Figuring the Past: Period Film and the Mannerist Aesthetic by Belén Vidal

Figuring the Past: Period Film and the Mannerist Aesthetic

Belén Vidal

256 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

informative reflective medium-paced

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This innovative analysis of period film presents a new way to examine the ways in which contemporary cinema recreates the historical past. Exploring the relationship between visual motifs and cultural representation, Figuring the Past is a selecti...

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