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- Title
The Mark of Zorro: Silent Film's Impact on 1920s Architecture in Los Angeles.
- Authors
OVNICK, MERRY
- Abstract
The article discusses the influence of silent films on period-revival architectural styles in 1920s Los Angeles, California; in particular, the influence of cinematographic technique on aesthetics and public taste is discussed. Trends in set design, lighting, and other aspects of early filmmaking are discussed, including: the heightened attention to texture and contrast required by black-and-white cinematography; the multiplicity of style references and miniaturized scale; and the fragmentation of forms. Manifestations of these aspects of film culture in popular residential architecture are discussed as well, with numerous example photographs.
- Subjects
LOS Angeles (Calif.); CALIFORNIA; UNITED States; SILENT films; ARCHITECTURAL aesthetics; AESTHETICS of motion pictures; MOTION pictures history, 1901-1930; 20TH century architecture; ARCHITECTURE &; society; REVIVAL movements (Art); MOTION pictures &; society; THEMES in architecture
- Publication
California History, 2008, Vol 86, Issue 1, p28
- ISSN
0162-2897
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/40495188