Animation: a world history

Take part in the turmoil of the 1950s through 90s as American animation began to lose its momentum and the advent of television created a global interest in the art form. Volume II of Giannalberto Bendazzi's 'Animation' delves into the decades following the Golden Age, an uncertain time when television series were overshadowing feature films, art was heavily influenced by the Cold War, and new technologies began to emerge that threatened the traditional methods of animation.

The fourth period [1951-1960] : 1. America : After the long telegram : Culture ; Almighty and suspicious ; Gerald McBoing Boing ; UPA ; Peter Burness ; Robert Cannon ; John Hubley ; Theory from practice ; The galaxy -- Walt Disney -- Warner Bros. : Friz Freleng ; Chuck Jones ; Michael Maltese -- The resurgence of Terrytoons : Walter Lantz's oasis ; MGM's cat and mouse -- From Fleischer to famous -- Bunin's puppets : Television 101 -- TV and American animation : Jay Ward -- TV and animated commercials -- The west coast experimental film movement : Jordan Belson ; Harry Smith, heaven and earth magician ; The enigma of Hy Hirsh -- The Canadian phenomenon : Norman McLaren -- 2. Western Europe : Great Britain : John David Wilson ; John Halas and Joy Batchelor -- France : Grimault and the stories from the front ; Ladislas Starewich and the feature film -- Germany -- Federal Republic of Germany -- Austria -- Switzerland -- Denmark : Kaj Pindal ; Bent Barfod -- Norway -- Finland -- Greece -- Italy -- Portugal -- 3. Eastern Europe : Poland -- Czechoslovakia and puppets : Hermina Týrlová ; Karel Zeman ; Jiři Trnka ; The music of the puppets ; Hungary ; Yugoslavia: the first stage of the Zag…