The Roman Salute
Winkler, Martin M.
The Roman Salute Cinema, History, Ideology / [electronic resource] : Martin M. Winkler. - Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2009. - 1 online resource (xi, 223 p. :) ill. ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-212) and indexes.
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.
9780814271698 0814271693
Salutations.
Rome--In literature.
Rome--In art.
Rome--In motion pictures.
Electronic books.
PN1995.9.R68 / W56 2009
700/.45837 22
The Roman Salute Cinema, History, Ideology / [electronic resource] : Martin M. Winkler. - Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2009. - 1 online resource (xi, 223 p. :) ill. ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-212) and indexes.
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.
9780814271698 0814271693
Salutations.
Rome--In literature.
Rome--In art.
Rome--In motion pictures.
Electronic books.
PN1995.9.R68 / W56 2009
700/.45837 22