Film and Video Art takes in all the major developments in the unfolding dialogue between artists and moving image media. Among the works examined are films by the Lumiére Brothers from the late nineteenth century; films associated with art movements including Surrealism, Dada, Russian Constructivism and Pop Art; the advent of video; the arrival of the moving image in the gallery; the prominence of documentary in recent contemporary art; the advent of major-budget art film; and the emergence of net art and video streaming.

Film and Video Art takes in all the major developments in the unfolding dialogue between artists and moving image media. Among the works examined are films by the Lumiére Brothers from the late nineteenth century; films associated with art movements including Surrealism, Dada, Russian Constructivism and Pop Art; the advent of video; the arrival of the moving image in the gallery; the prominence of documentary in recent contemporary art; the advent of major-budget art film; and the emergence of net art and video streaming.