Peter Greenaway : architecture and allegory / Bridget Elliott and Anthony Purdy.

Author
Elliott, Bridget, 1957- [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Academy Editions, 1997.
Description
128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm.

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    "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.
    Other title(s)
    Architecture and allegory
    ISBN
    • 1854903551
    • 9781854903556
    • 0471976911
    • 9780471976912
    LCCN
    98165881
    OCLC
    43122749
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