Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

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Designs on the Past: How Hollywood Created the Ancient WorldPaperback, 1 August 2018

Designs on the Past: How Hollywood Created the Ancient World
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Part of Series
Screening Antiquity
Print Length
440 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Date Published
1 Aug 2018
ISBN-10
0748675647
ISBN-13
9780748675647

Description

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 studios used every device they could find to wow audiences with the spectacle of antiquity.

In this unique study, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones shows how Hollywood carefully and skilfully created the popular modern perception of the ancient world. He analyses how producers, art directors, costumiers, publicity agents, movie stars, and inevitably, 'a cast of thousands' literally designed and crafted the ancient world from scratch.

This lively book offers a technical as well as a theoretical guide to a much-neglected area of film studies and reception studies that will appeal to anyone working in these disciplines.

Key Features:

  • This is the first study of the mechanisms and ideologies behind the making of epic movies in Hollywood
  • Lavishly illustrated including rare and fascinating marketing material and production stills produced by Hollywood at the time
  • Explores the casting and consequences of movie stars in historical roles
  • Sets a new agenda for exploring the relationship between history and film and between history and visual culture.

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is Professor of Ancient History at Cardiff University.

Product Details

Author:
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 August 2018
Dimensions:
24.13 x 17.27 x 2.29 cm
Genre:
Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
ISBN-10:
0748675647
ISBN-13:
9780748675647
Language:
English
Pages:
440
Weight:
857.29 gm

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