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Art of the Moving Picture

"This 1922 book by poet and sometime cultural critic Vachel Lindsay might have been the first to treat the then-new medium of moving pictures as an art form, one that was potentially as rich, complex, mysterious as far older ones, and whose physical and aesthetic properties were only starting to be understood. The highlight of the book might be “The Motion Picture of Fairy Splendor,” which examines the relationship between film storytelling, magic, myths, legends and bedtime stories. It’s discombobulating, in a good way, to read Lindsay’s attempts to grapple with what, precisely, cinema is. Being supposedly sophisticated 21st century people, we all feel as though we know what cinema is, and don’t need to have the basics explained to us, but this is really just vanity and ignorance talking. Bottom line: You haven’t really, seriously thought about movies — what they are, and what they can and cannot do, and become — until you’ve read this book." (Salon.com)

Year of Publication: 1915Genres: Art, Design & Architecture,*Non-fiction

Running Time: 7 hours 06 minutes 49 seconds(23 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Kristin G., Jacob Paul Starr, Chuck Williamson

#	Chapter Name
	DEDICATION AND A WORD FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE DENVER ART ASSOCIATION Chuck Williamson	8:56
	BOOK I - THE GENERAL PHOTOPLAY SITUATION IN AMERICA, JANUARY 1, 1922 Chuck Williamson	42:53
	BOOK II - THE UNCHALLENGED OUTLINE OF PHOTOPLAY CRITICAL METHOD / CHAPTER I - THE POINT OF VIEW Barbara Clements	7:55
	CHAPTER II - THE PHOTOPLAY OF ACTION Availle	13:27
	CHAPTER III - THE INTIMATE PHOTOPLAY Kristin G.	17:48
	CHAPTER IV - THE MOTION PICTURE OF FAIRY SPLENDOR Kristin G.	11:01
	CHAPTER V - THE PICTURE OF CROWD SPLENDOR John Gonzalez	18:51
	CHAPTER VI - PATRIOTIC SPLENDOR klbonds	25:58
	CHAPTER VII - RELIGIOUS SPLENDOR Shannon EH Sobota	14:06
	CHAPTER VIII - SCULPTURE-IN-MOTION Delmar H Dolbier	24:28
	CHAPTER IX - PAINTING-IN-MOTION Delmar H Dolbier	20:36
	CHAPTER X - FURNITURE, TRAPPINGS, AND INVENTIONS IN MOTION Jacob Paul Starr	24:07
	CHAPTER XI - ARCHITECTURE-IN-MOTION ToddHW	18:46
	CHAPTER XII - THIRTY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PHOTOPLAYS AND THE STAGE David Nicol	23:16
	CHAPTER XIII - HIEROGLYPHICS Kristin G.	23:57
	BOOK III. MORE PERSONAL SPECULATIONS AND AFTERTHOUGHTS NOT BROUGHT FORWARD SO DOGMATICALLY / CHAPTER XIV - THE ORCHESTRA, CONVERSATION, AND THE CENSORSHIP Robert Hoffman	24:07
	CHAPTER XV - THE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE SALOON Jacob Paul Starr	11:48
	CHAPTER XVI - CALIFORNIA AND AMERICA Joannemmp	10:22
	CHAPTER XVII - PROGRESS AND ENDOWMENT Barbara Miller	24:27
	CHAPTER XVIII - ARCHITECTS AS CRUSADERS ToddHW	8:57
	CHAPTER XIX - ON COMING FORTH BY DAY Jacob Paul Starr	10:46
	CHAPTER XX - THE PROPHET-WIZARD Robert Hoffman	21:33
	CHAPTER XXI - THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD klbonds	18:44