Screening Statues: Sculpture in Film

Steven Jacobs; Susan Felleman; Vito Adriaensens

This book examines key sculptural motifs and cinematic sculpture in film history through a series of case studies and through an extensive reference gallery of 150 different films.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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List of Figures
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction: The Marble Camera
pp 1-26
- By Steven Jacobs, University of Antwerp and Ghent University, Belgium
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PART I
pp 27-28
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1 - The Sculptor's Dream: Living Statues in Early Cinema
pp 29-45
- By Vito Adriaensens, Assistant Professor at Columbia University's Film Department, Steven Jacobs, University of Antwerp and Ghent University, Belgium
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2 - The Mystery … The Blood … The Age of Gold: Sculpture in Surrealist and Surreal Cinema
pp 46-64
- By Susan Felleman, University of South Carolina
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3 - Carving Cameras on Thorvaldsen and Rodin: Mid-Twentieth- Century Documentaries on Sculpture
pp 65-83
- By Steven Jacobs, University of Antwerp and Ghent University, Belgium
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4 - Anatomy of an Ovidian Cinema: Mysteries of the Wax Museum
pp 84-100
- By Vito Adriaensens, Assistant Professor at Columbia University's Film Department
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5 - The Night of the Human Body: Statues and Fantasy in Postwar American Cinema
pp 101-117
- By Susan Felleman, University of South Carolina
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6 - From Pompeii to Marienbad: Classical Sculptures in Postwar European Modernist Cinema
pp 118-136
- By Steven Jacobs, University of Antwerp and Ghent University, Belgium., Lisa Colpaert, London College of Fashion
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7 - Of Swords, Sandals, and Statues: The Myth of the Living Statue
pp 137-155
- By Vito Adriaensens, Assistant Professor at Columbia University's Film Department
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8 - Coda: Returning the Favor (A Short History of Film Becoming Sculpture)
pp 156-168
- By Susan Felleman, University of South Carolina
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PART II
pp 169-170
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Sculpture Gallery: 150 Statues from European and American Cinema
pp 171-250
- By Vito Adriaensens, Assistant Professor at Columbia University's Film Department, Lisa Colpaert, London College of Fashion
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Bibliography
pp 251-262
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About the Authors
pp 263-264
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Index
pp 265-276
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Figures
pp vii-x

Acknowledgements
pp xi-xii

Introduction: The Marble Camera
pp 1-26

PART I
pp 27-28

1 - The Sculptor's Dream: Living Statues in Early Cinema
pp 29-45

2 - The Mystery … The Blood … The Age of Gold: Sculpture in Surrealist and Surreal Cinema
pp 46-64

3 - Carving Cameras on Thorvaldsen and Rodin: Mid-Twentieth- Century Documentaries on Sculpture
pp 65-83

4 - Anatomy of an Ovidian Cinema: Mysteries of the Wax Museum
pp 84-100

5 - The Night of the Human Body: Statues and Fantasy in Postwar American Cinema
pp 101-117

6 - From Pompeii to Marienbad: Classical Sculptures in Postwar European Modernist Cinema
pp 118-136

7 - Of Swords, Sandals, and Statues: The Myth of the Living Statue
pp 137-155

8 - Coda: Returning the Favor (A Short History of Film Becoming Sculpture)
pp 156-168

PART II
pp 169-170

Sculpture Gallery: 150 Statues from European and American Cinema
pp 171-250

Bibliography
pp 251-262

About the Authors
pp 263-264

Index
pp 265-276

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