Title:
Cartoon modern : style and design in fifties animation
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ISBN:
9780811847315
Publication Information:
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2006.
Physical Description:
200 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 x 29 cm.
Contents:
Introduction -- Notes about the artwork -- Academy Pictures -- Creative Arts Studio -- Elektra Films -- Fine Arts Films -- Grantray-Lawrence Animation -- Hanna-Barbera -- John Sutherland Productions -- Keitz & Herndon -- MGM -- Pintoff Productions -- Playhouse Pictures -- Ray Patin Productions -- Shamus Culhane Productions -- Storyboard -- Terrytoons -- United Productions of America -- Walt Disney Productions -- Walter Lantz Productions -- Warner Bros. -- The international design scene -- Conclusion.
Summary:
Between the classic films of Walt Disney in the 1940s and the televised cartoon revolution of the 1960s was a critical period in the history of animation. Amid Amidi, of the influential Animation Blast magazine and CartoonBrew blog, charts the evolution of the modern style in animation, which largely discarded the "lifelike" aesthetic for a more graphic and often abstract approach. Abundantly found in commercials, industrial and educational films, fair and expo infotainment, and more, this quickly popular cartoon modernism shared much with the painting and graphic design movements of the era. Showcasing hundreds of rare and forgotten sketches, model boards, cels, and film stills, Cartoon Modern is a thoroughly researched, eye-popping, and delightful account of a vital decade of animation design--Publisher.
