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Pretty [electronic resource] : film and the decorative image /

by Galt, Rosalind; ProQuest (Firm).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Film and culture: Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2011Description: xi, 390 p. : ill.ISBN: ; ; .Subject(s): Motion pictures -- Aesthetics | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
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.
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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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