Cinematic style : fashion, architecture and interior design on film
Berry, Jess2022
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From cinema's silent beginnings, fashion and interior design have been vital to character development and narrative structure. Despite spectacular technological advancements on screen, stunning silhouettes and striking spaces still have the ability to dazzle to dramatic effect. This book is the first to consider the significant interplay between fashion and interiors and their combined contribution to cinematic style from early film to the digital age. With examples from Frank Lloyd Wright inspired architecture in Hitchcock's North by Northwest, to Coco Chanel's costumes for Gloria Swanson and a Great Gatsby film-set turned Ralph Lauren flagship, Cinematic Style describes the reciprocal relationship between these cultural forms. Exposing the bleeding lines between fashion and interiors in cinematic and real-life contexts, Berry presents case studies of cinematic styles adopted as brand identities and design movements promoted through filmic fantasy. Shedding light on consumer culture, social history and gender politics as well as on fashion, film and interior design theory, Cinematic Style considers the leading roles domestic spaces, quaint cafes, little black dresses and sharp suits have played in 20th and 21st-century film.
Main title:
Author:
Berry, Jess, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2022.©2022
Collation:
xi, 212 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-202), filmography (pages 180-187) and index.
Contents:
List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Cinematic Style-Fashion, Architecture and the Interior on Film1. Bedrooms, Boudoirs and Bathrooms: Modern Women, Seductive Spaces and Spectacular Silhouettes2. Evil Lairs and Bachelor Dandies: Modernist Architecture, Spies and the Suit3. Luxurious Longings: Queer Heterotopias in Dëcor and Dress4. Grand Entrances: Staircases, Stages and Fashion Parades5. Windows and Screens: Cinema, Department Stores and Boutique Displays6. Dream Spaces: Film Sets as Fashion Flagships and Experiential Retail EnvironmentsConclusion .
ISBN:
97813501376229781350137622
Dewey class:
791.436564791.436
Language:
English
BRN:
514858
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Leisure | 791.436 BER | Available |