Projected art history : biopics, celebrity culture, and the popularizing of American art / Doris Berger ; [translated from German to English by Brigitte Pichon and Dorian Rudnytsky].
by
 
Berger, Doris, 1972- author.

ISBN
9781623567347
 
9781322146348
 
9781501300097

Title
Projected art history : biopics, celebrity culture, and the popularizing of American art / Doris Berger ; [translated from German to English by Brigitte Pichon and Dorian Rudnytsky].

Author
Berger, Doris, 1972- author.

Personal Author
Berger, Doris, 1972- author.

Uniform Title
Projizierte Kunstgeschichte. English

Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 350 pages) : illustrations

Series
International texts in critical media aesthetics ; Volume 8
 
International texts in critical media aesthetics ; Volume 8.

General Note
Discrepancy in series enumeration on cover: "Volume 7, International texts in critical media aesthetics."
 
Original title: Projizierte Kunstgeschichte : Mythen und Images in den Filmbiografien über Jackson Pollock and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Bielefeld : Transcript, 2009.

Contents
Acknowledgments -- List of figures -- 1. Artist's biography in film as popular art history -- 2. Pollock: a popular historiography -- 3. Basquiat and celebrity culture -- 4. Hollywood's art histories: a web of artists' myths and star legends -- filmography -- Bibliography.

Local Note
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Title Subject
Basquiat (Motion picture)
 
Pollock (Motion picture)

Subject Term
Artists in motion pictures.
 
Biographical films -- United States -- History and criticism.
 
Art and popular culture -- United States.
 
Art, American -- 20th century -- Public opinion.
 
Artistes au cinéma.
 
Art et culture populaire -- États-Unis.
 
Art américain -- 20e siècle -- Opinion publique.
 
Films biographiques -- États-Unis -- Histoire et critique.
 
Individual film directors, film-makers.
 
History of art -- art & design styles.
 
ART -- American -- General.
 
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Direction & Production.
 
PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
 
Art, American -- Public opinion
 
Art and popular culture
 
Artists in motion pictures
 
Biographical films

Geographic Term
United States

Added Author
Translation of: Berger, Doris, 1972- Projizierte Kunstgeschichte.

Format
Electronic Resources

Electronic Access
http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?url=http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=762535

Publication Date
2014

Publication Information
New York :
 
Bloomsbury Academic,
 
2014.
 
©2014


Shelf NumberMaterial TypeCopyShelf LocationStatus
791.43657 231:E-BOOK11:ONLINEAvailable for online access and/or download