Bibliograph

Stillness in motion, Italy, photography, and the meanings of modernity, edited by Sarah Patricia Hill and Giuliana Minghelli

Type

Label

Stillness in motion, Italy, photography, and the meanings of modernity, edited by Sarah Patricia Hill and Giuliana Minghelli

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-372)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Stillness in motion

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

889649534

Responsibility statement

edited by Sarah Patricia Hill and Giuliana Minghelli

Series statement

Toronto Italian studies

Sub title

Italy, photography, and the meanings of modernity

Summary

Stillness in Motion brings together the writing of scholars, theorists, and artists on the uneasy relationship between Italian culture and photography. Highlighting the depth and complexity of the Italian contribution to the technology and practice of photography, this collection offers essays, interviews, and theoretical reflections at the intersection of comparative, visual, and cultural studies. Its chapters, illustrated with more than 130 black and white images and an eight-page colour section, explore how Italian literature, cinema, popular culture, and politics have engaged with the medium of photography over the course of time. The collection includes topics such as Futurism's ambivalent relationship to photography, the influence of American photography on Italian neorealist cinema, and the connection between the photograph and Duchamp's concept of the Readymade. With contributions from writer and theorist Umberto Eco, photographer Franco Vaccari, art historian Robert Valtorta, and cultural historian Robert Lumley, Stillness in Motion engages with crucial historical and cultural moments in Italian history, examining each one through particular photographic practices.--, Provided by Publisher

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