The Art of the Moving Picture
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"In the field of film aesthetics, it is the first important American work, still important--The Art of the Moving Picture is astonishing."--Stanley KauffmannWritten in 1915, The Art of the Moving Picture by poet Vachel Lindsay is the first book to treat movies as art. Lindsay writes a brilliant analysis of the early silent films (including several now lost films). He is extraordinarily prescient about the future of moviemaking--particularly about the business, the prominence of technology, and the emergence of the director as the author of the film.
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- THE ART OF THE MOVING PICTURE
- Dedicated
- GEORGE MATHER RICHARDS
- THE ART STUDENT DAYS WE SPENT TOGETHER WHEN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM WAS OUR PICTURE-DRAMA
- A WORD FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE DENVER ART ASSOCIATION
- BOOK I—THE GENERAL PHOTOPLAY SITUATION IN AMERICA, JANUARY 1, 1922
- BOOK II—THE UNCHALLENGED OUTLINE OF PHOTOPLAY CRITICAL METHOD
- CHAPTER I
- THE POINT OF VIEW
- CHAPTER II
- THE PHOTOPLAY OF ACTION
- CHAPTER III
- THE INTIMATE PHOTOPLAY
- CHAPTER IV
- THE MOTION PICTURE OF FAIRY SPLENDOR
- CHAPTER V
- THE PICTURE OF CROWD SPLENDOR
- CHAPTER VI
- PATRIOTIC SPLENDOR
- CHAPTER VII
- RELIGIOUS SPLENDOR
- CHAPTER VIII
- SCULPTURE-IN-MOTION
- CHAPTER IX
- PAINTING-IN-MOTION
- CHAPTER X
- FURNITURE, TRAPPINGS, AND INVENTIONS IN MOTION
- CHAPTER XI
- ARCHITECTURE-IN-MOTION
- CHAPTER XII
- THIRTY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PHOTOPLAYS AND THE STAGE
- CHAPTER XIII
- HIEROGLYPHICS
- BOOK III. MORE PERSONAL SPECULATIONS AND AFTERTHOUGHTS NOT BROUGHT FORWARD SO DOGMATICALLY CHAPTER XIV
- THE ORCHESTRA, CONVERSATION, AND THE CENSORSHIP
- CHAPTER XV
- THE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE SALOON
- CHAPTER XVI
- CALIFORNIA AND AMERICA
- CHAPTER XVII
- PROGRESS AND ENDOWMENT
- CHAPTER XVIII
- ARCHITECTS AS CRUSADERS
- CHAPTER XIX
- ON COMING FORTH BY DAY
- CHAPTER XX
- THE PROPHET-WIZARD
- CHAPTER XXI
- THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD
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