The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image

by Anne Ellegood

This volume offers an in-depth exploration of contemporary moving-image art, examining the ways in which "the cinematic" has blurred cultural distinctions between reality and illusion. Cinema was the unrivaled art form of the twentieth century; in the art world, the use of film and video and the appropriation of cinematic language and devices for works in a range of media have been growing since the early 1960s. In the realm of popular culture,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904832504
• ISBN13: 9781904832508
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.7" x 11.1"