Figuring the past : period film and the mannerist aesthetic / Belén Vidal.

"This definitive work offers a new approach to the period film at the turn of the twenty-first century, examining the ways in which contemporary cinema recreates the historical past. This book explores the relation between visual motifs and cultural representation in a range of key films by Jam...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Vidal, Belén
Other title:	Period film and the mannerist aesthetic.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2012.
Series:	Film culture in transition.
Subjects:	Historical films > History and criticism. Motion pictures and history. Renaissance in motion pictures. Historical films. Criticism, interpretation, etc.