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Peter Greenaway : architecture and allegory / Bridget Elliott and Anthony Purdy.
Author
Elliott, Bridget, 1957-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
London : Academy Editions, 1997.
Description
128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm.
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Marquand Library - Remote Storage: Marquand Use Only
PN1998.3.G73 E55 1997q Oversize
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Subject(s)
Architecture in motion pictures
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Allegory
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Greenaway, Peter
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Criticism and interpretation
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Greenaway, Peter
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Purdy, Anthony George, 1949-
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Series
Art and design monographs
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Art & design monograph
Summary note
"Peter Greenaway Architecture and Allegory / Bridget Elliott and Anthony Purdy. A painter by training, Peter Greenaway is undoubtedly one of the most interesting and controversial of contemporary British film-makers. He is also a much sought-after curator of exhibitions and installations. Greenaway's fascination for architecture is well known and this monograph emphasises his use of architecture as a structuring device as well as a metaphor and vehicle for the exploration of artistic practice in general. Looking at all his best known movies - The Draughtsman's Contract, A Zed and Two Noughts, The Belly of an Architect, Drowning by Numbers, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, Prospero's Books, The Baby of Mâcon and The Pillow Book - the study discusses both curatorial work and films in relation to current debates in architecture, art history and cultural theory. Lavishly illustrated with his own art work and numerous stunning film stills, this is a highly visual as well as critical examination of the many issues surrounding Greenaway's idiosyncratic work."--Publisher.
Notes
Filmography: p. 125.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 128).
Contents
Introduction
For the sake of the corpse: baroque perspectives
On common ground: allegory as architecture
Flesh on the bones: architecture as allegory
Sultan or sadist: the theatre of power
(Un)Natural histories: collecting cultures, crossing limits
Open to interpretation: the framer framed
Cosmology, Rome, June 1996
Interview with Peter Greenaway.
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Architecture and allegory
ISBN
1854903551
9781854903556
0471976911
9780471976912
LCCN
98165881
OCLC
43122749
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