The essay aims at analyzing the intermedial relationship between art, life, and cultural phenomena in three recent Italian graphic novels that sketch the life of three historical famous and exceptional women: "Superzelda" by Tiziana Lo Porto and Daniele Marotta, which is about Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, and two works by Vanna Vinci, "La Casati: la musa egoista" about Marchesa Casati and "Tamara de Lempicka. lcona dell'art deco". These case studies will allow to reconsider the Gesamtkunstwerk on three levels: the thematic, the structural, and the cultural.
Seligardi, B. (2021). Graphic Divas. Reframing the Gesamtkunstwerk in Contemporary Italian Graphic Novels. Bruxelles : PETER LANG.
Graphic Divas. Reframing the Gesamtkunstwerk in Contemporary Italian Graphic Novels
Seligardi, Beatrice
2021
Abstract
The essay aims at analyzing the intermedial relationship between art, life, and cultural phenomena in three recent Italian graphic novels that sketch the life of three historical famous and exceptional women: "Superzelda" by Tiziana Lo Porto and Daniele Marotta, which is about Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, and two works by Vanna Vinci, "La Casati: la musa egoista" about Marchesa Casati and "Tamara de Lempicka. lcona dell'art deco". These case studies will allow to reconsider the Gesamtkunstwerk on three levels: the thematic, the structural, and the cultural.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
