{"product_id":"inspiring-walt-disney-the-animation-of-french-decorative-arts-at-the-wallace-collection","title":"Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts at the Wallace Collection","description":"                                            From talking furniture to magically transformed tableware, Walt Disney's fantastical animations can often be associated with the colourful art and architecture of French Rococo. Gothic Revival architecture can be found in \u003ci\u003eCinderella\u003c\/i\u003e (1950); bejewelled, medieval manuscripts in \u003ci\u003eSleeping Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e (1959); and Rococo-inspired furnishings and objects are brought to life in \u003ci\u003eBeauty and the Beast\u003c\/i\u003e (1991). This catalogue explores Disney's fascination with European art and examines how French motifs have made their way into Disney films and theme parks.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Just as the furniture makers, silversmiths, and ceramicists of the eighteenth century, Disney's artists embraced their creative freedom and sought to expand the limits of design and invention. The book highlights the audacious work of artists such as Mary Blair, Hans Bacher and Peter J Hall and compares them to the 'animated' and anthropomorphic ceramics and gilt bronzes of S vres and Meissonnier. It explores the shared creative roots of their two seemingly disparate artistic realms and seeks to revitalise the feeling of excitement, awe, and marvel, which both Rococo craftsmen and Disney animators sought to spark amongst their audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Helen Jacobsen\u003c\/b\u003e is Executive Director at The Attingham Trust and former Curator of French 18th-century Decorative Arts at the Wallace Collection (London).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Wolf Burchard \u003c\/b\u003eis associate curator in the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe catalogue explores \u003ci\u003ethe influences of the art and architecture of France on Walt Disney and his studios, highlighting in particular their re-interpretation of three seventeenth- and eighteenth-century fairytales including Cinderella (1950) and Beauty and the Beast (1991). \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\r\n                                        ","brand":"Disney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42278420119743,"sku":"9781781301180","price":31.49,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/products\/HZfhBZClGAUMw5FhcENisZ3TSH2V-9UFTdTB62ZbEjVMCQ_60_60.jpg?v=1678844960","url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/inspiring-walt-disney-the-animation-of-french-decorative-arts-at-the-wallace-collection","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}