This elegantly produced tour of the Rijksmuseum’s blockbuster exhibition allows you to enjoy leisurely closeups without having to fight through the crowds
The Exhibition on Screen series fully comes into its own with this guided tour of the Vermeer show currently taking place at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam; all the physical tickets for its four-month run are sold out, and so this film represents the only realistic chance for most people to take a turn around the gallery. While being in the presence of the real thing would clearly be a transcendent experience, there’s something to be said for this elegantly produced walking-tour in a needs-must situation.
The resulting film plays to the series’ strengths – glowing, leisurely closeups of the art, accompanied by a continual stream of learned comment from curators and critics. What we get is a brisk run-through of Vermeer’s back story, such as it...
The Exhibition on Screen series fully comes into its own with this guided tour of the Vermeer show currently taking place at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam; all the physical tickets for its four-month run are sold out, and so this film represents the only realistic chance for most people to take a turn around the gallery. While being in the presence of the real thing would clearly be a transcendent experience, there’s something to be said for this elegantly produced walking-tour in a needs-must situation.
The resulting film plays to the series’ strengths – glowing, leisurely closeups of the art, accompanied by a continual stream of learned comment from curators and critics. What we get is a brisk run-through of Vermeer’s back story, such as it...
- 4/18/2023
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
It may be familiar, but from Giotto to Manet, the extraordinary western religious art filmed for this documentary is a colossal cultural achievement
“We need to understand where we’ve been, in order to understand where we’re going,” says art historian Dr Jennifer Sliwka towards the end of this film about classical western art that focuses on the Easter story, and it neatly sums up the film’s basic proposition. This parade of masterpieces, from the Italian Quattrocento to German expressionism and beyond, speaks for itself as a colossal achievement of western civilisation that, as critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston points out, is predicated around suffering.
In fact the various renditions of the Jesus passion are spectacular in their variety, seen here as they are back to back, and connected by readings from the New Testament. Giotto’s Entry into Jerusalem, Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece, Bosch’s Christ Mocked (The Crowning...
“We need to understand where we’ve been, in order to understand where we’re going,” says art historian Dr Jennifer Sliwka towards the end of this film about classical western art that focuses on the Easter story, and it neatly sums up the film’s basic proposition. This parade of masterpieces, from the Italian Quattrocento to German expressionism and beyond, speaks for itself as a colossal achievement of western civilisation that, as critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston points out, is predicated around suffering.
In fact the various renditions of the Jesus passion are spectacular in their variety, seen here as they are back to back, and connected by readings from the New Testament. Giotto’s Entry into Jerusalem, Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece, Bosch’s Christ Mocked (The Crowning...
- 4/4/2022
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
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