Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts at the Wallace Collection

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Helen Jacobsen

Inspiring Walt Disney

The Animation of French Decorative Arts at the Wallace Collection

Helen Jacobsen

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Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
31 May 2022

Decorative arts; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Animated movies & films; Digital animation

From talking furniture to magically transformed tableware, Walt Disney’s fantastical animations can often be associated with the colourful art and architecture of French Rococo. Gothic Revival architecture can be found in Cinderella (1950); bejewelled, medieval manuscripts in Sleeping Beauty (1959); and Rococo-inspired furnishings and objects are brought to life in Beauty and the Beast (1991). This catalogue explores Disney's fascination with European art and examines how French motifs have made their way into Disney films and theme parks.

Just as the furniture makers, silversmiths, and ceramicists of the eighteenth century, Disney’s artists embraced their creative freedom and sought to expand the limits of design and invention. The book highlights the audacious work of artists such as Mary Blair, Hans Bacher and Peter J Hall and compares them to the ‘animated’ and anthropomorphic ceramics and gilt bronzes of Sèvres and Meissonnier. It explores the shared creative roots of their two seemingly disparate artistic realms and seeks to revitalise the feeling of excitement, awe, and marvel, which both Rococo craftsmen and Disney animators sought to spark amongst their audience.

By: Helen Jacobsen
Imprint: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781781301180
ISBN 10: 1781301182
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 31 May 2022
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword Inspiring Walt Disney - Helen Jacobsen Selected Works - Helen Jacobsen with Wolf Burchard The Discovery of Europe Early Animation Cinderella Architecture of the Imagination The Swing Eighteenth-Century Dress Animating the Inanimate Further Reading Picture Credits Index

Dr Helen Jacobsen is Executive Director at The Attingham Trust and former Curator of French 18th-century Decorative Arts at the Wallace Collection (London). Dr Wolf Burchard is associate curator in the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York).