Vidal, Belén. <br/><br/>
Figuring the past  period film and the mannerist aesthetic / 
Belén Vidal. 
 - Amsterdam :  Amsterdam University Press,  (c)2012. 
 - 1 online resource (256 pages) :  illustrations. 
 - Film culture in transition .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Figuring the Past; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction --  Period Film and the Mannerist Moment; Chapter 1 --  A Poetics of Figuration; Chapter 2 --  Present in the Past: The House; Chapter 3 --  Time and the Image: The Tableau; Chapter 4 --  The Scene of Writing: The Letter; Conclusion --  Second Sight: Reviewing th e Past, Figuring the Present; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Film Titles; Index of Names and Subjects; 
<br/><br/> This definitive work offers a new approach to the period film at the turn of the twenty-first century, examining the ways in which contemporary cinema recreates the historical past. This book explores the relation between visual motifs and cultural representation in a range of key films by James Ivory, Martin Scorsese and Jane Campion, among others. Looking at the mannerist taste for citation, detail and stylisation, the author argues for an aesthetic of fragments and figures central to the period film as an international genre. Three key figures - the house, the tableau and the letter - struc. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789048513536 9048513537 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Historical films--History and criticism.<br/>Motion pictures and history.<br/>Renaissance in motion pictures.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1995  / .F548 2012