L’effet de présence : entre image fixe et image animée, les représentations de la Passion (fin XIXe-début XXe siècle)
Representations of the Passion and the Life of Jesus Christ were a popular topic in early cinema. Retrospective criticism, especially in the 1960’s, was judgmental towards the first religious films, insofar as they were regarded more as commercially driven reenactments than inspired works. Interest...
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Centre interdisciplinaire d’Études du Religieux (CIER)
2008-06-01
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| description | Representations of the Passion and the Life of Jesus Christ were a popular topic in early cinema. Retrospective criticism, especially in the 1960’s, was judgmental towards the first religious films, insofar as they were regarded more as commercially driven reenactments than inspired works. Interest in early cinema deepened in recent decades, and has led to a different reading of productions from the period 1895-1920. By restoring the universe of visual references in which these films arose, we are able to relate representations of biblical subjects to movements in historicism and Orientalism. Beyond their close relationship with painting and photography, these early films also reproduced the narrative effects of Passion plays or projections of fixed images that were still widespread at the turn of the 20th century. A focus on figurative conception will help us reconnect with the "need to see" and the effect of christic presence that were manifest in the first filmed Passions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e19e943d990649e4872f7bc353f0d4ee2022-12-21T22:26:12ZfraCentre interdisciplinaire d’Études du Religieux (CIER)Cahiers d'Études du Religieux- Recherches Interdisciplinaires1760-57762008-06-0110.4000/cerri.1058L’effet de présence : entre image fixe et image animée, les représentations de la Passion (fin XIXe-début XXe siècle)Isabelle Saint-MartinRepresentations of the Passion and the Life of Jesus Christ were a popular topic in early cinema. Retrospective criticism, especially in the 1960’s, was judgmental towards the first religious films, insofar as they were regarded more as commercially driven reenactments than inspired works. Interest in early cinema deepened in recent decades, and has led to a different reading of productions from the period 1895-1920. By restoring the universe of visual references in which these films arose, we are able to relate representations of biblical subjects to movements in historicism and Orientalism. Beyond their close relationship with painting and photography, these early films also reproduced the narrative effects of Passion plays or projections of fixed images that were still widespread at the turn of the 20th century. A focus on figurative conception will help us reconnect with the "need to see" and the effect of christic presence that were manifest in the first filmed Passions.http://journals.openedition.org/cerri/1058Christian iconographyearly days of cinemaJesus in cinemaJesus in filmPassion of Christreligion and film |
| spellingShingle | Isabelle Saint-Martin L’effet de présence : entre image fixe et image animée, les représentations de la Passion (fin XIXe-début XXe siècle) Cahiers d'Études du Religieux- Recherches Interdisciplinaires Christian iconography early days of cinema Jesus in cinema Jesus in film Passion of Christ religion and film |
| title | L’effet de présence : entre image fixe et image animée, les représentations de la Passion (fin XIXe-début XXe siècle) |
| title_full | L’effet de présence : entre image fixe et image animée, les représentations de la Passion (fin XIXe-début XXe siècle) |
| title_fullStr | L’effet de présence : entre image fixe et image animée, les représentations de la Passion (fin XIXe-début XXe siècle) |
| title_full_unstemmed | L’effet de présence : entre image fixe et image animée, les représentations de la Passion (fin XIXe-début XXe siècle) |
| title_short | L’effet de présence : entre image fixe et image animée, les représentations de la Passion (fin XIXe-début XXe siècle) |
| title_sort | l effet de presence entre image fixe et image animee les representations de la passion fin xixe debut xxe siecle |
| topic | Christian iconography early days of cinema Jesus in cinema Jesus in film Passion of Christ religion and film |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/cerri/1058 |
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