Le immagini della storia: le fonti iconiche fra ricerca, divulgazione storica e spettacolo
Images, both moving and fixed ones, have an important role in Niccolò Zapponi’s heterogeneous
production. The scholar used graphic, photographic and cinematographic images as
research tools for his suggestive historical analysis of different cultures and myths. Zapponi
expressed his deep interest for iconic sources not only in his scientific texts, but also in his
collaboration with the Italian television Rai for the fiction Il giovane Mussolini (Benito. The Rise