The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature

The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature
Author: William Lowndes
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 858
Release: 2023-01-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3382102846

Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Italy in Early American Cinema

Italy in Early American Cinema
Author: Giorgio Bertellini
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2010
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0253221285

Giorgio Bertellini traces the origins of American cinema's century-long fascination with Italy and Italian immigrants to the popularity of the pre-photographic aesthetic—the picturesque. Once associated with landscape painting in northern Europe, the picturesque came to symbolize Mediterranean Europe through comforting views of distant landscapes and exotic characters. Taking its cue from a picturesque stage backdrop from The Godfather Part II, Italy in Early American Cinema shows how this aesthetic was transferred from 19th-century American painters to early 20th-century American filmmakers. Italy in Early American Cinema offers readings of early films that pay close attention to how landscape representations that were related to narrative settings and filmmaking locations conveyed distinct ideas about racial difference and national destiny.