{"product_id":"designs-on-the-past-how-hollywood-created-the-ancient-world-9780748675630","title":"Designs on the Past: How Hollywood Created the Ancient World","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003eIn this unique study, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones shows how Hollywood carefully and skilfully \u003ci\u003ecreated\u003c\/i\u003e the popular modern perception of the ancient world. He analyses how producers, art directors, costumiers, publicity agents, movie stars, and inevitably, 'a cast of thousands' literally designed and crafted the ancient world from scratch.\u003cbr\u003eThis lively book offers a technical as well as a theoretical guide to a much-neglected area of film studies and reception studies that will appeal to anyone working in these disciplines. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Features: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first study of the mechanisms and ideologies behind the making of epic movies in Hollywood\u003cbr\u003eLavishly illustrated including rare and fascinating marketing material and production stills produced by Hollywood at the time\u003cbr\u003eExplores the casting and consequences of movie stars in historical roles\u003cbr\u003eSets a new agenda for exploring the relationship between history and film and between history and visual culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLloyd Llewellyn-Jones is Professor of Ancient History at Cardiff University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLloyd Llewellyn-Jones is Professor of Ancient History at Cardiff University and a specialist in the histories and cultures of ancient Iran and Greece. He also works on dress and gender in antiquity and on the ancient world in popular culture, especially Hollywood cinema. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDesigns on the Past: How Hollywood Created the Ancient World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAphrodite's Tortoise: The Veiled Woman of Ancient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKing and Court in Ancient Persia 559 to 331 BCE\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCtesias' History of Persia\u003c\/i\u003e. He is editor of \u003ci\u003eWomen's Dress in the Ancient Greek World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGreek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCreating a Hellenistic World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hellenistic Court\u003c\/i\u003e as well as numerous articles on Greek and Persian culture. He is the series editor of Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia and co-series editor of Screening Antiquity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327810867474,"sku":"9780748675630","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_23a6bf1b-eba0-4031-aefc-693ad91b2759.jpg?v=1756200333","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/designs-on-the-past-how-hollywood-created-the-ancient-world-9780748675630","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}