The first systematic study of classical literature and arts to explain their close affinities with modern visual technologies and media.

This book aims to enhance our appreciation of the modernity of the classical cultures and, conversely, of cinema's debt to ancient Greece and Rome. It explores

This book examines different affinities between major classical authors and great filmmakers alongside representations of ancient myth and history in popular ci

In film imagery, urban spaces show up not only as spatial settings of a story, but also as projected ideas and forms that aim to recreate and capture the spirit

In film imagery, urban spaces show up not only as spatial settings of a story, but also as projected ideas and forms that aim to recreate and capture the spirit