The article considers the representation of war in Leo Tolstoy's artistic and journalistic work. The concept of "War" is a key notion in the writer's works. The paper describes the lexicon embodying the topic. To express the essence of the concept, Leo Tolstoy uses such words as sumasshestviye (madness), zlo (evil), and nasiliye (violence). The article analyzes the evolution of attitu...

Like Hollywood cinema, gong’an drama seizes upon the dramatic and narrative potential of legal trials. Yet, while Hollywood trial films turn viewers into jurors, pushing them back and forth between the competing stories that emerge from the adversarial process, gong’an drama eschews any recognition of opposing narratives, instead centering on the punishment of decidedly guilty criminals. The mo...

A plug-in for the 3D modeling application CINEMA 4D is presented which allows to use the graph transformation language XL to transform the 3D scene graph of CINEMA 4D. XL extends Java by graph query and rewrite facilities via a data model interface, the default rewrite mechanism is that of relational growth grammars which are based on parallel single-pushout derivations. We illustrate the plug-...

Paradigmatic change is driving aesthetic change in cinema. This restructuring is not only transforming what is on the screen, but the means of production that put it there. The interplay of technology and culture, along with their dynamics has made this so. Marshall McLuhan’s Laws of Media provide an effective lens with which to examine this change. Some preliminary observations on the shape of...

According to an established historiography, post World War II Italian cinema owes much of its international success the French intellectual milieu. In this process reception, work carried out by exiled intellectuals, who were responsible for promoting neo-realism on other side Alps diplomatic purposes but without neglecting questions aesthetic nature, deserves attention. By relating certain asp...

The article covers the activity of theatrical groups in German-occupied territory Ukraine during Second World War, as well place theater policy occupying power,the repertoire component and use occupation administration acting to propagate Nazi ideas among local population. author shows Ukrainian theater's legitimate position communicate with civilian population preserve national artistic tradit...

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Italian architects began to adopt photomontage and collage techniques only at the end of 1920s. In decade before Second World War, these provided with a visual key distinguish themselves from academies’ canonical representation; seek an affiliation European avant-gardes; be recognisable in architecture competitions. They also constituted critical tool for investigating designing. Their peculiar...