Once upon a time, Walt Disney : the sources of inspiration for the Disney Studios / Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais ; Pavillon Jean-Noël Desmarais, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts ; [edited by Bruno Girveau ; translations, Maria Balkan, Robert McInnes, William Bishop ; with essays by Robin Allan ... [et al.] ; foreword, Thomas Grenon, Guy Cogeval].
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TextPublication details: Munich ; New York : Prestel, 2008.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 353 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cmISBN: - 9783791337708
- 379133770X
- Walt Disney
- Sources of inspiration for the Disney Studios
- 741.5973 DIS
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Clonmel Library Main Collection | 741.5973 DIS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100533604 | ||
| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 741.5973 DIS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100576793 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The origins of Disney's masterpieces and the works the studio in turninspired are the subject of this lavishly illustrated book. While the works of Walt Disney rank among the icons of American mass culture,Disney's characters and stories were also inspired by original works of art. Nowthe sources that motivated Disney's imagination--and the artists that his studioin turn influenced--are brought to light. Here Disney fans will discover theillustrations from fairy tales behind movies such as Sleeping Beauty and SnowWhite, that inspired Walt as a boy. The book also looks at the many ways in which Disney's products became sourcematerials for modern and contemporary artists, including Prokofiev and Le!opoldStokowski, Bertrand Lavier, Gary Baseman, Peter Saul and Christian Boltanski.A wonderful sourcebook for Disney enthusiasts Once Upon a Time offers a uniqueperspective on the often overlooked links between high-brow and popularculture. * Includes more than 300 original works -paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs and film stills from the launching of DisneyCorporation to the founder's death in 1967 * Pinocchio's village was modelled on the mediaeval city of Rothenburg in Bavaria * Bambi's forest took its inspiration from fifteenth-century Chinese painting * Dumbo's bird's-eye views drew on the work of Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton AUTHOR: Bruno Girveau is an art historian and Principal Curator at the E!cole NationaleSupe!rieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
This exhibition was organized by the Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts--P. [4].
Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-322), filmography (p. 286-293) and index.
Walt Disney at the museum? / Bruno Girveau -- The collections and origins of the ARL / Lella Smith -- Walt Disney, the visionary of animated film / Pierre Lambert -- Training Disney artists: Don Graham and the Chouinard Art Institute / Charles Solomon -- Disney\'s European sources / Robin Allan -- Beyond the mirror: Walt Disney and literature and cinema / Bruno Girveau -- The nostalgic builder: Walt Disney, architecture and design / Bruno Girveau -- Dalí and Disney / Charles Solomon -- Disney and Pop art / Holly Crawford -- Reusing Disney / Dominique Païni.