{"product_id":"brushed-in-light-ab-markus-nornes-9780472132553","title":"Brushed in Light: Calligraphy in East Asian Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a millennia of calligraphy theory and history, \u003ci\u003eBrushed in Light\u003c\/i\u003e examines how the brushed word appears in films and in film cultures of Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and PRC cinemas. This includes silent era intertitles, subtitles, title frames, letters, graffiti, end titles, and props. Markus Nornes also looks at the role of calligraphy in film culture at large, from gifts to correspondence to advertising. The book begins with a historical dimension, tracking how calligraphy is initially used in early cinema and how it is continually rearticulated by transforming conventions and the integration of new technologies. These chapters ask how calligraphy creates new meaning in cinema and demonstrate how calligraphy, cinematography, and acting work together in a single film. The last part of the book moves to other regions of theory. Nornes explores the cinematization of the handwritten word and explores how calligraphers understand their own work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abé Markus Nornes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472132555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472132553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 8.70w x 0.80d","brand":"Abé Markus Nornes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43986534400255,"sku":"9780472132553","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_932bf673-cbb7-441a-bbf3-56b18a2a0f7e.jpg?v=1683283913","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brushed-in-light-ab-markus-nornes-9780472132553","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}