Late Bresson and the Visual Arts

Cinema, Painting and Avant-Garde Experiment

AvRaymond Watkins

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

The color films of French film director Robert Bresson (1901-99) have largely been neglected, despite the fact that Bresson himself considered them to be more fully realized reflections of his aspirations for the cinema. This study presents a revised and revitalized Bresson, comparing his late style to painterly innovations in color, light, and iconography from the Middle Ages to the present, to abstract painting in France after World War II, and to affinities with the avant-garde movements of Surrealism, Constructivism, and Minimalism. Drawing on media archeology, this study views Bresson's work through such allied visual arts practices as painting, photography, sculpture, theater, and dance.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-12-01
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt:480 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Film Culture in Transition
Antal sidor:262
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781041182023

Utforska kategorier

Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Film inom Kultur

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Raymond Watkins currently teaches at the Pennsylvania State University. He received his Ph.D. in comparative literature and cinema from The University of Iowa, and has published in Cinema Journal, Studies in French Cinema, and The Quarterly Review of Film and Video.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction, Bresson in Color: Reinventing History through Avant-Garde Experiment Part 1: Classical and Post-War Painting Chapter 1 Bresson's Debt to Painting: Iconography, Lighting, Color, and Framing Practices Chapter 2 The Turn to Post-War Abstraction: Action Painting, L'Art Informel, and Le Nouveau Réalisme Part 2: Avant-Garde Experiment Chapter 3 Bresson's Flirtation with Surrealism: Sexual Desire, Masochism, and Abjection Chapter 4 The Design and Pattern of the Whole: Constructivist Painting and Theatre Chapter 5 Between Constructivism and Minimalism: Bresson's Ambivalence Toward the Modern, Bibliography, Index