Paul Haesaerts and Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti: A Comparative Study of Experimental Art Documentaries in Belgium and Italy (1940-1965) Ghent University
Focusing on European art documentaries made in the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s, this research
project aims at investigating two of its key figures, who were both leading art historians, critics,
and filmmakers: Paul Haesaerts and Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti. Both Haesaerts and Ragghianti
attempted to translate the disciplines of art history and art criticism into film, using various
cinematic devices to analyse the ...