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10 gru 2021 · Learn how Walt Disney and the Disney Studios wove the aesthetics of French decorative arts into the fairy-tale worlds of beloved animated films in this riveting new volume.
Exploring the novel use of French motifs in Disney films and theme parks, this publication features forty works of eighteenth-century European design—from tapestries and furniture to Boulle clocks and Sèvres porcelain—alongside 150 Disney film stills, drawings, and other works on paper.
16 kwi 2020 · The founding father of one of the most famous American brands of all time, Walt Disney has his own well-deserved star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame – yet little do most passers-by know that his roots can actually be traced back to a diminutive dairy town in Normandy, far from any major tourist trail. The distinctive lion crest on the gates of ...
9 gru 2021 · Exhibition. Walt Disney’s Secret Inspiration? French Decorative Arts. The Metropolitan Museum of Art readies for an exhibition on this lesser-known story. By Stephanie Sporn. December 9,...
18 gru 2023 · Contrasted to Walt Disney’s small town Marceline at the turn of the century, the Main Street in Paris has a “knowing urban gaze,” capturing the 1920s which was the “moment when Europeans first became conscious of what America looked like by going to the movies.”
22 mar 2023 · This article examines the critical and cultural framing of the Walt Disney Studio’s cel- and computer-animated feature films according to an enduring art-historical narrative. It traces the critica...
The international traveling exhibition "Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts" explores the early inspirations behind Disney Studios' creations, examining Walt Disney's fascination with European art and the use of French motifs in Disney films and theme parks.
