Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics is the first comprehensive examination of the aesthetics of animation in its many forms. It overviews the relationship between animation studies and media studies on a larger scale, then focuses on specific aesthetic issues concerning flat and dimensional animation, full and limited animation, and new technologies. The book contains a series of studies on abstract animation, audiences, representation and institutional regulators.

The first half of Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics overviews the relationship between animation studies and media studies on a larger scale, then focuses on specific aesthetic issues concerning two-dimensional and three-dimensional, limited and full animation and digital technologies. The second half contains a series of studies on particular topics, including abstract animation, audiences, representation and institutional regulators. This revised edition contains recent examples of animation, including updated information on digital media.

Art in Motion is an essential textbook for all students of Animation, Media Studies, Film/TV Studies and Art Education. Updated by the author, this valuable work becomes still more relevant for animation studies students.