{"product_id":"cinematic-landscapes-9780292720879","title":"Cinematic Landscapes","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first major study of the relationship between visual art and film in China and Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis brilliant and sumptuous volume . . . demonstrates that we have only scratched the surface in Western discussions of Chinese and Japanese film. Beautifully and profusely illustrated, lovingly indexed, and absolutely immersed in the culture it examines, \u003ci\u003eCinematic Landscapes\u003c\/i\u003e is entirely successful in exploring the many links between the centuries-old graphic tradition of Japanese painting and scroll making and the more recent discipline of the cinema. . . . \u003ci\u003eCinematic Landscapes\u003c\/i\u003e pushes Western knowledge of Asian cinema many steps forward and persuasively serves as a model for future inquiry in this area of study. * Journal of Film and Video *\u003cbr\u003eNot only will specialists in Asian film benefit from this book, but many scholars working in Asian regional studies, Asian art and literature, as well as film history and criticism undoubtedly will find this anthology of interest. It is valuable as a textbook in courses on art and the cinema, Asian cinema, or film form and aesthetics. The work makes an important contribution to Asian film and art scholarship. * Journal of Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003eAn elegant volume whose luxury factor approaches the coffee-table book and whose superlative essays guarantee that the reader will not watch these films the same way again. * Film Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introductory Remarks \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Editors' Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Table: Major Historical Periods \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. Contrasts in Chinese and Japanese Art (Sherman Lee) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part One \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Film and the Visual Arts in China: An Introduction (Douglas Wilkerson) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. Chinese Visual Representation: Painting and Cinema (Hǎo Dàzhēng) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. Classical Chinese Painting and Cinematographic Signification (Ní Zhèn) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. Post-Socialist Strategies: An Analysis of \u003ci\u003eYellow Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Cannon Incident\u003c\/i\u003e (Chris Berry and Mary Ann Farquhar) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. The Pain of a Half Taoist: Taoist Principles, Chinese Landscape Painting, and \u003ci\u003eKing of the Children\u003c\/i\u003e (Ān Jǐngfū) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. \u003ci\u003eJudou\u003c\/i\u003e: An Experiment in Color and Portraiture in Chinese Cinema (Jenny Kwok Wah Lau) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part Two \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Film and the Visual Arts in Japan: An Introduction (Thomas Rimer) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7. The Influence of Traditional Aesthetics on the Japanese Film (Donald Richie) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 8. Japanese Cinema and the Traditional Arts: Imagery, Technique, and Cultural Context (Satō Tadao) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 9. \u003ci\u003eGenroku chūshingura\u003c\/i\u003e and the Primacy of Perception (D. William Davis) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 10. Ways of Seeing Japanese Prints and Films: Mizoguchi's Utamaro (Dudley Andrew) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 11. Kobayashi's Widescreen Aesthetic (Cynthia Contreras) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 12. Playing with Form: Ichikawa's \u003ci\u003eAn Actor's Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e and the \"Creative Print\" (Linda C. Ehrlich) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 13. Playing with Space: Ozu and Two-Dimensional Design in Japan (Kathe Geist) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 14. Gate of Flesh(tones): Color in the Japanese Cinema (David Desser) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Filmography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Selected Works \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes on Contributors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400854872407,"sku":"9780292720879","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292720879.jpg?v=1730471753","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cinematic-landscapes-9780292720879","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}