Word: impressioniste
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...sequence that is taking an estimated 300,000 man- and computer-hours to complete. The overall visual style is inspired by the epic filmmaking of director David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia), the ethereal biblical illustrations of 19th century French artist Gustave Dore and the paintings of Impressionist Claude Monet, which use contrasting strokes of color to create a sense of light and space. "We want the audience to respond to our film the way we respond to fine art, not to a comic book," says art director Kathy Altieri. None of this comes cheap: the film costs about $65 million...
...Museum! This squat neoclassical building is truly one of the treasures of Harvard's campus, boasting a surprisingly superb and broad collection of paintings and sculpture. The exhibits are self-contained and easily manageable in an afternoon, so there's no need to wade through acres of Post-Impressionist gaffes before you find a masterpiece. Particularly noteworthy are the installations of abstract art, German expressionism and the Impressionists, the latter containing an absolutely terrific Van Gogh self-portrait. Plus, it's all FREE with your Harvard I.D. FREE! That's over $20 less than paying someone $20 for no reason...
Walt ("Clyde") Frazier was a winter light. When he was running the New York Knicks' offense, he dazzled even the opposition into awe. Clyde was an impressionist at his game, like the French Impressionists--Renoir and the boys. They even created light. How did they manage to illuminate those hats...
...Seattle Art Museum as well as Sotheby's and Christie's all possess or, in the case of the auction houses, have recently sold works that may have been confiscated. Even the National Gallery in Washington has just been criticized by B'nai B'rith for a 1990 Impressionist show that contained four allegedly looted paintings, although the museum's catalog never identified the works as such...
...acquired at a Paris auction for 10,000 francs (U.S. dollar equivalent at that time, $740) by Simon's grandfather, Friedrich Gutmann, a German-Jewish banker living in Holland. With the onset of World War II, part of the family collection, which included 10 Old Masters and several other Impressionist canvases, was sent to France for safekeeping, only to be seized there by the Nazis. When Germany invaded the Low Countries, Gutmann and his wife Louise were taken away. She later died at Auschwitz. He was beaten to death in the Theresienstadt concentration camp after refusing to transfer assets...