The Ancient World In The Cinema

Author : Jon Solomon,Robert D Novak Professor of Western Civilization and Culture Jon Solomon
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0300083378

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The Ancient World in the Cinema by Jon Solomon,Robert D Novak Professor of Western Civilization and Culture Jon Solomon Pdf

This entertaining and useful book provides a comprehensive survey of films about the ancient world, from The Last Days of Pompeii to Gladiator. Jon Solomon catalogues, describes, and evaluates films set in ancient Greece and Rome, films about Greek and Roman history and mythology, films of the Old and New Testaments, films set in ancient Egypt, Babylon, and Persia, films of ancient tragedies, comic films set in the ancient world, and more. The book has been updated to include feature films and made-for-television movies produced in the past two decades. More than two hundred photographs illustrate both the films themselves and the ancient sources from which their imagery derives.

Author : Pantelis Michelakis,Maria Wyke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107016101

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The Ancient World in Silent Cinema by Pantelis Michelakis,Maria Wyke Pdf

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.

Author : Maria Wyke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317796060

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Projecting the Past by Maria Wyke Pdf

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.

Author : Almut-Barbara Renger,Jon Solomon
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004183209

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Ancient Worlds in Film and Television by Almut-Barbara Renger,Jon Solomon Pdf

This volume reinvigorates the field of Classical Reception by investigating present-day culture, society, and politics, particularly gender, gender roles, and filmic constructions of masculinity and femininity which shape and are shaped by interacting economic, political, and ideological practices.

Author : Elena Theodorakopoulos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 190467528X

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Ancient Rome at the Cinema by Elena Theodorakopoulos Pdf

Ancient Rome at the Cinema' is a lucid study of the worlds created in Roman historical epics. Based on analysis of the visual and narrative fabric of seven films set in Ancient Rome, 'Ancient Rome at the Cinema' demonstrates how cinematic versions of Ancient Rome have been able to captivate us, and inscribe their versions of the city and its history onto our imagination. Theodorakopoulos uses film theory and criticism to examine the ways in which historical drama creates the past through story-telling and visual effects. Particular emphasis is put on the tension between narrative and spectacle which is an inherent feature of cinema, and a long-standing preoccupation of film critics and theorists from the 1930s to the present. The book also examines the techniques and the rhetoric of realism which feature especially prominently in historical films. 'Ancient Rome at the Cinema' is a companion volume to 'Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture' by Gideon Nisbet (9781904675785, 2008, 2nd edition).

Author : Arthur J. Pomeroy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118741351

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A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen by Arthur J. Pomeroy Pdf

A comprehensive treatment of the Classical World in film and television, A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen closely examines the films and TV shows centered on Greek and Roman cultures and explores the tension between pagan and Christian worlds. Written by a team of experts in their fields, this work considers productions that discuss social settings as reflections of their times and as indicative of the technical advances in production and the economics of film and television. Productions included are a mix of Hollywood and European spanning from the silent film era though modern day television series, and topics discussed include Hollywood politics in film, soundtrack and sound design, high art and low art, European art cinemas, and the ancient world as comedy. Written for students of film and television as well as those interested in studies of ancient Rome and Greece, A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen provides comprehensive, current thinking on how the depiction of Ancient Greece and Rome on screen has developed over the past century. It reviews how films of the ancient world mirrored shifting attitudes towards Christianity, the impact of changing techniques in film production, and fascinating explorations of science fiction and technical fantasy in the ancient world on popular TV shows like Star Trek, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, and Dr. Who.

Author : Kevin M. McGeough
Publisher : Discourses in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Studies
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures
ISBN : 1781799814

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Representations of Antiquity in Film by Kevin M. McGeough Pdf

An introduction to how the ancient world is represented in film, especially in Hollywood cinema, and considers the potential that movies have to help us think about antiquity and their relationship with traditional academic historical work.

Author : Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780748675654

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Designs on the Past by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones Pdf

Author : Chris Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350105027

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Blockbusters and the Ancient World by Chris Davies Pdf

Following the release of Ridley Scott's Gladiator in 2000 the ancient world epic has experienced a revival in studio and audience interest. Building on existing scholarship on the Cold War epics of the 1950s-60s, including Ben-Hur, Spartacus and The Robe, this original study explores the current cycle of ancient world epics in cinema within the social and political climate created by September 11th 2001. Examining films produced against the backdrop of the War on Terror and subsequent invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, this book assesses the relationship between mainstream cinema and American society through depictions of the ancient world, conflict and faith. Davies explores how these films evoke depictions of the Second World War, the Vietnam War and the Western in portraying warfare in the ancient world, as well as discussing the influence of genre hybridisation, narration and reception theory. He questions the extent to which ancient world epics utilise allegory, analogy and allusion to parallel past and present in an industry often dictated by market forces. Featuring analysis of Alexander, Troy, 300, Centurion, The Eagle, The Passion of the Christ and more, this book offers new insight on the continued evolution of the ancient world epic in cinema.

Author : Lorna Hardwick,Christopher Stray
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1444393774

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A Companion to Classical Receptions by Lorna Hardwick,Christopher Stray Pdf

Examining the profusion of ways in which the arts, culture, and thought of Greece and Rome have been transmitted, interpreted, adapted and used, A Companion to Classical Receptions explores the impact of this phenomenon on both ancient and later societies. Provides a comprehensive introduction and overview of classical reception - the interpretation of classical art, culture, and thought in later centuries, and the fastest growing area in classics Brings together 34 essays by an international group of contributors focused on ancient and modern reception concepts and practices Combines close readings of key receptions with wider contextualization and discussion Explores the impact of Greek and Roman culture worldwide, including crucial new areas in Arabic literature, South African drama, the history of photography, and contemporary ethics

Author : Monica S. Cyrino
Publisher : Springer
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137299604

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Screening Love and Sex in the Ancient World by Monica S. Cyrino Pdf

This dynamic collection of essays by international film scholars and classicists addresses the provocative representation of sexuality in the ancient world on screen. A critical reader on approaches used to examine sexuality in classical settings, contributors use case studies from films and television series spanning from the 1920s to the present.

Author : Jeffrey Richards
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826435385

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Hollywood's Ancient Worlds by Jeffrey Richards Pdf

Jeffrey Richards examines the cultural, social, economic and technological circumstances that dictated the rise and decline of each successive cycle of Ancient World epics, from the silent film era, to the "golden age" of the 1950s, right up to the present day (Gladiator, 300, Rome). Analysis reveals that historical films are always as much about the time in which they are made as they are about the time in which they are set. The ancient world is often used to deliver messages to the contemporary audience about the present: hostility to totalitarian regimes both Fascist and Communist, concern at the decline of Christianity, support for the new state of Israel, celebrations of equality and democracy, and concern about changing gender roles. The whole adds up to a fresh look at a body of films that people think they know, but about which they will learn a good deal more.

Author : Marcia Landy
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0485300966

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The Historical Film by Marcia Landy Pdf

This aims to show how media critics and historians have written about history as portrayed in cinema and television by historical films and documentaries, focusing on what it means to "read" films historically and the colonial experience as shown in post-colonial film.

Author : Martin M. Winkler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001-06-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780198029786

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Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema by Martin M. Winkler Pdf

Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema is a collection of essays presenting a variety of approaches to films set in ancient Greece and Rome and to films that reflect archetypal features of classical literature. The diversity of content and theoretical stances found in this volume will make it required reading for scholars and students interested in interdisciplinary approaches to text and image, and for anyone interested in the presence of Greece and Rome in modern popular culture.

Author : Constantine Santas
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0742555291

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The Epic in Film by Constantine Santas Pdf

In The Epic in Film, Constantine Santas argues that "blockbuster" and "artistic" are not mutually exclusive terms and, perhaps more importantly, that epic film is an inherently profound genre in its ability to tap into the dreams and fears of a nation, and sometimes those of the human race. Why do we see dozens and dozens of films based on the King Arthur legend? Why would a presidential hopeful borrow the phrase "Read my lips" from Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry? Why do war epics proliferate in times of war or national crisis? Why are epics as a whole the most popular movie genre? Whether you love Gone with the Wind and hate Troy, find Akira Kurosawa's films brilliant or marvel over the depth of the Matrix trilogy, if you're a film buff, you will want to read this first book-length treatment of the epic-a wildly popular, infinitely fascinating, and critically underappreciated genre.