Rosalind Galt

Pretty: Film and the Decorative Image

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ISBN 13:: 9780231153478
author:: Rosalind Galt
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Columbia University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2011
Pages:: 320
Dimensions:: 22.6 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Genre:: Art, Architecture & Photography, Women & Art,
Condition:: New
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Rosalind Galt reevaluates the role of visually rich images in cinema, challenging the long-standing Western aesthetic bias against feminine cosmetics and decorative style. She argues that the "pretty" - lush visuality, dense mise-en-scène, painterly framing, and arabesque camera movements - is a vital element of contemporary cinema, communicating distinct sexual and political identities. Galt's critical tapestry draws on perspectives in art theory, film theory, and philosophy to reclaim prettiness as a radically transgressive style, shimmering with threads of political agency. By inverting the logic of anti-pretty thought, she establishes the decorative image as a queer aesthetic, uniquely able to figure cinema's perverse pleasures and cross-cultural encounters. This book offers a fresh perspective on the relationship between cinema, art, and culture, shedding new light on the ways in which visually rich images have been perceived and valued in the film industry.

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