The shape of spectatorship : art, science, and early cinema in Germany /
Curtis, Scott,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Science's cinematic method: motion pictures and scientific research -- Between observation and spectatorship: medicine, movies, and mass culture -- The taste of a nation: educating the senses and sensibilities of film spectators -- The problem with passivity: aesthetic contemplation and film spectatorship -- Conclusion: toward a tactile historiography.
Motion pictures
Motion picture audiences
Motion pictures
Motion pictures in science
Documentary films
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