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Claves de la pintura barroca en el cine en blanco y negro de Akira Kurosawa

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ID21223964
AuthorsRaúl Álvarez Gómez (0000-0002-2680-8660, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, corresponding author)
Year2018
Issue16
Publication date2018-01-30
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFotocinema Revista científica de cine y fotografía (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2172-0150 • E-ISSN: 2172-0150
PublisherMalaga University (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.24310/fotocinema.2018.v0i16.4093
OpenAlexW2785811724
LanguageES
Citations received1
References cited4

In the academic studies that approach the films of Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) prevail the literary and sociological perspectives. Two fundamental reasons explain such proposals, such as the admiration of the filmmaker for the English playwright, and his eagerness to investigate the light and shadow of the Japanese society in which he lived. This article detaches itself from those perspectives to approach Kurosawa's work from a pictorial point of view, in an attempt to identify and explain some of the visual cues that from this discipline are incorporated into his images. In particular, attention is paid to the influence of baroque painting in its black and white production, which adds up to 24 films made between 1943 and 1970. Five defining keys of Kurosawa's narrative style have been identified in these years: chiaroscuro, triangular composition, the intensification of narrative time, the use of nature as an emotional metaphor, and the tension of forms

Admiration · Art · Art history · Baroque · Humanities · Literature · Metaphor · Narrative · Painting · Historical and Modern Theater Studies · Philosophy

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Citations per year0.33
Citation span2023 - 2023 (1)
Highly citedNo

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