Art in the Cinematic Imagination

<p>Bringing an art historical perspective to the realm of American and European film <i>Art in the Cinematic Imagination</i> examines the ways in which films have used works of art and artists themselves as cinematic and narrative motifs. From the use of portraits in <i>Vertigo</i> to the cinematic depiction of women artists in <i>Artemisia</i> and <i>Camille Claudel</i> Susan Felleman incorporates feminist and psychoanalytic criticism to reveal individual and collective perspectives on sex gender identity commerce and class.</p> <p>Probing more than twenty films from the postwar era through contemporary times <i>Art in the Cinematic Imagination</i> considers a range of structurally significant art objects artist characters and art-world settings to explore how the medium of film can amplify reinvent or recontextualize the other visual arts. Fluently speaking across disciplines Felleman's study brings a broad array of methodologies to bear on questions such as the evolution of the Hollywood Love Goddess and the pairing of the feminine with death on screen.</p> <p>A persuasive approach to an engaging body of films <i>Art in the Cinematic Imagination</i> illuminates a compelling and significant facet of the cinematic experience.</p>