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Eisenstein on Paper

Graphic Works by the Master of Film

Naum Kleiman author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd

Published:7th Sep '17

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Eisenstein on Paper cover

The first comprehensive book on the extensive, yet rarely seen, graphic works of cinema's greatest pioneer, Sergei Eisenstein

A publishing landmark: the first comprehensive book on the extensive, yet rarely seen, graphic works of cinema’s greatest pioneer, Sergei Eisenstein.This landmark publication presents, for the first time ever, 500 of the very best and previously unpublished graphic works by cinema’s master of film. Created in collaboration with RGALI – the Russian State Archive of Literature and Arts – this book traces Eisenstein’s extraordinary life and career through the distinctive yet evolving styles of his drawings, from early childhood sketches to set and costume designs, and from surreal pshychoanalytic drawings to late abstract works. Foremost Eisenstein scholar Naum Kleiman brings fresh and incredible insights into the motivation and purpose of the drawings, and reflects upon excerpts from Eisenstein’s own discursive texts, some published here for the first time. Comparative frames from Eisenstein’s movies – scanned from the original film – together with a biographical introduction and a foreword by Martin Scorsese completes the revelatory and arresting picture.

'A colossus of a work' - Screentrade

ISBN: 9780500093931

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 2030g

320 pages