If there's a basic lesson to be gleaned from Merchant-Ivory's misbegotten Surviving Picasso, it's that the further a biopic gets from an artist's work, the less compelling his or her personal history ...
Biopic of Spanish painter Francisco Goya (1746-1828), who, from his deathbed, recalls his life, love and art. Goya: Francisco Rabal. Rosario: Dafne Fernandez. Goya (at middle age): Jose Coronado.
An artist's late works can illuminate how 'œlifelong passions overcome physical limitations,' said Lance Esplund in The New York Sun. For some artists, the weakening of the corporeal self inspires the ...
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The authentification of the portrait F. M. B. results from a comparison of the work with similar paintings of the same period (e.g. H. Vernet). The date of the portrait is April/May 1825; the composer ...
Goya has drawn thick black borders around each of the pictures in this album, it is said because he was preparing them for display. A new set of drawings criticising Spanish society, it was completed ...
Loan exhibitions attract attention not only because they show the work of great artists but because they give the public a chance to view intimately the trappings of private wealth. Both these ...
Goya’s Ghosts, as has already been declared with near-unanimity by European critics, is not a good movie. One of those awkward international co-productions, it was shot in Spain with a polyglot cast ...
Spanish director Carlos Saura has made an international name for himself with such films as Tango and Flamenco. When he teams with cinematography legend Vittorio Storaro (The Last Emperor, Apocalypse ...
Volunteer Appreciation Brunch: 10:30 a.m., Amherst Museum, Tonawanda Creek and New roads. Film series: "Goya in Bordeaux," made in Spain in 1999, with English subtitles; 8 p.m., Screening Room, ...
Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. It’s not that Goya is a bad film. The performances are good — especially Francisco Rabal and Maribel Verdú — and there are ...