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Museumqualityfineart.com has created a reference area for our favorite reading Art reference materials. This includes publications from around the world which are helpful in learning about the art world. This reference area also highlights selected art related movies and art events.
Girl with a Pearl Earring is a 2003 drama film directed by Peter Webber. The screenplay was adapted by screenwriter Olivia Hetreed based on the novel of the same name by Tracy Chevalier. The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, and Cillian Murphy. The film is named after a painting of the same name by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. The film uses a bright color scheme as in Vermeer's paintings.
Museum Quality Fine Art is recommending art related movies that we have discovered and enjoyed. These movies are top rate masterpieces produced by artistic individuals and actors portraying some of the greatest artist and art works of our times.
The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1999 American heist film directed by John McTiernan.[1] The film, starring Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo and Denis Leary, is a remake of the 1968 film of the same name.[1] [2]
Thomas Crown (Pierce Brosnan) is a wealthy financier who aches for a challenge, since he achieved his wealth using his skills and specialties as a challenge and he is one of the richest people in the world. Despite all of his success in business (and with women), he feels bored with his life. Among other diversions, he crashes an expensive catamaran while racing and bets $100,000 on a golfswing simply because "it's a beautiful Saturday morning", and there is not much else to do.
In order to cure his boredom, Crown orchestrates an elaborate heist and steals a painting (San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk) by Monet, valued at $100 million, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, using his skills. The insurers of the artwork send Catherine Banning (Rene Russo), an insurance investigator, to assist NYPD Detective Michael McCann (Denis Leary) in solving the crime.
From the beginning, Banning suspects Crown is behind the theft. A game of cat-and-mouse ensues that results in their becoming lovers and gives Crown exactly what he was seeking, as his psychiatrist puts it: "A worthy adversary" and a new challenge in his bored life.
To prove his sincerity and test her loyalty to him, Crown returns to the museum under the eye of Banning and dozens of police officers, vowing to put the stolen painting back, no matter the cost.
Devine Entertainment Corporation
An american impressionist
After reluctantly allowing her nephew and two nieces to spend the summer with her in Paris, American born aspiring impressionist Mary Cassatt finds inspiration in her family. Meanwhile, the...
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Director: Richard Mozer
Writer: Heather Conkie
Stars: Amy Brenneman, Charlotte Sullivan, Emma Taylor-Isherwood |
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Awakened in a Dream
In the midst of the Inquisition, portrait painter Goya is slowly losing his health and beginning to express every one of his nightmares through dark sketches, which worries his ...
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Director: Richard Mozer
Writer: Michael MacLennan
Stars: Cedric Smith, Jaclyn Blumas, Shannon Lawson
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Winslow Homer:
An American Origina
Searching for peace and quiet to work on his paintings while being haunted by images of the Civil War, Winslow Homer's solitude is interrupted by two children. Gabe lives in the shadow of ...
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Director: Graeme Lynch
Writer: Heather Conkie
Stars: Wayne Best, Ryan DeBoer, Tamara Hope
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Monet:
Shadow and Light
This one hour film "short" follows the friendship between the painter Claude Monet and a young boy.
Director: David Devine
Writer: Susin Nielsen
Stars: Stuart Hughes, Trevor Blumas, Maggie Huculak
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Devine Entertainment Corporation
Degas:
Degas & the Dancer
Searching for inspiration, impressionist Edgar Degas hires a struggling young ballerina to pose for him. However, their critical attitudes and equally stubborn opinions push both towards greater heights. Based on actual events.
Director: David Devine
Writer: Heather Conkie
Stars: Thomas Jay Ryan, Alison Pill, Kathryn Long
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Rembrandt:
Fathers & Sons
The film is set in 1614 when Rembrandt (Tom McCamus) is the portrait painter of choice for Amsterdam's bourgeoisie thanks in part to his well-connected and beautiful young wife Saskia...
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Director: David Devine
Writer: Ann MacNaughton
Stars: Tom McCamus, Mitchell David Rothpan, Kari Matchett
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The Private Life Of A Masterpiece
A BBC series dedicated to uncovering the forgotten secrets and hidden life histories of iconic works of art. It ran for 5 seasons from 2001 to 2006, for a total of 22 episodes; each episode was 50...
Director: Samuel Alexander
Museum Quality Fine Art recommends books and publications we have located that are sure to enlighten and expand your horizon in the ever changing art world.
If you are interested in getting the best out of your creative talent, you should probably read about the author—Sam Adoquei—to learn why it is important to read How Successful Artists Study. You will see that his reputation, experience and fascinating accomplishments are reasons you will gain from the book. You will also see how the wisdom and teaching principles of Mr. Sam Adoquei have transformed many talents into artists, popular art teachers and gallery artists in just a short time.
• No. 1 Bestseller at Strand Books
* 5 Stars Award. Art Times
• 2012 Best Art book for art students
• 5 solid stars Ratings, good reads
the art world's favorite source for books and exhibition catalogues on art & culture from leading museum publishers and international imprints
Prestel Publishing, books on art, architecture, design and ...
Prestel Publishing, New York and London, is one of the world's leading publishers in the fields of art, architecture, photography, fashion, design, street art, and ...
ABRAMS – The Art of Books Since 1949
Founded by Harry N. Abrams in 1949, ABRAMS is the preeminent publisher of high quality art and illustrated books. Now a subsidiary of La Martinière Groupe, ...
Millions of titles, new & used
Taschen, the world famous art book publishing company
Museum Quality Fine Art actually visits art events each and every year and recommends and alerts art lovers to what the art world has to offer to the art enthusiasts.
Founded in 2000, the Armory Show "is America 's leading fine art fair devoted to the most important art of the 20th and 21st centuries. Every March, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make New York their destination during Armory Arts Week."
"Frieze Art Fair was established in 2003 and is one of the few fairs to focus only on contemporary art and living artists."
"The fair takes place every October in Regent's Park, London . It features over 170 of the most exciting contemporary art galleries in the world."
In addition to the fair which began in 2003, the fair owners Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp publish Frieze, an international art magazine established in 1991 and devoted to contemporary art.
Frieze Art Fair New York: Home
Frieze New York 10–13 May 2013. Frieze New York image. Frieze New York, Randall's Island, Manhattan 10–13 May. Visitor Information · Tickets · Getting ...
303 Gallery. Stand B61. A. Miguel Abreu Gallery. Stand B57. Air ...
Frieze New York features over 180 of the most exciting ...
Art Basel Miami Beach, Florida
Art Basel Miami Beach was established in 2002 and is held every year in December before the start of the holidays. It is a sister event to the internationally renowned Art Basel in Switzerland which was founded in 1970.
The world's premier international art show for Modern and contemporary works, Art Basel features nearly 300 leading galleries from North America , Latin ...
The granddaddy of art fairs, Art Basel was established in 1970 by a group of local art gallerists and is the biggest contemporary art fair in the world. Art Basel takes place over a 5-day period each June in Basel , Switzerland .
The high cost of renting space for gallery owners is offset by the huge attendance of the fair. For example in 2010, about 60,000 visitors attended Art Basel.
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