Cartoon Vision

UPA Animation and Postwar Aesthetics

Dan Bashara

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English

University of California Press
02 April 2019

Art & design styles: from c 1960; Architectural structure & design; Film theory & criticism; Animated movies & films; Popular culture

In Cartoon Vision Dan Bashara examines American animation alongside the modern design boom of the postwar era. Focusing especially on United Productions of America (UPA), a studio whose graphic, abstract style defined the postwar period, Bashara considers animation akin to a laboratory, exploring new models of vision and space alongside theorists and practitioners in other fields. The links—theoretical, historical, and aesthetic—between animators, architects, designers, artists, and filmmakers reveal a specific midcentury modernism that rigorously reimagined the senses. Cartoon Vision invokes the American Bauhaus legacy of László Moholy-Nagy and György Kepes and advocates for animation’s pivotal role in a utopian design project of retraining the public’s vision to better apprehend a rapidly changing modern world.

By: Dan Bashara
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 635g
ISBN: 9780520298132
ISBN 10: 0520298136
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 02 April 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 • Postwar Precisionism: Order in American Modernist Art and the Modern Cartoon 2 • Unlimited Animation: Movement in Modern Architecture and the Modern Cartoon 3 • Condensed Works: Communication in Graphic Design and the Modern Cartoon 4 • The Design Gaze: Cartoon Logic in Hollywood Cinema and the Avant-Garde Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Dan Bashara is an instructor of cinema and media studies at DePaul University.

Reviews for Cartoon Vision: UPA Animation and Postwar Aesthetics

"""Cartoon Vision treats animation with all the seriousness it deserves, and in so doing captures a messier modernism that rightly brings avant-garde practice into contact with a more diverse field of popular taste."" * Oxford Art Journal *"