| The third topic to which Eisenstein made a major contribution was the theory of elliptic functions. |
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| As Eisenstein shows, his method for constructing elliptic functions applies beautifully to the simpler case of trigonometric functions. |
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| Picasso collected African masks, Eisenstein filmed the bloodthirsty gods sculpted by the Aztecs. |
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| In 1847 Eisenstein received his habilitation from the University of Berlin and began to lecture. |
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| However, a telex from Stalin presenting Eisenstein as a traitor to Russia also weighed heavily on the project. |
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| All constitute a style invoking that of the Russian formalist Sergei Eisenstein, who believed in using tactical camera maneuvers to make the familiar strange. |
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| Examples of this exist not only in posters, but also in the films of Leni Riefenstahl and Sergei Eisenstein. |
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| In 1938, Sergei Eisenstein made one of his most acclaimed films, Alexander Nevsky, on Alexander's victory over the Teutonic Knights. |
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| As Eisenstein continued to dialogize cinema with many other forms besides theater, his theory of montage and filmic experimentation grew more complex. |
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| His artistic influences include Andy Warhol, Sergei Eisenstein, Dziga Vertov, Jean Vigo, Buster Keaton, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Robert Bresson, and Billy Wilder. |
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