study analyzes the use of landscape allegory as a means for social critique, particularly in films targeting Western imperialism, such as Aguirre: The Wrath of God and The Man Who Would Be King.
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- Published as:
- Book
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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