Iconising the Classical: Pompeii in Silent Cinema

University of Cambridge

Professor Maria Wyke (UCL) 'How Cinema Takes Elite Engagements with Pompeii and Democraticises Them as Image/Word/Music for Mass Consumption' Professor  Paul Cartledge (Emeritus A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, Cambridge) A leading figure in the emergence of Classical Reception Studies since the 1990s, Wyke is perhaps best known for her pioneering work on ancient […]