Workshop Series - Duelists: From Homer to Ridley Scott

• Da Friday 01 March 2024 a Thursday 23 May 2024
• 15:00
• Florence
• University of Florence

Six meetings held as part of the project Questions of Honor: Imagery, Representation, and Reality of the Duel in Italian Culture from the Risorgimento to Fascism" (PRIN 2022). These sessions were dedicated to the themes of dueling and honor, tracing a journey that begins with Homeric literature and concludes with the cinematic works of Ridley Scott. The meetings took place at the various campuses of the University of Florence.

• March 14 – The Hero, the Lineage, and the People: Reflections on Dueling in the Classical World with Jessica Tasselli and Francesco Cannizzaro   Watch the video of the meeting

• March 21 – Knights of Ink and Flesh in the Renaissance whit Luca Degl'Innocenti e Giovanni Fiazza    Whatch the video of the meeting

• April 4 – The Metamorphoses of Honor: Tasso, Tragedy, and the Commedia dell’Arte with Corrado Confalonieri e Marzia Pieri    Whatch the video of the meeting

• April 11 –  Duels and Honor in the Eighteenth Century: Theories and Representations whit Corrado Viola, Salvatore Ritrovato e Alice Petrocchi    Whatch the video of the meeting

• May 9 –  «The Most Beautiful Woman in the World». Gina Lollobrigida 's Trial by Sword  whit Federico Vitella   Whatch the video of the meeting

• May 23 –  The Duellists: Joseph Conrad, Ridley Scott, and the Art of the Sword whit Giaime Alonge   Whatch the video of the meeting