Art and the Historical Film

Art and the Historical Film provides an important examination of fine art''s impact on filmmaking, grappling with the question of authenticity.

From Eugene Delacroix''s interpretation of the 1830 French revolution to Uli Edel''s version of the Baader-Meinhof Gang, artistic representations of historical subjects are appealing and pervasive. Movies often adapt imagery from art history, including pain...