The Kinetic Icon in the Work of Mourning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4300422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Annette Michelson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 169 |
| Pages | 87-104 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | October (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-2870 • E-ISSN: 1536-013X |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/octo_a_00361 |
| OpenAlex | W2970550968 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Among Dziga Vertov's films, Three Songs of Lenin is unique in its immediate and enduring approval within the Soviet Union. The film was commissioned for the tenth anniversary of Lenin's death and made extensive use of archival material documenting Lenin's political trajectory and his funeral. Annette Michelson offers a reading of the film's political function within the historical situation of the USSR in the 1930s, claiming that the register and scale of Three Songs of Lenin make the film a "kinetic icon" for the deceased leader. Michelson discusses similarities between religious icons and films, particularly the way in which death haunts both, and she examines the way in which the film's emphasis on the role of the female mourner enables it to transform document into monument
Art · Art history · Icon · Political science · Politics · Reading (process · Visual arts · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |