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. Ndali