Cartoon Vision
Author | : Dan Bashara |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2019-04-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780520421097 |
ISBN-13 | : 0520421094 |
Rating | : 4/5 (094 Downloads) |
Download or read book Cartoon Vision written by Dan Bashara and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Cartoon Vision Dan Bashara examines American animation alongside the modern design boom of the postwar era. Focusing especially on United Productions of America (UPA), a studio whose graphic, abstract style defined the postwar period, Bashara considers animation akin to a laboratory, exploring new models of vision and space alongside theorists and practitioners in other fields. The links—theoretical, historical, and aesthetic—between animators, architects, designers, artists, and filmmakers reveal a specific midcentury modernism that rigorously reimagined the senses. Cartoon Vision invokes the American Bauhaus legacy of László Moholy-Nagy and György Kepes and 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.