Crowd scene

A crowd scene is the representation of a crowd in art, literature or other media.

The Crowd by Robert William Buss (1847)

There are many examples of crowd scenes in American literature. One classic is Poe's short story, "The Man of the Crowd", in which a mysterious old man is followed through London in the 19th century, when it was the most populous city in the world.

See also

• Crowd simulation
• Walla

References

Sources

• Esteve, Mary (2003), The Aesthetics and Politics of the Crowd in American Literature, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781139436205
• Munro, Ian (2005), The Figure of the Crowd in Early Modern London, Springer, ISBN 9781403978738
• Tratner, Michael (2008), Crowd Scenes: Movies and Mass Politics, Fordham University Press, ISBN 9780823229024
• Thalmann, Daniel; Musse, Soraia Raupp (2012), Crowd Simulation, Springer, ISBN 9781447144496
• Schnapp, Jeffrey Thompson; Tiews, Matthew (2006), Crowds, Stanford University Press, ISBN 9780804754804