The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop by Karen L. Maness and Richard M. Isackes, out now from Regan Arts, is a visual compendium of over 300 images highlighting this unheralded history. “These ...

Out of her interviews and research came the 2016 coffeetable tome The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop, co-written with designer and UT professor Richard Isackes. But more significantly for Maness ...

The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop (Regan Arts, $100). Not only are backdrops virtuosic works of art, Maness tells THR, but they also are economical, collectible and, in some cases, recyclable ...

The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop. Visit mid-century Hollywood without leaving Austin through an up-close view of these Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio assets from February 11 through March 21.

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Maness is co-author of "The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop" – art, she says, that's often gone unappreciated. Though impressive, it was designed to be "invisible." Nonetheless, she said ...

On top of a hill in Valencia, where the wind blows most days, the buildings are big, new and absolutely nonforthcoming. They could house anything — a doctor’s office, a car dealership, a ...

Top: Ancient Rome backdrop for Ben-Hur, MGM (1959). Photo: Sandy Carson; Above: backdrop reused in the Coen Brothers’ 2016 film Hail, Caesar! The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop: Cinema’s Creative ...

The painted movie backdrop is a dying art, obviated by the rise of the green screen. But there's still something enchanting about those old Hollywood matte paintings; they lent a theatrical ...

But as the golden age of Hollywood grows more distant, it’s easier to appreciate the best of these backdrops for the works of art that they really were. In their new book The Art of the ...

Due to high demand for Behind the Scenes: The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop, Texas Performing Arts will extend the exhibit through Sunday, April 18. For individuals unable to attend in-person ...