Designs on the Past
Author : Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 40,17 MB
Release : 2018-07-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0748675655
Spartacus
Author : Martin M. Winkler
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 12,7 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0470777265
Book Description
This is the first book systematically to analyze Kirk Douglas’ and Stanley Kubrick’s depiction of the slave revolt led by Spartacus from different historical, political, and cinematic perspectives. Examines the film’s use of ancient sources, the ancient historical contexts, the political significance of the film, the history of its censorship and restoration, and its place in film history. Includes the most important passages from ancient authors’ reports of the slave revolt in translation.
Projecting the Past
Author : Maria Wyke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 14,13 MB
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1317796063
Book Description
Brought vividly to life on screen, the myth of ancient Rome resonates through modern popular culture. Projecting the Past examines how the cinematic traditions of Hollywood and Italy have resurrected ancient Rome to address the concerns of the present. The book engages contemporary debates about the nature of the classical tradition, definitions of history, and the place of the past in historical film.
Made in L.A. 2016
Author : Aram Moshayedi
Publisher : Prestel
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,95 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Art, American
ISBN : 9783791355139
Book Description
"Each iteration of Made in L.A. sheds new light on the creative work of artists based in Los Angeles, expanding on the work of its predecessors and forging new relationships with the city's diverse artistic communities. 'Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only' continues in this vein and investigates what is vital and distinctive about Los Angeles as an international destination and cutting-edge art center and how its artists--from vastly different backgrounds and disciplines--resist and defy categorization"--Foreword.
Exhibitors' Times
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 41,40 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN :
Book Description
The Roman Salute
Author : Martin M. Winkler
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 14,1 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN :
Book Description
Saluting gestures in Roman art and literature -- Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii -- Raised-arm salutes in the United States before fascism : from the pledge of allegiance to Ben-Hur on stage -- Early cinema : American and European epics -- Cabiria : the intersection of cinema and politics -- Gabriele d'Annunzio and Cabiria -- Fiume : the Roman salute becomes a political symbol -- From D'Annunzio to Mussolini -- Nazi cinema and its impact on Hollywood's Roman epics : from Leni Riefenstahl to Quo vadis -- Visual legacies : antiquity on the screen from Quo vadis to Rome -- Cinema : from Salome to Alexander -- Television : from Star trek to Rome -- Conclusion.
The Ancient World in Silent Cinema
Author : Pantelis Michelakis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 40,93 MB
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 110701610X
Book Description
The first systematic attempt to focus on the instrumental role of silent cinema in early twentieth-century conceptualizations of the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East. It is located at the intersection of film studies, classics, Bible studies and cultural studies.
Pagan Holiday
Author : Tony Perrottet
Publisher : Random House
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 31,76 MB
Release : 2009-05-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0307558908
Book Description
The ancient Romans were responsible for many remarkable achievements—Roman numerals, straight roads—but one of their lesser-known contributions was the creation of the tourist industry. The first people in history to enjoy safe and easy travel, Romans embarked on the original Grand Tour, journeying from the lost city of Troy to the Acropolis, from the Colossus at Rhodes to Egypt, for the obligatory Nile cruise to the very edge of the empire. And, as Tony Perrottet discovers, the popularity of this route has only increased with time. Intrigued by the possibility of re-creating the tour, Perrottet, accompanied by his pregnant girlfriend, sets off to discover life as an ancient Roman. The result is this lively blend of fascinating historical anecdotes and hilarious personal encounters, interspersed with irreverent and often eerily prescient quotes from the ancients—a vivid portrait of the Roman Empire in all its complexity and wonder.
Film museum practice and film historiography
Author : Bregt Lameris
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 45,30 MB
Release : 2017-07-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9048526744
Book Description
This book is an elaborate study of the interrelationships between film historical discourse and archival practices, such as the collecting, restoration and exhibition of films. It delineates how film historiographical discourses always leave traces in the film archive, and vice versa. The book investigates and analyzes the history of three important collections from the archive of EYE Film Museum: the Uitkijk-collection, the Desmet-collection, and Dutch silent films. The histories of these collections have different connections to film historiography, and as such allow us to investigate these interrelationships from various perspectives. It shows how archival films and collections always carry the historical traces of selection policies, restoration philosophies, and exhibition strategies. As such the book aims to demonstrate how film archives cannot be innocent or neutral sources of film history. In addition, it shows that current EYE Film Museum activities semi-automatically refer to this history of which the archive carries the material traces.
The Hollywood Historical Film
Author : Robert Burgoyne
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 27,53 MB
Release : 2008-02-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :
Book Description
Takes you on a cinematic journey through the controversial portrayal of history on film - from the swashbuckling epics of the silent era to up-to-the-minute dramas like World Trade Center. With thought-provoking analysis, this work examines the power of historic films to entertain and promote national myths while influencing public opinion.
