Revisualizing Italian Silentscapes 1896-1922 (RevIS)
Landscapes and locations of the first Italian cinema one hundred years later
The Project
What can the cinema of the past tell us about the territory we live in and its landscapes? From the very beginnings of cinema, Italy was considered a particularly “cinegenic” country. The images of its ancient villages, its cities undergoing modernization, the beauties of nature, the sea and the mountains, immediately became ways to promote the Belpaese and its lifestyles even beyond national borders. But not only that: they also offered evocative settings to successful dramas and comedies. Through the investigation and analysis of a vast body of titles, both fiction and non-fiction movies, preserved today in major film archives, the RevIS project aims to investigate the locations and modes of mise-en-scene staging of the Italian landscape in Italian and foreign production between 1896 and 1922.
About us
University of TURIN
The Turin research unit is responsible for the design and development of …
University of PADOVA
The research unit in Padua plans and coordinates the design and …
University of ROME “Tor Vergata”
The research unit in Rome coordinates the selection, analysis and …
University IUAV Venezia
The research unit in Venice co-ordinates the design …
News
RevIS roundtable at NYU Florence – Villa Sassetti
On November 4, 2024, Professor Luca Mazzei, Eleonora Sforzi and Elisa Uffreduzzi of the Ro…
Lost landscapes, rediscovered landscapes: Retracing the Italian territory in silent cinema
Call for Papers We are very pleased to announce the international conferenceLost landscapes, redisco…
Conference Media/Laguna: Cinema, Images, Environments (IUAV University of Venice, June 12-13, 2024)
On the occasion of the conference Media/Laguna: Cinema, Images, Environments (curated by Simona Aril…
For a geography of audiovisual consumption in Italy, Padua, April 12, 2024
How do locations and settings influence the choices of Italian audiences and impact the consumption …
The research unit of the University of Padua resumes learning activitiesat high schools!
Back to school! After the 2022-2023 collaboration with the Liceo Artistico Statale “M. Guggenh…
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2023 4:00 PM -LECTURESCAPES #3!
Lecturescapes is a series of interdisciplinary telematic meetings on landscape to support the resear…
WEDNESDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2023 AT 10.30 AM – LECTURESCAPES #2!
Lecturescapes is a series of interdisciplinary telematic meetings on landscape to support the resear…
Lecturescapes
It is a cycle of interdisciplinary meetings aimed at delving into the issue landscape with an interd…
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2023 4:00 PM “LECTURESCAPES”!
Lecturescapes is a series of interdisciplinary telematic meetings on landscape to support the resear…