Animation: The Global History

Description

Maureen Furniss surveys the cultural, political and economic context of how this dynamic industry evolved, emphasizing both artistic and technical achievements from around the world – from Hollywood to Tokyo, from Moscow to Sydney. Featuring a timeline for each of its six parts, Animation: The Global History provides readers with a clear and accessible chronology of events. A ‘Global Storyline’, highlighting the major themes of the era, opens each chapter, and an end-of-book glossary defines key terms used throughout the book.

Topics include:
– Development of animation
– Growth of the studio system
– Stylistic differences between the major studios
– Modernist animation
– Animation in World War II
– International animation
– Experimental animation
– Television animation
– Animation in art and video games