Fundamentals of Modern Film Aesthetics

Author: Wang Zhimin
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Publish Date: 2001-03-01
Features: The author is currently a professor, master's supervisor, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Beijing Film Academy, director of the Theoretical Research Institute, and director of the Information Research Center at Beijing Film Academy. His main works include Metaphysics of Aesthetics (1987), Buddhism and Aesthetics (1989, co-authored), Principles of Film Aesthetics Analysis (1992), and Chinese Film and Artistic Conception (2000, co-authored). The courses he teaches at the academy include Principles of Aesthetics, Film Aesthetics, and Film Reception Aesthetics. This book is a crystallization of the author's more than ten years of teaching and research in aesthetics and film aesthetics. It emphasizes combining the achievements of contemporary Western humanities with the wisdom of traditional Chinese philosophical aesthetics, integrating them comprehensively. It provides an in-depth, thorough yet concise and clear explanation of the fundamental principles of aesthetics and, based on this foundation, describes the main ideas and framework of modern film aesthetics research. The book is logically structured, with a rigorous organization and lucid, concise language. It is particularly innovative and pioneering in its explanations of various issues, and its case analyses demonstrate exceptional skill.