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The Language of New Media

by Lev Manovich
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The cinema-inspired origins of new media.

The Language of New Media offers a detailed exploration of the connections between old and new media. Through the lens of cinema, Lev Manovich examines how new media both relies on and transforms our understanding of visual and media cultures. This book would be a worthwhile read for anyone interested in the intersections of technology, art, and culture.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Language of New Media

by Lev Manovich
$17.90 Now $8.90 Save 50% more
ISBN: 9780262632553
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $57.99
Authors: Lev Manovich
Publisher: MIT Press
Date of Publication: 2001-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Art, Creative Nonfiction, Philosophy
Related Topics: Art and Photography, Design, Art History, Essays, Theory
Goodreads rating: 3.86
(rated by 1012 readers)

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A stimulating, eclectic accountof new media that finds its origins in old media, particularly the cinema. In this book Lev Manovich offers the first systematic and rigorous theory of new media. He places new media within the histories of visual and media cultures of the last few centuries. He discusses new media's reliance on conventions of old media, such as the rectangular frame and mobile camera, and shows how new media works create the illusion of reality, address the viewer, and represent space. He also analyzes categories and forms unique to new media, such as interface and database. Manovich uses concepts from film theory, art history, literary theory, and computer science and also develops new theoretical constructs, such as cultural interface, spatial montage, and cinegratography. The theory and history of cinema play a particularly important role in the book. Among other topics, Manovich discusses parallels between the histories of cinema and of new media, digital cinema, screen and montage in cinema and in new media, and historical ties between avant-garde film and new media.
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The cinema-inspired origins of new media.

The Language of New Media offers a detailed exploration of the connections between old and new media. Through the lens of cinema, Lev Manovich examines how new media both relies on and transforms our understanding of visual and media cultures. This book would be a worthwhile read for anyone interested in the intersections of technology, art, and culture.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.