Project Gutenberg 2004-07-26 Public domain in the USA. 183 Lindsay, Vachel 1879 1931 Lindsay, Nicholas Vachel The Art of the Moving Picture Reading ease score: 69.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Art of the Moving Picture" by Vachel Lindsay is a critical exploration of motion pictures as an emerging art form, initially written in the early 20th century and revised in the early 1920s. This literary work serves as both a critique and a guide for the aesthetic principles that should govern the making and appreciation of motion pictures, especially in the context of American culture and its evolving artistic landscape. Lindsay seeks to elevate cinema to a higher status among the traditional art forms, arguing for its recognition in museums alongside painting, sculpture, and architecture. The opening of the text introduces Lindsay's intent, emphasizing the need for critical discourse regarding film as an art form, particularly at a time when myriad art museums were emerging across America. He outlines the various aspects of photoplay criticism, showing a deep understanding of both the technical and emotional elements inherent in films. He presents various categories of motion pictures he plans to discuss, including action films, intimate plays, and those that focus on splendor, laying the groundwork for his exploration of how the cinema combines artistic expression with narrative storytelling. He reflects on personal experiences and observations about earlier films and their potential, while also advocating for a future where films can aspire to be as revered as other artistic endeavors. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Motion pictures PN Text Art Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film 417801 415900 2024-10-06T05:56:01.950619 2023-10-06T07:35:05.363089 text/html text/html 414413 2020-12-15T08:50:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 184373 2020-12-15T08:50:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 270614 2024-10-06T05:56:10.526587 application/epub+zip 276720 2024-10-06T05:56:05.340605 application/epub+zip 229841 2024-10-06T05:56:04.025617 application/epub+zip 464398 2024-10-06T05:56:14.605591 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 441218 2024-10-06T05:56:09.692597 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 372616 2022-09-06T23:51:34.152475 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 392669 392589 2024-10-06T05:56:01.211643 2023-10-06T07:35:04.777110 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 392341 2020-12-15T08:50:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 154047 2020-12-15T08:50:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 392379 2020-12-15T08:50:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 153994 2020-12-15T08:50:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21908 2024-10-06T05:56:14.740549 application/rdf+xml 13809 2024-10-06T05:56:04.578597 image/jpeg 3532 2024-10-06T05:56:04.299609 image/jpeg 255518 2024-10-06T05:56:02.014622 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia