Art in Motion, Revised Edition: Animation Aesthetics

Art in Motion, Revised Edition is the first comprehensive examination of the aesthetics of animation in its many forms. It gives an overview of the relationship between animation studies and media studies, then focuses on specific aesthetic issues concerning flat and dimensional animation, full and limited animation, and new technologies. A series of studies on abstract animation, audiences, representation, and institutional regulators is also included.

Maureen Furniss teaches on the animation faculty at California Institute of the Arts. She is the founding editor of Animation Journal.