Cartoons: one hundred years of cinema animation

A labyrinth is not the first thing that springs to mind when thinking of animation. In the original Greek sense, a kabtqimhoy simply means a building with a complicated layout. Today's meaning -a complicated structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find a way -is not necessarily a metaphor that is evident when speaking of cartoons.Nevertheless, Natalia Krivulja has chosen the labyrinth as a motto for her recently published monograph 'Лабиринты анимации. Исследование художественного образа российских анимационных фильмов второй половины ХХ века' ('Labyrinths of Animation': Research into the Artistic Image in Russian Animation during the Second Half of the 20th Century). In the introduction, she explains why:Animation is a curious world of images, at the same time familiar, dear, extremely well known from childhood, and yet unrecognized, enigmatic, attractive. This attraction is equal for almost everybody, regardless of age or social status . . . The intricate structure of this world lets one expect a complicated, puzzling journey full of unforeseen events. This is what has led us to the allegory of a labyrinth. (p. 3)

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Cartoons: one hundred years of cinema animation

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