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Galt, Rosalind.

Pretty film and the decorative image / [electronic resource] : Rosalind Galt. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2011. - xi, 390 p. : ill. - Film and culture . - Film and culture. .

Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Motion pictures--Aesthetics.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PN1995 / .G245 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 791.4301