Vincent Tomasso
Biographic Data
| ID | 5633547 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vincent Tomasso |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vincent |
| FAMILY NAME | Tomasso |
| SIGNATURE | TOMASSO V |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Immortality Theme in the Odyssey and the Telegony
This article examines the different ways in which the Odyssey and the Telegony represent the relationships between immortals and mortals—the immortality theme. They draw upon that common theme but inflect it in contrasting ways: whereas the Odyssey’s protagonist rejects immortality and embraces mortality, the protagonist of the Telegony does the opposite. In the end, though, both of these poems critique immortality. Analysis of these poems’ diffe…
Re-(en)gendering Heroism
1 Re-(en)gendering Heroism: Reflective Nostalgia for Peplum’s Golden Age of Heroes in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys 2.14 (1996) was published in Screening the Golden Ages of the Classical Tradition on page 25.
Ancient (Anti)Heroes on Screen and Ancient Greece Post-9/11
Rhapsodic Receptions of Homer in Multiform Proems of the Iliad
This article examines two multiform proems that introduced different interpretations of the Homeric Iliad. Scholars have previously reasoned that rhapsodes used one of these proems. I further their observations by arguing that rhapsodes used both of them in competitive performance to put their own spins on the Iliad, a technique that increased their reputations and authority. In addition, by comparing the diction, meter, and content of the proems…
The Twilight of Olympus
The divinities of ancient Greece have been a staple of cinema from at least as early as Aphrodite's appearance in the Italian silent short film La Caduta di Troia (1911), and they have continued to appear regularly in films based on ancient Greek myths.1 Other screen texts have reinforced the importance of the Greek gods in modern popular culture, from the God of War video game series (2005-), to the Percy Jackson film franchise (The Lightning Th…
Andy Warhol’s Alexander the Great
The American Pop artist Andy Warhol (1928–87) produced a series of colourful silkscreen prints in 1982 of a Roman-era bronze head of Alexander the Great. These prints were commissioned by Alexander Iolas (1907–87) to correspond with the blockbuster exhibition of ancient art and artefacts The Search for Alexander. In this article we argue that Warhol’s vision of Alexander is postmodern because he encouraged his audience to receive Alexander’s iden…
The Fast and the Furious
Andy Warhol’s Alexander the Great
The American Pop artist Andy Warhol (1928–87) produced a series of colourful silkscreen prints in 1982 of a Roman-era bronze head of Alexander the Great. These prints were commissioned by Alexander Iolas (1907–87) to correspond with the blockbuster exhibition of ancient art and artefacts The Search for Alexander. In this article we argue that Warhol’s vision of Alexander is postmodern because he encouraged his audience to receive Alexander’s iden…
The Fast and the Furious
The Twilight of Olympus
The divinities of ancient Greece have been a staple of cinema from at least as early as Aphrodite's appearance in the Italian silent short film La Caduta di Troia (1911), and they have continued to appear regularly in films based on ancient Greek myths.1 Other screen texts have reinforced the importance of the Greek gods in modern popular culture, from the God of War video game series (2005-), to the Percy Jackson film franchise (The Lightning Th…
Andy Warhol’s Alexander the Great
The American Pop artist Andy Warhol (1928–87) produced a series of colourful silkscreen prints in 1982 of a Roman-era bronze head of Alexander the Great. These prints were commissioned by Alexander Iolas (1907–87) to correspond with the blockbuster exhibition of ancient art and artefacts The Search for Alexander. In this article we argue that Warhol’s vision of Alexander is postmodern because he encouraged his audience to receive Alexander’s iden…
Rhapsodic Receptions of Homer in Multiform Proems of the Iliad
This article examines two multiform proems that introduced different interpretations of the Homeric Iliad. Scholars have previously reasoned that rhapsodes used one of these proems. I further their observations by arguing that rhapsodes used both of them in competitive performance to put their own spins on the Iliad, a technique that increased their reputations and authority. In addition, by comparing the diction, meter, and content of the proems…
Re-(en)gendering Heroism
1 Re-(en)gendering Heroism: Reflective Nostalgia for Peplum’s Golden Age of Heroes in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys 2.14 (1996) was published in Screening the Golden Ages of the Classical Tradition on page 25.
Ancient (Anti)Heroes on Screen and Ancient Greece Post-9/11
The Immortality Theme in the Odyssey and the Telegony
This article examines the different ways in which the Odyssey and the Telegony represent the relationships between immortals and mortals—the immortality theme. They draw upon that common theme but inflect it in contrasting ways: whereas the Odyssey’s protagonist rejects immortality and embraces mortality, the protagonist of the Telegony does the opposite. In the end, though, both of these poems critique immortality. Analysis of these poems’ diffe…
Classical Antiquity Studies (7 works) · Art (6 works) · History (5 works) · Literature (5 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Ancient Greek (1 work)