Tra romanzo e realtà: proposte di lettura per il "caso Caravaggio" nelle produzioni RAI

The essay aims to analyze the interest, from the 1960s, of Italian national television to productions for educational purposes. These films in their writing and production phase saw some art historians actively involved, contributing to make biographical anecdotes within the screenplays. A real case...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laura Scanu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università di Parma 2018-12-01
Series:Ricerche di S/Confine
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.ricerchedisconfine.info/IX-1/SCANU.htm
_version_ 1797411208734703616
author Laura Scanu
author_facet Laura Scanu
author_sort Laura Scanu
collection DOAJ
description The essay aims to analyze the interest, from the 1960s, of Italian national television to productions for educational purposes. These films in their writing and production phase saw some art historians actively involved, contributing to make biographical anecdotes within the screenplays. A real case-limit is represented by Caravaggio: starting from 1941, several directors are interested inthe biography and the works of the painter, helping to restore that figure of the 'damn artist' which isthe distinctive mark of Michelangelo Merisi's 'character'. At the same time the criticism carried on arediscovery of the 'painter' Caravaggio and his figurative innovations: the filmic and artistic interestsmeet and clash at the same time, giving rise to a theoric debate on the cinematographic nature of the Caravaggio's work.
first_indexed 2024-03-09T04:42:42Z
format Article
id doaj.art-22aa0516bc0b4b5c9bbe4cf227d44dcc
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2038-8411
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-09T04:42:42Z
publishDate 2018-12-01
publisher Università di Parma
record_format Article
series Ricerche di S/Confine
spelling doaj.art-22aa0516bc0b4b5c9bbe4cf227d44dcc2023-12-03T13:19:12ZengUniversità di ParmaRicerche di S/Confine2038-84112018-12-01IX11430Tra romanzo e realtà: proposte di lettura per il "caso Caravaggio" nelle produzioni RAILaura ScanuThe essay aims to analyze the interest, from the 1960s, of Italian national television to productions for educational purposes. These films in their writing and production phase saw some art historians actively involved, contributing to make biographical anecdotes within the screenplays. A real case-limit is represented by Caravaggio: starting from 1941, several directors are interested inthe biography and the works of the painter, helping to restore that figure of the 'damn artist' which isthe distinctive mark of Michelangelo Merisi's 'character'. At the same time the criticism carried on arediscovery of the 'painter' Caravaggio and his figurative innovations: the filmic and artistic interestsmeet and clash at the same time, giving rise to a theoric debate on the cinematographic nature of the Caravaggio's work.https://www.ricerchedisconfine.info/IX-1/SCANU.htmraicaravaggiomichelangelo merisidocumentari arte
spellingShingle Laura Scanu
Tra romanzo e realtà: proposte di lettura per il "caso Caravaggio" nelle produzioni RAI
Ricerche di S/Confine
rai
caravaggio
michelangelo merisi
documentari arte
title Tra romanzo e realtà: proposte di lettura per il "caso Caravaggio" nelle produzioni RAI
title_full Tra romanzo e realtà: proposte di lettura per il "caso Caravaggio" nelle produzioni RAI
title_fullStr Tra romanzo e realtà: proposte di lettura per il "caso Caravaggio" nelle produzioni RAI
title_full_unstemmed Tra romanzo e realtà: proposte di lettura per il "caso Caravaggio" nelle produzioni RAI
title_short Tra romanzo e realtà: proposte di lettura per il "caso Caravaggio" nelle produzioni RAI
title_sort tra romanzo e realta proposte di lettura per il caso caravaggio nelle produzioni rai
topic rai
caravaggio
michelangelo merisi
documentari arte
url https://www.ricerchedisconfine.info/IX-1/SCANU.htm
work_keys_str_mv AT laurascanu traromanzoerealtapropostediletturaperilcasocaravaggionelleproduzionirai