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<p><em>Stillness in Motion</em> 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.</p><p>The collection includes topics such as Futurism&rsquo;s ambivalent relationship to photography, the influence of American photography on Italian neorealist cinema, and the connection between the photograph and Duchamp&rsquo;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, <em>Stillness in Motion </em>engages with crucial historical and cultural moments in Italian history, examining each one through par

Author

HIll, Sarah Patricia; Minghelli, Giuliana

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781442619975