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Italian Romanticism

By: Judicia​l Joe

romanticism |rōˈmantəˌsizəm, rə-|

noun

1 (often Romanticism )a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual.

Romanticism was a reaction against the order and restraint of classicism and neoclassicism, and a rejection of the rationalism that characterized the Enlightenment. In music, the period embraces much of the 19th century, with composers including Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, and Wagner. Poets exemplifying the movement include Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats; among romantic painters are such stylistically diverse artists as William Blake, J. M. W. Turner, Delacroix, and Goya.

2 the state or quality of being romantic: a quality of romanticism about women that leads to the creation of a pipe-dream fantasy.

Italian Romanticism is the style of film practiced in Italy primarily from 1954 (the year of Visconti’s Senso) to 1975 (the year of Pasolini’s Salo). The movement was concerned with narratives that were based on mythological, classical, literary or historical sources, utilizing extremely elaborate mise-en-scene, often in color, to convey the inner bipolarity of their characters and the existential irrationality that pervaded the films’ settings.


Luchino Visconti


Federico Fellini


Roberto Rossellini


Michelangelo Antonioni


Mario Bava


Vittorio De Sica

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Sergio Leone


Bernardo Bertolucci


Pier Paolo Pasolini


Marco Ferreri


Dario Argento


Liliana Cavani


Lina Wertmuller


Ettore Scola


Giuseppe Tornatore

 

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Tøkk

22Dec11

Try with "italian modernism" :)

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    Judicial Joe

    29Dec11

    LOL. Good point, but eras in film don't necessarily coincide with eras in literature.

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Kenji

1Dec11

Seeing Anan Magnani, might Renoir's Golden Coach count?

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Kenji

1Dec11

Visconti films had struck me as fitting the bill; directors like Fellini less so- this list gives me food for thought with its interesting outlook/classification. Which Fellini, Pasolini, Antonioni films in particular do you see as romantic?

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