TY - BOOK AU - Eidt,Laura M.Sager TI - Writing and filming the painting: ekphrasis in liturature and film T2 - Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft SN - 9781435695306 AV - PN56.E45 E43 2008eb U1 - 809/.93357 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Amsterdam, New York PB - Rodopi KW - Goya, Francisco, KW - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, KW - Vermeer, Johannes, KW - Ekphrasis KW - Art in literature KW - Art in motion pictures KW - Painting and motion pictures KW - Art dans la littérature KW - Art au cinéma KW - Peinture et cinéma KW - ekphrasis KW - aat KW - TRAVEL KW - Special Interest KW - Literary KW - bisacsh KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - General KW - fast KW - Malerei KW - Motiv KW - gnd KW - Literatur KW - Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft KW - idszbz KW - Film KW - Ästhetik KW - Motiv (Film) KW - Motiv (Literatur) KW - swd KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-234) and Filmography (p. 235); Toward a definition of ekphrasis in literature and film -- Methodology -- Goya's Sleep of reason in poetry, drama and film : dramatizing the artist's battle with his creatures -- Goya's Sleep of reason in Lion Feuchtwanger's novel and Konrad Wolf's film adaptation : private or social demons? -- From screenplay to film : Rembrandt's self-portraits and social identity construction through ekphrasis -- Vermeer's women in film and fiction : ekphrasis and gendered structures of vision -- Conclusion : the cerebral and the affective function of ekphrasis N2 - This innovative interdisciplinary study compares the uses of painting in literary texts and films. In developing a framework of four types of ekphrasis, the author argues for the expansion of the concept of ekphrasis by demonstrating its applicability as interpretive tool to films about the visual arts and artists. Analyzing selected works of art by Goya, Rembrandt, and Vermeer and their ekphrastic treatment in various texts and films, this book examines how the medium of ekphrasis affects the representation of the visual arts in order to show what the differences imply about issues such as ge UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=257396 ER -