Atlas of emotion : journeys in art, architecture, and film

Named a 2003 Book of the Year by The Guardian [London], winner of the 2004 Kraszna-Krausz Moving Image Book Award in Culture and History (honoring "the world's best book on the moving images") and honored as an "Outstanding Academic Title" in Choice, the publication of the American Library Association. With forays into the fields of geography, art, architecture, design, cartography, and film, Giuliana Bruno's Atlas of Emotion is a highly original endeavour to map a cultural history of the visual arts. She insists throughout on the inseparability of seeing and travelling. In so doing, she touches on the art of Gerhard Richter and Annette Messager; the filmmaking of Peter Greenaway and Michelangelo Antonioni; the architecture of cinema and its precursors. Visually luscious and daring in conception, the voyage opens new vistas and understandings at every turn. Traversing A Varied And Enchanting Landscape With Forays Into The Fields Of Geography, Art, Architecture, Design, Cartography, And Film, Giuliana Bruno's Atlas Of Emotion Is A Highly Original Endeavor To Map A Cultural History Of Spatio-visual Arts. Throughout These Pages Bruno Insists On The Inseparability Of Seeing And Traveling. In An Evocative Montage Of Words And Pictures, She Turns The Voyeur Into The Voyageur, Emphasizing Not Only That Sight And Site But Also Motion And Emotion Are Irrevocably Connected. Transporting Us Through Artistic Movements, Historical Trajectories, And Cultural Memory, Bruno Opens Up The World Of Emotion Pictures. In So Doing, She Touches On The Art Of Gerhard Richter And Annette Messager; The Filmmaking Of Peter Greenaway And Michelangelo Antonioni; The Architecture Of Cinema And Its Precursors - The Curiosity Cabinet, Georama, Garden Design, View Painting, The Arts Of Memory And Mapping; And On Her Own Journeys To Her Native Italy. Visually Luscious And Daring In Conception, The Voyage For Which Bruno Is Our Cicerone Opens New Vistas And Understandings At Every Turn. This Is An Affective Mapping That Ultimately Puts Us In Touch With Mental Landscapes And Inner Worlds.--jacket. Architecture -- Travel -- Geography -- Art Of Mapping -- Design -- House. Giuliana Bruno. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 423-461) And Index.