As promised, I visit Vienna and the
Kunsthistoriches.
Just so you know, Johannes Holzhausen's 2014 behind the scenes documentary was entitled
The Great Museum.
Security guard Johann (Bobby Sommer) befriends Anne (Mary Margaret O'Hara), whose arrival in Austria's capital is not for pleasure, but to visit her coma struck cousin in hospital.
Art begins to shape perspective and everyday issues are dissected.
Jem Cohen's 2012 film is odd and ponderous, but beautifully shot.
Split into four terrific slices, please observe the meat of a simply sublime collection.
1. Majestic Miscellany
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The Great Forest - Jacob van Ruisdael |
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A Village Barber Pulling Teeth - Adriaen van Ostade |
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View of Dordrecht - Jan van Goyen |
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Cain Kills Abel - Bartolomeo Manfredi |
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Big Bouquet of Flowers in a Wooden Vessel - Jan Brueghel the Elder |
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Adam and Eve - Hans Memling |
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The Art of Painting - Johannes Vermeer |
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Vanitas Still-Life - Maria van Oosterwijck |
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Lot and his Daughter - Albrecht Altdorfer |
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The Apple Peeler - Gerard Terboch II |
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Susanna and the Elders - Tintoretto |
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Hero Mourning the Dead Leander - Domenico Fetti |
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Calling of Matthew - Mattia Preti |
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The Suicide of Lucretia - Joos van Cleve |
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Laura - Giorgione |
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The Prodigal Son - Johannes Baeck |
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St. Michael Vanquishing the Devils - Luca Giordano |
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Christ Carrying the Cross - Jusepe de Ribera |
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Head of Medusa - Peter Paul Rubens |
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Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery in Brussels - David Teniers the Younger |
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Salome with the Head of John the Baptist - Andrea Solario |
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Judith with the Head of Holofernes - Lucas Cranach the Elder |
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Salome with the Head of the Baptist - Cesare de Sesto |
2. Magnificent Multiples
a) Paolo Veronese
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Judith with the Head of Holofernes (left) and The Anointment of David (right) |
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Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well |
b) Giovanni Bellini
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Presentation in the Temple |
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Young Woman at her Toilet |
c) Titian
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Woman in a Fur Coat (left) and Danaë (right) |
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Portrait of Fabrizio Salaressa (left) and Diana and Callisto (right) |
d) Bartholomeus Spranger
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Minerva Victorious Over Ignorance |
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Venus and Vulcan |
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Venus and Adonis |
e) Rembrandt
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Various Self-Portraits and Apostle Paul (far right) |
f) Caravaggio
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Madonna of the Rosary (left) and Christ Carrying the Cross (right) |
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The Crowning with Thorns |
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David with the Head of Goliath |
3. Magical Mixture
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An Elderly Woman (left) and The Deposition (right), both from Anthony van Dyck, and middle, Gaspar de Crayer's The Lamentation of Christ. |
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Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand (far left), Johannes Kleberger, Aged 40 (left) and Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman (middle), all from Albrecht Dürer, and far right, Lucas Cranach the Elder's Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. |
4. Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Works of Netherlandish renaissance master dominates proceedings.
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Hunters in the Snow |
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The Peasant Wedding |
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The Peasant Dance |
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Return of the Herd |
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The Conversion of St. Paul |
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The Battle Between Carnival and Lent (left) and Children's Games (right) |
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The Tower of Babel (left) and The Procession to Calvary (right) |
Yes, a fitting finale.
Tourist attractions are done, but is the silver screen?
Not really...
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