PROJECT DESCRIPTION
City of Cinema: Paris 1850–1907 explores how film emerged in nineteenth-century Paris amid a burgeoning visual culture and against a backdrop of colonial expansion. The book traces how the city centered itself through film, while acknowledging the assumptions and stereotypes that were thereby instantiated. An array of posters, paintings, studio and documentary photography, and film stills demonstrates the medium’s unique interconnection of technology and art. City of Cinema highlights both local and global production and consumption, anticipating film’s evolution from an obscure entertainment to the most powerful art form of the twentieth century.
BOOK INFORMATION
Trim Size: 9.625 × 11.375 in
Number of Pages: 192
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Typefaces: Roslindale
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Book Designer: David Karwan
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Production Director: Karen Farquhar, DelMonico Books
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Other Credits: Lisa Gabrielle Mark - Publisher; Claire Crighton - Editor; Dawson Weber - Right and Reproductions; Tricia Cochée and Sarah Applegate - Administrative Support; Echelon Color, Santa Monica - Color Separations
City of Cinema: Paris 1850–1907
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Description
Winner - AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2022
Book Title: City of Cinema: Paris 1850–1907
Design Firm/Agency: LACMA Graphic Design Department
Publisher: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and DelMonico Books • D.A.P.
Author/Editor: Edited with text by Leah Lehmbeck, Britt Salvesen, Vanessa R. Schwartz. Text by Brian R. Jacobson
Juror Comments
“Clear strong typography over a beautiful image. A simple, but strong cover.”
Winner Status
- 50 Covers Winner
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