Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1
The Silent Screen (1895-1928) by Scott Curtis
26
Classical Hollywood (1928-1946) by Susan Ohmer
73
Limited Animation (1947-1989) by Kevin
Sandler
116
Independent Animators and the Artisanal Mode (1947-1989) by Alla
Gadassik
163
The Rise of Computer-Generated Imagery (1965-1989) by Andrew
Johnston
209
Ubiquitous Animation (1990-2016) by Bob Rehak
244
Glossary
279
Academy Awards for
Animation
302
Notes on Contributors
315
SCOTT CURTIS is an associate professor of radio, television, and
film studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and
the director of the communication program at Northwestern
University in Qatar. He is the author of The Shape of
Spectatorship: Art, Science, and Early Cinema in Germany.
“Scott Curtis has assembled a truly valuable volume unified around
the ways that shifting labor and economic conditions, technological
developments, and aesthetic experimentation continually renewed and
remade animation over the years. Each author clearly and
convincingly confronts how commercial trends and artisanal
alternatives help us understand animation’s place in American media
culture.”
*author of French Animation History and John Lasseter*
“A well-researched survey of American animation, written by leading
scholars in the field. With its clear writing style, incorporation
of production details, and ample examples, this book will appeal to
a broad range of readers interested in theatrical, television,
artisanal, and CG animation—and more.”
*author of Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics*
"Animation is a phenomenal and phenomenally useful survey of
animation in the United States. Editor Scott Curtis and his
contributors have artfully examined American animation in its many
forms—commercial and fine art, analog, and digital, full and
limited—and grounded their insights into the art and craft of the
cartoon in very specific historical, aesthetic, and technological
circumstances. Rich in detail and nuance, the result is a
compendium of carefully crafted essays that are an instructive and
enjoyable read for animation fans and an excellent companion in the
classroom."
*author of Birth of An Industry: Blackface Minstrelsy and the Rise
of American Animation*
“Scott Curtis has assembled a truly valuable volume unified around
the ways that shifting labor and economic conditions, technological
developments, and aesthetic experimentation continually renewed and
remade animation over the years. Each author clearly and
convincingly confronts how commercial trends and artisanal
alternatives help us understand animation’s place in American media
culture.”
*author of French Animation History and John Lasseter*
“A well-researched survey of American animation, written by leading
scholars in the field. With its clear writing style, incorporation
of production details, and ample examples, this book will appeal to
a broad range of readers interested in theatrical, television,
artisanal, and CG animation—and more.”
*author of Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics*
"Animation is a phenomenal and phenomenally useful survey of
animation in the United States. Editor Scott Curtis and his
contributors have artfully examined American animation in its many
forms—commercial and fine art, analog, and digital, full and
limited—and grounded their insights into the art and craft of the
cartoon in very specific historical, aesthetic, and technological
circumstances. Rich in detail and nuance, the result is a
compendium of carefully crafted essays that are an instructive and
enjoyable read for animation fans and an excellent companion in the
classroom."
*author of Birth of An Industry: Blackface Minstrelsy and the Rise
of American Animation*
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