Philosophy of Cinematic Art

Informationen zum Autor Berys Gaut is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Art, Emotion and Ethics (2007) and co-editor of The Creation of Art (2003). Klappentext A wide-ranging and accessible study of cinema as an art form, discussing traditional photographic films, digital cinema, and videogames. Zusammenfassung This is a systematic and wide-ranging study of cinema as an art form! showing how the medium conditions fundamental features of cinematic artworks. Written in a clear and accessible style! it develops a powerful framework with which to think about cinema as an art. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The challenges to cinema as an art; 2. Language and realism; 3. Cinematic authorship; 4. Understanding cinema; 5. Cinematic narration; 6. Emotion and identification; 7. The role of the medium; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Berys Gaut, Berys (University of St Andrews Gaut, Gaut Berys
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.01.2010
• EAN: 9780521822442
• ISBN: 978-0-521-82244-2
• No. of pages: 340
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, Film, TV & radio, Film history, theory or criticism