{"product_id":"cartoon-vision-dan-bashara-9780520298132","title":"Cartoon Vision: Upa Animation and Postwar Aesthetics","description":"In \u003ci\u003eCartoon Vision\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eCartoon Vision \u003c\/i\u003einvokes the American Bauhaus legacy of L szl  Moholy-Nagy and Gy rgy 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Bashara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520298136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520298132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Dan Bashara","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43919958081791,"sku":"9780520298132","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_223d89a6-1860-4762-aebd-a1d65ed03a65.jpg?v=1680812854","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cartoon-vision-dan-bashara-9780520298132","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}