03206nam 2200673Ia 450 991045007810332120210618022731.01-282-76303-297866127630380-520-93783-X1-59875-534-X10.1525/9780520937833(CKB)1000000000030671(EBL)231918(OCoLC)437146300(SSID)ssj0000207003(PQKBManifestationID)11199719(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000207003(PQKBWorkID)10235538(PQKB)10312845(MiAaPQ)EBC231918(OCoLC)60312490(MdBmJHUP)muse30768(DE-B1597)519851(OCoLC)1100519034(DE-B1597)9780520937833(Au-PeEL)EBL231918(CaPaEBR)ebr10079972(CaONFJC)MIL276303(EXLCZ)99100000000003067120041012d2005 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrMuseum movies[electronic resource] the museum of modern art and the birth of art cinema /Haidee WassonBerkeley University of California Press20051 online resource (331 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24131-2 0-520-22777-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --1. Making Cinema A Modern Art --2. Mannered Cinema/ Mobile Theaters --3. The Mass Museology Of The Modern --4. An Awkward And Dangerous Task --5. Rearguard Exhibition --6. Enduring Legacies --Appendix: Film Programs Of The Museum Of Modern Art, 1934-1949 --Notes --Bibliography --IndexHaidee Wasson provides a rich cultural history of cinema's transformation from a passing amusement to an enduring art form by mapping the creation of the Film Library of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, established in 1935. The first North American film archive and museum, the film library pioneered an expansive moving image network, comprising popular, abstract, animated, American, Canadian, and European films. More than a repository, MoMA circulated these films nationally and internationally, connecting the modern art museum to universities, libraries, women's clubs, unions, archives, and department stores. Under the aegis of the museum, cinema also changed. Like books, paintings, and photographs, films became discrete objects, integral to thinking about art, history, and the politics of modern life.Motion picturesPreservationUnited StatesMotion picturesUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.Motion picturesPreservationMotion picturesHistory.026/.79143/097471Wasson Haidee1970-1006254MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450078103321Museum movies2315298UNINA