{"product_id":"cartoon-vision-upa-animation-and-postwar-aesthetics-9780520298132","title":"Cartoon Vision: Upa Animation and Postwar Aesthetics","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Dan Bashara\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - Genres - Animated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46420656160919,"sku":"9780520298132","price":6682.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780520298132.webp?v=1769078875","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/cartoon-vision-upa-animation-and-postwar-aesthetics-9780520298132","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}