Eye of the Machine: Itagaki Takao and Debates on New Realism in 1920s Japan.

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      JAPAN
    • Subject Terms:
      ITAGAKI, Takao, 1894-1966
    • Abstract:
      An essay is presented related to non-Western film theory and art historian Itagaki Takao debates on realism in 1920s motion picture industry in Japan. Topics discussed include functional beauty of modern machinery with artistic and cultural production in the twentieth century, creating a public forum on the issues of the avant-garde by launching the journal "New Art," and associating the theory in different historical and geopolitical contexts.