Stillness In Motion: Italy, Photography, And The Meanings Of Modernity (toronto Italian Studies)
by Sarah Patricia HIll /
2014 / English / PDF
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Stillness in Motion
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.
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,
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
Stillness in Motion
engages with crucial historical and cultural moments in Italian
history, examining each one through particular photographic
practices.
engages with crucial historical and cultural moments in Italian
history, examining each one through particular photographic
practices.