The Great Art of Light and Shadow: Archaeology of the Cinema - Paperback

by Laurent Mannoni (Author), Richard Crangle (Editor)

Widely regarded by historians of the early moving picture as the best work yet published on pre-cinema, The Great Art of Light and Shadow: Archaeology of the Cinema throws light on a fascinating range of optical media from the twelfth century to the turn of the twentieth.

Author Biography

Laurent Mannoni is Curator of the equipment collection of the Cinematheque Francaise. In 2006 he was awarded the Jean Mitry prize by the Pordenone Silent Film Festival. Richard Crangle is a freelance researcher and writer and formerly Assistant Director of the Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture, University of Exeter.