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CHAPTER 4. Anatomy of an Ovidian Cinema: Mysteries of the Wax Museum
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Figures vii
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction: The Marble Camera 1
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Part I
- CHAPTER 1. The Sculptor’s Dream: Living Statues in Early Cinema 29
- CHAPTER 2. The Mystery ... The Blood ... The Age of Gold: Sculpture in Surrealist and Surreal Cinema 46
- CHAPTER 3. Carving Cameras on Thorvaldsen and Rodin: Mid-Twentieth-Century Documentaries on Sculpture 65
- CHAPTER 4. Anatomy of an Ovidian Cinema: Mysteries of the Wax Museum 84
- CHAPTER 5. The Night of the Human Body: Statues and Fantasy in Postwar American Cinema 101
- CHAPTER 6. From Pompeii to Marienbad: Classical Sculptures in Postwar European Modernist Cinema 118
- CHAPTER 7. Of Swords, Sandals, and Statues: The Myth of the Living Statue 137
- CHAPTER 8. Coda: Returning the Favor (A Short History of Film Becoming Sculpture) 156
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Part II
- Sculpture Gallery: 150 Statues from European and American Cinema 171
- Bibliography 251
- About the Authors 263
- Index 265
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Figures vii
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction: The Marble Camera 1
-
Part I
- CHAPTER 1. The Sculptor’s Dream: Living Statues in Early Cinema 29
- CHAPTER 2. The Mystery ... The Blood ... The Age of Gold: Sculpture in Surrealist and Surreal Cinema 46
- CHAPTER 3. Carving Cameras on Thorvaldsen and Rodin: Mid-Twentieth-Century Documentaries on Sculpture 65
- CHAPTER 4. Anatomy of an Ovidian Cinema: Mysteries of the Wax Museum 84
- CHAPTER 5. The Night of the Human Body: Statues and Fantasy in Postwar American Cinema 101
- CHAPTER 6. From Pompeii to Marienbad: Classical Sculptures in Postwar European Modernist Cinema 118
- CHAPTER 7. Of Swords, Sandals, and Statues: The Myth of the Living Statue 137
- CHAPTER 8. Coda: Returning the Favor (A Short History of Film Becoming Sculpture) 156
-
Part II
- Sculpture Gallery: 150 Statues from European and American Cinema 171
- Bibliography 251
- About the Authors 263
- Index 265