Designing Disney's Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (637 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 2080136399 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Disneyland Revisited: The Reassurance of Scholarly Research" according to LC. This book is a must have for enthusiasts and interested scholars. The book is filled with many pictures, illustrations and original renderings of Disneyland, and the subsequent other parks. The conceptual development of the original Disneyland is the main focus of the book that admirably discusses the many details involved in the process. The amazing part for me is the scholarly research, and the well written quali. Great! Albert M. A beautiful copy of a volume that belongs in any Disney theme park library. Beautiful printing and color separations! A Must!. Great book. A very concise history of the conception and ideas behind the creation of the largest known amusement venue in the world. The book contains a wealth of information including a lot of information about the artistry that went into creating the Disney properties.
Editor Karal Ann Marling, Professor of Art History and American Studies at the University of Minnesota, draws upon her pioneering work in the Disney archives to reconstruct and analyze the intentions and strategies behind the parks. Yet for all the power of Disneyland as metaphor, almost no one has discussed the making of this unique place, with its far-flung colonies in Florida, Japan, and France. From the day it opened in July 1955, in an event given live TV coverage, Disneyland has been a key symbol of contemporary American culture. It has been both celebrated and attacked as the ultimate embodiment of consumer society, a harbinger of shopping-mall culture, a symbol of American hegemony in entertainment, the epitome of fantasy, simulation, pastiche, and the blurring of distinctions between reality and mass-media imagery. Tracing the relationship of the Disney parks to their historical forbears, it charts Disneyland's evolution from one man's personal dream to a multin
Karal Ann Marling is Professor of Art History and American Studies, University of Minnesota;Neil Harris is Professor of History, University of Chicago;Erika Doss is Professor of Fine Arts, University of Colorado at Boulder;Yi-Fu Tuan is Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin;Greil Marcus is the author of Invisible Republic, Lipstick Traces, and Mystery Train.
About the AuthorKaral Ann Marling is Professor of Art History and American Studies, University of Minnesota;Neil Harris is Professor of History, University of Chicago;Erika Doss is Professor of Fine Arts, University of Colorado at Boulder;Yi-Fu Tuan is Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin;Greil Marcus is the author of Invisible Republic, Lipstick Traces, and Mystery Train.