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Costume, Makeup, and Hair
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Edited by:
Adrienne L. McLean
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With contributions by:
Adrienne L. McLean
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English
Published/Copyright:
2016
About this book
Movie buffs and film scholars alike often overlook the importance of makeup artists, hair stylists, and costumers. With precious few but notable exceptions, creative workers in these fields have received little public recognition, even when their artistry goes on to inspire worldwide fashion trends.
From the acclaimed Behind the Silver Screen series, Costume, Makeup, and Hair charts the development of these three crafts in the American film industry from the 1890s to the present. Each chapter examines a different era in film history, revealing how the arts of cinematic costume, makeup, and hair, have continually adapted to new conditions, making the transitions from stage to screen, from monochrome to color, and from analog to digital. Together, the book’s contributors give us a remarkable glimpse into how these crafts foster creative collaboration and improvisation, often fashioning striking looks and ingenious effects out of limited materials.
Costume, Makeup, and Hair not only considers these crafts in relation to a wide range of film genres, from sci-fi spectacles to period dramas, but also examines the role they have played in the larger marketplace for fashion and beauty products. Drawing on rare archival materials and lavish color illustrations, this volume provides readers with both a groundbreaking history of film industry labor and an appreciation of cinematic costume, makeup, and hairstyling as distinct art forms.
From the acclaimed Behind the Silver Screen series, Costume, Makeup, and Hair charts the development of these three crafts in the American film industry from the 1890s to the present. Each chapter examines a different era in film history, revealing how the arts of cinematic costume, makeup, and hair, have continually adapted to new conditions, making the transitions from stage to screen, from monochrome to color, and from analog to digital. Together, the book’s contributors give us a remarkable glimpse into how these crafts foster creative collaboration and improvisation, often fashioning striking looks and ingenious effects out of limited materials.
Costume, Makeup, and Hair not only considers these crafts in relation to a wide range of film genres, from sci-fi spectacles to period dramas, but also examines the role they have played in the larger marketplace for fashion and beauty products. Drawing on rare archival materials and lavish color illustrations, this volume provides readers with both a groundbreaking history of film industry labor and an appreciation of cinematic costume, makeup, and hairstyling as distinct art forms.
Author / Editor information
ADRIENNE L. McLEAN is a professor of film studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is the author or editor of numerous books including Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom, Glamour in a Golden Age: Movie Stars of the 1930s, and Cinematic Canines: Dogs and Their Work in the Fiction Film (all by Rutgers University Press).
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"A fascinating book taking a broad historical approach to three interrelated Hollywood crafts—costume, hair, and makeup—linking them to important economic, cultural, and technological changes in the film industry and American society."
— Lucy Fischer, University of PittsburghTopics
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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
October 7, 2016
eBook ISBN:
9780813571539
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
235
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17 color, 45 b&w photographs
eBook ISBN:
9780813571539
Keywords for this book
Adrienne L Mclean; Film; Media Studies; Communications; beauty; movie buffs; film scholars; makeup artists; hair stylists; costumers; public recognition; artistry; fashion trends; Behind the Silver Screen series; Costume; Makeup; and Hair; American film industry; 1890s; film history; cinematic costume; makeup; hair; adapted; new conditions; stage to screen; monochrome to color; analog to digital; contributors; creative collaboration; improvisation; striking looks; ingenious effects; limited materials; film genres; sci-fi spectacles; period dramas; marketplace; fashion products; beauty products; archival materials; color illustrations; film industry labor; art forms; visual culture; artistic innovation; cultural impact; special effects; character design; wardrobe; styling
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