Related Books

Hollywood's Ancient Worlds
Language: en
Pages: 238
Authors: Jeffrey Richards
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-07-01 - Publisher: A&C Black

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Jeffrey Richards examines the cultural, social, economic and technological circumstances that dictated the rise and decline of each successive cycle of Ancient
Designs on the Past
Language: en
Pages: 440
Authors: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-07-13 - Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Designs on the Past
Language: en
Pages: 418
Authors: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Categories: Historical films
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher: Screening Antiquity

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In the period 1916-1966, during its so-called Golden Age, Hollywood developed a passion for the ancient world and produced many epic movie blockbusters. The stu
The Ancient World in Silent Cinema
Language: en
Pages: 403
Authors: Pantelis Michelakis
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-15 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In the first four decades of cinema, hundreds of films were made that drew their inspiration from ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Bible. Few of these films
Hollywood's Ancient Worlds
Language: en
Pages: 238
Authors: Jeffrey Richards
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-09-01 - Publisher: A&C Black

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A new, full analysis of the Ancient World epic and how this film genre continues to comment on modern-day issues.