{"product_id":"art-of-czech-animation","title":"Art of Czech Animation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Art of Czech Animation is the first comprehensive English language account of Czech animation from the 1920s to the present, covering both 2D animation forms and CGI, with a focus upon the stop-motion films of Jirí Trnka, Hermína Týrlová, Jan Švankmajer and Jirí Barta.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStop-motion is a highly embodied form of animation and The Art of Czech Animation develops a new materialist approach to studying these films. Instead of imposing top-down Film Theory onto its case studies, the book’s analysis is built up from close readings of the films themselves, with particular attention given to their non-human objects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a time of environmental crisis, the unique way Czech animated films use allegory to de-centre the human world and give a voice to non-human aspects of the natural world points us towards a means by which culture can increase ecological awareness in viewers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuch a refutation of a human-centred view of the world was contrary to communist orthodoxy and it remains so under late-stage consumer-capitalism. As such, these films do not only offer beautiful examples of allegory, but stand as models of political dissent. The Art of Czech Animation is a unique endeavour of film philosophy to provide a materialist appraisal of a heretofore neglected strand of Central-Eastern European cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54252424757592,"sku":"9781350194984","price":40.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350194984_ff162ea0-44ca-4bbd-be0d-0420ee166aa8.jpg?v=1770280230","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/art-of-czech-animation","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}