Artificial darkness : an obscure history of modern art and media / Noam M. Elcott.
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TextPublisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016Description: 312 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226328973 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Shades and shadows in art | Art, Modern -- 20th century -- History | Art and Design | Art and DesignDDC classification: 709'.04 Summary: Darkness has a history and a uniquely modern form. Distinct from night, shadows, and artificial light, 'artificial darkness' has been overlooked-until now. In fact, controlled darkness was essential to the rise of photography and cinema, science and spectacle, and a century of advanced art and film. 'Artificial Darkness' historicises and theorises this phenomenon and maps its applications across a range of media and art forms. In exploring how artificial darkness shaped modern art, film, and media, Noam M. Elcott addresses seminal and obscure works alongside their sites of production and reception. Turning familiar art and film narratives on their heads, this work is a revolutionary treatment of an elusive, yet fundamental, aspect of art and media history.
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| 709.04 DEL Dimensions of the 20th century, 1900-1945. | 709.04 DES De Stijl : the formative years ; 1917-1922 / | 709.04 DUV Look : 100 years of contemporary art / | 709.04 ELC Artificial darkness : an obscure history of modern art and media / | 709.04 ELW Installation and the moving image / | 709.04 FIN Art since 1940 : strategies of being / | 709.04 (GBR) SEN Sensation : young British artists from the Saatchi Collection / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Darkness has a history and a uniquely modern form. Distinct from night, shadows, and artificial light, 'artificial darkness' has been overlooked-until now. In fact, controlled darkness was essential to the rise of photography and cinema, science and spectacle, and a century of advanced art and film. 'Artificial Darkness' historicises and theorises this phenomenon and maps its applications across a range of media and art forms. In exploring how artificial darkness shaped modern art, film, and media, Noam M. Elcott addresses seminal and obscure works alongside their sites of production and reception. Turning familiar art and film narratives on their heads, this work is a revolutionary treatment of an elusive, yet fundamental, aspect of art and media history.
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