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Classics on Screen: Ancient Greece and Rome on Film

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Classics on Screen: Ancient Greece and Rome on Film
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Alastair Blanshard
By (author) Kim Shahabudin
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9780715637241
ClassificationsDewey:791.436583
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations 16 bw

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bristol Classical Press
Publication Date 15 December 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Cinema loves Greece and Rome. Hollywood epics, animated movies, avant-garde features - all have turned to classical antiquity for inspiration. On the silver screen, we see a world of virtuous Christians, depraved pagans, gladiators, charioteers, Spartan warriors, and muscle-bound demigods - a potent mix of sex, violence and art. So pervasive are these images that this cinematic output dominates the public understanding of the ancient world. Through analysis of ten influential films, this book examines the representation of Greece and Rome in both popular and art-house cinema, arranged by cinematic genre. Key scenes are discussed and each film is located in its historical context.

Author Biography

Alastair Blanshard is Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is the author of Sex, Vice, and Love from Antiquity to Modernity (2010) and Hercules: A Heroic Life (2005). Kim Shahabudin gives guest lectures in the Department of Classics, University of Reading, UK, on classical reception in popular culture. She is the co-editor of Classics for All: Reworking Antiquity in Mass Culture (2009).