Ricciotto Canudo ( Italian: Ricciotto Canudo , January 2, 1877 , Joya del Colle, Province of Bari - November 10, 1923 , Paris ) - Italian and French writer, essayist, musicologist, critic and theorist of cinema. It is considered the founder of cinema theory as such [4] . He wrote in French.
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Creativity
- 3 Posthumous fate
- 4 Editions
- 5 Publications in Russian
- 6 See also
- 7 Notes
- 8 Literature
- 9 References
Biography
Canudo was born in Joya del Colle (province of Bari) on January 2, 1879. Since 1902 he lived in Paris (French friends jokingly called him - at the place of birth - a “bartender”). He entered the circles of artistic avant-garde , led a section of Italian literature in the magazine Mercure de France . In 1911, he published an article manifesto The Birth of the Seventh Art [5] , where he called the cinema “plastic movement” and “the child of the machine and the senses” (later, in 1919 , he called dance the sixth art, and the movie took the name of the seventh art - this term entered in widespread use) [6] .
Adjacent to futurism , published in Paris the literary and artistic magazine Montjouis ( French Montjoie - the medieval battle cry and the motto of the French kings), established the Mondays of the magazine when the editorial staff gathered the whole color of the Paris avant-garde - they were visited by Apollinaire , Sandrar , Farg , D 'Annunzio , Marinetti , Georges Braque , Leger , Delaunay , Ravel , Sati , Honegger , Millau , Stravinsky and others. Organized in the editorial office in 1913 a small exhibition of Chagall's works. In an article dedicated to this exhibition, he called the artist “the most brilliant colorist” among avant-garde painters.
A film was made, where artists acted. I depicted one of them. We were all students at the school of the venerable painter. I don’t remember whether he himself or one of the students fell in love with either the model, or the customer.
Member of the First World War , was wounded. He was awarded the French Military Cross and the Legion of Honor for military valor.
In the article Defend the art of cinema! ( 1920 ) defended the independence of cinema from market pressure and the commercial interests of filmmakers. He published the Newspaper of the Seven Arts ( 1920 ), founded the Club of Film Lovers ( 1921 , broke up in 1924 ). The club, which was attended by Cocteau , Cavalcanti , Epstein and L'Erbier , is considered the first film club in history [7] . There is a portrait of Canudo by Picasso (1923).
Creativity
He released several novels, poetry books, and essay collections.
Posthumous fate
Currently, Canudo is considered as one of the first theorists of cinema, the founders of cinema aesthetics. In 1977 , an international conference dedicated to his centenary was held in Italy. The Riccioto Canudo Foundation operates, among other things publishing its works and books about it. His correspondence with Apollinaire , a monograph on a creative relationship with Stravinsky , was published.
Editions
- La ville sans chef . Paris, 1910
- Music as a religion of the future . London, 1913
- L'usine aux images . Paris, 1926 (collection of essays on cinema, reprint. Paris: Séguier, 1995)
- Manifeste des sept arts . Paris: Séguier, 1995.
Publications in Russian
- Manifesto of the Seven Arts [1911] // From the History of French Cinema Thought. M .: Art, 1988, p.20-24
See also
- Photogeny
Notes
- ↑ Léonore database - ministère de la Culture .
- ↑ Le Figaro / A. Brézet - Paris : Société du Figaro , 1923. - P. 2. - 322497 copies. - ISSN 0182-5852
- ↑ BNF ID : 2011 Open Data Platform .
- ↑ Riccotto Canudo. From the History of French Cinema: Silent Cinema 1911-1933 . public.wikireading.ru. Date of appeal April 27, 2018.
- ↑ The Manifesto of the Seven Arts [2 .. From the History of French Cinema: Silent Cinema 1911-1933] . public.wikireading.ru. Date of appeal April 27, 2018.
- ↑ David Bordwell. On the history of film style . - Harvard University Press, 1997 .-- P. 29. - 322 p. - ISBN 9780674634299 .
- ↑ Ian Aitken. European film theory and cinema: a critical introduction . - Edinburgh University Press, 2001 .-- P. 75. - 275 p. - ISBN 9780748611683 .
Literature
- Sorrenti P. Ricciotto Canudo (Le Barisien): fondatore dell'estetica cinematografica. Bari: Laterza & Polo, 1967
- Dotoli G. Bibliografia critica di Ricciotto Canudo. Fasano: Schena, 1983
- Dotoli G. Lo scrittore totale: saggi su Ricciotto Canudo. Fasano: Schena, 1986
- Rodriguez P. L'affaire Montjoie !: Canudo et Stravinsky. Fasano: Schena; Paris: Didier Erudition, 2000
Links
- Short biography, portrait (Italian)
- Kanudo-veteran (fr.)