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Great Art on Screen at Highlands PAC
Written By: Mary Adair Trumbly - Highlands PAC | Issue: 2019/03 - March
The Highlands Performing Arts Center and The Bascom have joined forces to bring Great Art on Screen to the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau. Great Art on Screen is a series of 90-minute documentaries featuring such great artists as Van Gogh, Caravaggio, Klimt & Schiele, and Monet.
Audiences will be able to journey all over the world with scholars viewing the dramatic and violent portraits of the master of light and shadow, Caravaggio, whose internal struggles are expressed in his emotional masterpieces. Early 20th century Vienna provides the backdrop for works of extraordinary visual power by two friends, mentor Gustav Klimt and his protégé Egon Schiele, and an exclusive tour and examination of Claude Monet’s timeless and stunning masterpieces of water lilies. Three more events are in production and will be announced shortly.
A screening at 5:30 P.M. Friday, April 5, will feature Caravaggio. It’s an immersive journey through the life, works and struggles of the Italian master Michelangelo Merisi di Caravaggio. Roberto Longi, a Caravaggio expert, explores in the artist’s masterpieces the echo of personal experiences and the expression of the human state, both physical and emotional. These evocative moments – thanks to the use of light and cinematic techniques – allow viewers to go deep inside the mind and soul of Caravaggio, empathizing with his impulses and fears.
There will be an opportunity for discussion afterwards at 4118, in Bryson’s Shopping Center. Please call 4118 at (828) 526-5002 for reservations, and mention Great Art on Screen. Tickets are $16 and are available at highlandspac.org or at the door. Highlands PAC is located at 507 Chestnut Street.
