Metamorphoses of the body /

"Physical metamorphosis as a theme in painting, sculpture, photography, and cinema reveals an ongoing fascination with all manner of transformations and distortions of the human form. Ranging from classical to modern times, this program presents zoomorphism; hybrids from mythology, the hells of...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Musée du Louvre, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Other Authors: Roumette, Sylvain, Wenger, Allan
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2002]
Series:Scenarios of art.
Every picture tells a story.
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Summary:"Physical metamorphosis as a theme in painting, sculpture, photography, and cinema reveals an ongoing fascination with all manner of transformations and distortions of the human form. Ranging from classical to modern times, this program presents zoomorphism; hybrids from mythology, the hells of Hieronymus Bosch, and the caricatures of Granville; 'botanomorphism,' people as plants; treatments of body as landscape and landscape as body; the personification of genitalia; digital manipulation of images, to model bizarre new races of people; and engineered beings such as Frankenstein-type creatures and cyborgs"--Container.
Item Description:Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (27 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R.
Production Credits:Series devised by Alain Bergala ; editing, Michèle Loncol ; photography, Jean-Christophe Leforestier ; music, Pascal Comelade.