Introduction -- Postwar precisionism: order in American modernist art and the modern cartoon -- Unlimited animation: movement in modern architecture and the modern cartoon -- Condensed works: communication in graphic design and the modern cartoon -- The design gaze: cartoon logic in Hollywood cinema and the avant-garde -- Conclusion
Summary
"Cartoon Vision examines American animation alongside the modern design boom of the postwar era. Focusing especially on United Productions of American (UPA), a studio whose graphic, abstract style defined the postwar period, Daniel Bashara considers animation as a laboratory exploring new models of vision and space, tracing the links--both literal and aesthetic--between animators, architects, and designers developing a midcentury modernism that rigorously reimagined the senses. Invoking the American Bauhaus legacy of László Moholy-Nagy and György Kepes, Cartoon Vision advocates for animation's pivotal role in a utopian design project of retraining the public's vision to better apprehend a rapidly changing modern world"--Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
In English
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