Visions of Provence: Cézanne and Pagnol
Ginette Vincendeau
Vincendeau discusses the work of the artist Cézanne and the film-maker Marcel Pagnol. She looks at their shared cultural vision about the evocative power of their native Provence.
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Old Masters to BlockbustersIn this growing collection of essays, people who work in film and fine art discuss new thoughts and interesting connections between cinema and painting. 
An Eye for Pictures Oscar winner Jack Cardiff writes about his lifelong passion for art and how it helped him become one of the most admired cinematographers.
Moving Pictures: Shared Aesthetics of Painting and Cinema Harper considers some of the ways in which studies of film and painting can illuminate each other. She looks at how artists in both media manipulate and transform existing conventions. 
Peepshow Award winning set designer and production designer, Christopher Hobbs, discusses 'The Peepshow' as not quite a painting, not quite a place, but a space of illusion and talks about its subsequent influence on his work. 
Angels with Dirty Faces This essay discusses the influence that Caravaggio's use of lighting and models had upon Italian born Tony Gaudio and Sol Polito in their Film Noir classic, 'Angels with Dirty Faces'. 
Mortal Nature - The Landscapes of Caspar David Friedrich Freeman considers Friedrich's work in relation to cinema and considers the human narratives which resonate through his landscapes. She explores his influence upon directors who have portrayed landscapes as externalised states of mind. 
Four Figures at a Table Crittenden examines 'Four Figures at a Table' (Le Nain Brothers) in relation to cinema and the implied 'fourth wall': the world behind the camera or artist. Cinema at the National Gallery |