From Grain to Pixel


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"From Grain to Pixel attempts to bridge the fields of film archiving and academic research, by addressing the discourse on film ontology and analysing how it affects the role of film archives. Fossati proposes a new theoretization of film archival practice as the starting point for a renewed dialogue between film scholars and film archivists." --Book Jacket.




The Moving Image


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Networks of Entertainment


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Essays by prominent scholars examining film distribution in the early years of cinema. This collection of essays explores the complex issue of film distribution from the invention of cinema into the 1910s. From regional distribution networks to international marketing strategies, from the analysis of distribution catalogs to case studies on individual distributors, these essays written by well-known specialists in the field discuss the intriguing question of how films came to meet their audiences. Contributors include Richard Abel, Marta Braun, Joseph Garncarz, André Gaudreault, François Jost, Charlie Keil, Martin Loiperdinger, Viva Paci, Wanda Strauven, Gregory Waller, and many more.




Griffithiana


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Città e guerra : difese, distruzioni, permanenze delle memorie e dell’immagine urbana. Tomo II : tracce e patrimoni


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[Italiano]: In un momento così significativo per la storia europea e mondiale, questo volume vuole essere la raccolta di riflessioni scientifiche condotte sui rapporti tra le scelte politiche, le azioni militari e la fisionomia delle città e del paesaggio urbano, sull’evoluzione delle strutture e delle tecniche di difesa, sulla rappresentazione della guerra e dei suoi effetti sull’immagine urbana, sul recupero delle tracce della memoria cittadina. Da una parte il campo delle Digital Humanities apre nuove prospettive per studiare l'immagine della città prima, durante e dopo la guerra, dall’altro le tecnologie digitali impegnano studiosi e ricercatori di varie discipline: in particolare nell’ambito del disegno viene esplorato il ruolo della rappresentazione nella formulazione dei progetti urbani di difesa e nella documentazione degli eventi bellici e delle tracce lasciate dai conflitti, mentre nell’ambito del restauro vengono approfondite le sfide teoriche e pratiche imposte dai danni arrecati dai conflitti ai centri storici, passando in rassegna casi studio, soluzioni e dibattiti relativi alla conservazione del patrimonio urbano coinvolto in azioni di guerra, con un'attenzione particolare all'identità e alla memoria collettiva./[English]: At such a significant moment in European and world history, this volume aims to be a collection of scientific reflections about the relationships between political choices, military actions and the physiognomy of cities and the urban landscape, about the evolution of defence structures and techniques, about the representation of war and its effects on the urban image, and about the recovery of the traces of city memory. On the one hand the field of Digital Humanities opens up new perspectives to study the image of the city before, during and after the war, on the other hand digital technologies engage academics and researchers from various disciplines: In particular, in the area of drawing, the role of representation in the formulation of urban defence projects and in the documentation of wartime events and the traces left behind by conflicts is explored, while in the area of conservation, the theoretical and practical challenges imposed by the damage caused by conflicts to historic centres are explored, reviewing case studies, solutions and debates relating to the conservation of urban heritage involved in wartime actions, with a focus on identity and collective memory.




Kermes 101-102


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Foreword Philippe Jockey INTRODUCTION L'éclat: the scientific challenges of an extinguished brilliance Philippe Jockey THE VOCABULARY OF LIGHT REFLECTED All that glitters is not gold... Clarisse Prêtre Matte surfaces: meaning for audiences of 18th-century pastel portraits and the implications for their care today Thea Burns Brilliance and the imprint: Roman mural painting, an architectural epidermis Maud Mulliez The eternal life of the painting: obliteration versus the brilliance of the artist's genius Ana González Mozo ANCIENT, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARYS TAGINGS OF ÉCLAT AND ITS ERASURE Architecture and the radiance of Greek sculpture Sophie Montel Colour, radiance and meaning. A semiological perspective on Greek Archaic Korai Anthony Mathé Technology in the arts, humanities and cultural heritage Franz Fischnaller Ritual practices of 'preservative' obliteration in the Iron Age. An archaeological perspective on the choice of colours and materials Mario Denti De-gild, re-gild, erase. The decorations of Paleo-Christian churches (4th-6th century). The morals of religion and the political discourse of erasure and obliteration – the role of materials Elisabetta Neri "A world of material splendour". Walter Pater and the paradox of Greek sculptural polychromy Charlotte Ribeyrol "A world of material splendour". Walter Pater and the paradox of Greek sculptural polychromy Charlotte Ribeyrol POST SCRIPTA Some reflections on éclat and its erasure. The perspective of a restorer and translator Helen Glanville The luminous materials of the divine Claudio Seccaroni Cronache del restauro Il Gabinetto in "cuoio dorato" della Villa Reale di Monza. Provenienza, analisi e restauro Sofia Incarbone Un inedito duplice bozzetto di Joseph Mallord William Turner Roberta Lapucci, Leonardo Borgioli Il Ritratto del Conte Antonio Porcìa di Tiziano e i suoi restauri Andrea Carini Il restauro di Modulo bianco a tripla struttura di Vanna Nicolotti Lodovica Picciolli, LuciaVanghi La ricerca Valorizzazione e conservazione del patrimonio fotografico. Intervento di conservazione in "cold storage" di materiali sensibili su pellicola Letizia Montalbano, Annalisa Lusuardi, Emanuela Sesti Metodologia di studio per il restauro di un abito del XVII secolo. Riscoperto a Milano un capolavoro d'arte suntuaria Francesco Pertegato




Millard Meiss, American Art History, and Conservation


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A member of the art history generation from the golden age of the 1920s and 1930s, Millard Meiss (1904–1975) developed a new and multi-faceted methodological approach. This book lays the foundation for a reassessment of this key figure in post-war American and international art history. The book analyses his work alongside that of contemporary art historians, considering both those who influenced him and those who were receptive to his research. Jennifer Cooke uses extensive archival material to give Meiss the critical consideration that his extensive and important art historical, restoration and conservation work deserves. This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, historiography and heritage management and conservation.




Ruins of Ancient Rome


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Traditionally a critical component of the education of any architect was to draw the ruins of ancient Rome, reconstructing either from ancient sources or, more often, pure fantasy, what the original structures must have looked like. From this training emerged generations of architects imbued with the aesthetic ideals that would form the Neoclassical and Beaux-Arts building styles. In this magnificently printed volume are reproduced some of the most extraordinarily handsome drawings of the ruins of ancient Rome made by French "Prix de Rome" architects from 1775 through 1925. Accompanied by text that explains how the Prix de Rome was awarded and the significance of the prize in the history of architecture, as well as how the study of ancient models formed the basis for nineteenth- and early twentieth-century architectural styles, these drawings provide an invaluable understanding of how the modern imagination recorded and transformed ancient fragments into a modern architectural idiom.




Lotus International


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