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Designs on the Past

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Designs on the Past

By Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

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About the book

In the period 1916-1966, during its so-called Golden Age, Hollywood developed a passion for the ancient world and produced many epic movie blockbusters. The studios used every device they could find to wow audiences with the spectacle of antiquity. In this unique study, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones shows how Hollywood carefully and skilfully created the popular modern perception of the ancient world. He analyses how producers, art directors, costumiers, publicity agents, movie stars, and inevitably, 'a...Show more

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ISBN

9780748675630

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Published year

2018

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1

Original title

Designs on the Past

Format

Hardcover

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