{"product_id":"film-as-art-50th-anniversary-printing-paperback","title":"Film as Art, 50th Anniversary Printing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRudolf Arnheim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fall of 1957 the University of California Press expanded Arnheim's 1933 book \u003ci\u003eFilm\u003c\/i\u003e by four essays and brought that landmark work back into print as \u003ci\u003eFilm as Art.\u003c\/i\u003e Now nearly fifty years after that re-edition, the book continues to occupy an important place in the literature of film. Arnheim's method, provocative in this age of technological wizardry, was to focus on the way art in film was derived from that medium's early limitations: no sound, no color, no three-dimensional depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than half a century since its initial publication, this deceptively compact book remains among the most incisive analyses of the formal and perceptual dynamics of cinema. No one who cares about film can afford to remain ignorant of its insights and wisdom. As digital technology fundamentally alters motion pictures, the lessons of Film as Art commend themselves as excellent insurance against reinventing the wheel in the new media landscape and hailing it as progress.--Edward Dimendberg author of \u003ci\u003eFilm Noir and the Spaces of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"After more than eight decades, Rudolph Arnheim's small book of film theory remains one of the essential works in defining film art, understanding film less as reproducing the world than as opening up new possibilities for formal play and unexpected imagery. Anyone serious about film, whether scholar, filmmaker or simply a lover of cinema, must take Arnheim seriously.\"--Tom Gunning, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Films of Fritz Lang \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eD.W. Griffith and the Origins of American Narrative Film \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An aesthetic theory based on the formal 'limitations' of the medium, Arnheim's \u003ci\u003eFilm as Art\u003c\/i\u003e always provokes students in an age of few limits and less formality, and they argue and engage this classic text with unparalleled passion. Written in the wake of sound's transformation of the cinema, Arnheim's essays are not only central to understanding a major historical moment in theoretical debates about what constitutes the 'essence' of film, but also are a must read for anyone seeking a lucid, detailed, and rigorous argument about how works of art emerge from expressive constraint as much as expressive freedom.\"--Vivian Sobchack, author of \u003ci\u003eCarnal Thoughts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRudolf Arnheim\u003c\/b\u003e (1904--2007) was Professor Emeritus of the Psychology of Art at Harvard University and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Sarah Lawrence College. He was author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eArt and Visual Perception\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Power of the Center\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVisual Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.12 x 4.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52710169706803,"sku":"9780520248373","price":69.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dUFpMStTN2pIUUZML0FWbnJKbTJoQT09.webp?v=1763485230","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/film-as-art-50th-anniversary-printing-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}