The Roman salute cinema, history, ideology

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Winkler, Martin M., author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbus, Ohio : The Ohio State University Press [2009]
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009433900906719
Table of Contents:
  • 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.