Neo-Baroque Aesthetics and Contemporary Entertainment

Item Number

PN1995.N374

Author/Artist/Editor

Angela Ndalianis

Type

Book, Hard Copy

Date

2004

Press/Publisher

MIT Press

Language

English

Description

Moving smoothly from century to century, comparing ceiling paintings to the computer game Doom, a Spiderman themepark adventure to the baroque cersion of multimedia known as the Bel Composto, and a Medicic wedding to Terminator 2: 3D, this book demonstrates the logic of media histories. Ndalianis focuses on the complex interrelationships among entertainment medi