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Sneak PreviewHere are a few of our favorites. Visit this summer to find yours.> Download the Summer Spotlight guide Action and Adventure: Orpheus Taming Wild Animals
Do you like movies where characters triumph over death or where humans and animals work together? Be sure to check out this work of art.Orpheus Taming Wild Animals
The Lyrical GladiatorUnlike ancient gladiators, who used brute force to fight animals in the Coliseum, in this mosaic Orpheus enchants animals with his lyre. As Orpheus plays his powerful melodies, ferocious animals freeze in the midst of their attack. Tame animals also pause, charmed by what they hear. Orpheus used his art to triumph over death. In a Greek myth, when his wife Eurydice died, Orpheus played beautiful music to persuade the underworld gods to let her return to earth. Even after his own death, his head continued to sing on. It is not surprising that this mosaic, made of colored tiles set in cement, once decorated the floor of a Roman tomb. Movie Connection: What movies do you know where characters triumph over death or where humans and animals work together? Check Out: Gladiator, Black Orpheus, Clash of the Titans, Jumanji
Did you know Edward Hopper’s eerie scenes inspired director Alfred Hitchcock? Don’t miss this painting in the American galleries.Edward Hopper
An Uneasy Silence on Lighthouse HillFor famed film director Alfred Hitchcock, the use of isolated buildings as painted by Edward Hopper could induce a sense of unease in his films, foreshadowing the discovery of buried victims or screams heard only in the wind. Hopper created sketches for this painting during the summer of 1927 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, emphasizing the overwhelming stillness of the scene. Movie Connection: What is your favorite Hitchcock movie? Which of his movies feature frightening buildings? Have you seen movies that include frightening houses? Check Out: Vertigo, Psycho, Rear Window, The Ring, North by Northwest
Do you like movies where the couple lives happily ever after? Don’t miss the Museum’s happy couple, Woodbury and Sara Langdon.John Singleton Copley John Singleton Copley
When Woodbury Met SarahSarah Sherburne was sixteen years old when she married Woodbury Langdon in 1765. Together they prospered over the years, raising five sons and five daughters. These portraits, painted two years after their marriage, capture the young couple as they wanted to be remembered: powerful, stylish, and affluent. Movie Connection: What are your favorite movie couples? Can you name movies about young lovers and their life together? Check Out: When Harry Met Sally, Love Story, Sleepless in Seattle, Twilight
Did you know you can experience the dramatic clash of man and nature right here in the Museum?Frederic Edwin Church
Titanic, Beware!Tranquil waters and rosy pink shadows cast by the late afternoon light conceal the terrible dangers of icebergs. Ninety percent of these huge ice formations are underwater, a constant peril for any ship that comes near them. Submerged portions of ice can easily capsize a vessel, and a large chunk could fall from above at any moment. The broken mast of the ship is the only remnant of an arctic adventure that ended badly, evidence of the almighty power of Nature. The Icebergs is Frederic Edwin Church’s masterpiece. He spent a month off the coast of Canada sketching icebergs in treacherous conditions in preparation for this painting. Movie Connection: What’s your favorite disaster movie where mother nature is the villain? Check Out: Titanic, The Perfect Storm, The Day After Tomorrow, Twister
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