Jul 1, 2020 · Martin M. Winkler sees antiquity with a cinema eye. ᾽Εν ἀρχῇ ἦν ἡ εἰκών —at least regarding artistic expression. Prehistoric cave paintings amply attest to this fact. As Aristotle …

The culmination of these neo-Roman restorative trends came with the 20th century Italian and German Fascists’ overwrought attempts to recreate what they perceived was the martial …

Jul 7, 2012 · We get an unusually rich study of the background to the production of Fellini-Satyricon, and then the key themes: fragmentation of plot that resembles vividly and …

Apr 18, 2023 · In his field-formative book The Ancient World in the Cinema (first published in 1978), Jon Solomon (1) argues that “ancient world” films are as old as the medium itself and …

Dec 13, 2001 · The first important work on classics and cinema was Jon Solomon’s The Ancient World in the Cinema (New York 1978, second, revised edition 2001), an encyclopedic study of …

The Image of Ancient Rome in the Cinema CARL J. MORA The ancestral memory of the Roman Empire has been the most persistent theme defining European civilization. From this vanished …

Contrary to the widely held view that early films are largely lost, dozens of films related to ancient Greece, Rome and the other civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean survive scattered in film …

The ancients have had an even greater impact onscreen. Adaptations of classical myth and theatre have built a pervasive image of “the ancient world” that is as much a product of …

The films in question, ranging from historical and mythological epics to adaptations of ancient drama, burlesques, animated cartoons and documentaries, suggest a preoccupation with the …

From the early days of film to very recent Hollywood blockbusters, ancient Greek and Roman history and culture has been a popular subject and influence for film-makers. In this freshman …