Director: Terence Young Producer: Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli Screenplay: Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood Based on: From Russia with Love by Ian Fleming Genre: Action | Adventure | Spy film | Thriller Music: John Barry Country: United Kingdom Language: English Studio: Eon Productions | United Artists Release date:…
Director: Lewis Gilbert Producer: Albert R. Broccoli Screenplay: Christopher Wood, Richard Maibaum Based on: The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming Genre: Action | Adventure | Spy film | Thriller Music: Marvin Hamlisch Country: United Kingdom Language: English Studio: Eon Productions | United Artists Release date:…
Director: Billy Wilder Producer: Billy Wilder Screenplay: Billy Wilder Based on: Ariane, jeune fille russe by Claude Anet Genre: Comedy | Romantic Music: Franz Waxman Country: United States Language: English Studio: Allied Artists Release date: 1957 Running time: 130 minutes…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Allegoria del trionfo di Venere (An Allegory with Venus and Cupid) c.1545 Oil on wood, 146.1 x 116.2 cm National Gallery, London This is one of Bronzino’s most complex and enigmatic paintings. It contains a tangle of moral…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) Les Amants (The Lovers) 1928 Oil on canvas, 54 x 73.4 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Isaac and Rebecca, known as ‘The Jewish Bride’ c.1665–1669 Oil on canvas, 121.5 x 166.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam To prevent being killed and having his wife captured by King Abimelech, Isaac concealed his love for Rebecca by pretending…
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Maternal Love (Caritas) c.1685 Oil on canvas, 57 x 48.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Guercino (1591-1666) Autoritratto mentre dipinge ‘Amore fedele’ (Self-Portrait before a Painting of “Amor Fedele”) 1655 Oil on canvas, 116 x 95.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In this vertical portrait painting, a pale-skinned, bearded man holding a painter’s palette…
Guercino (1591-1666) Amor virtuoso (Cupid Spurning Riches) c.1653 Oil on canvas, 99 x 75 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The papal nuncio to Spain, Camillo Massimo (1620–1677), presented Guercino’s Cupid spurning Riches and Guido Reni’s Cupid with a Bow (P150)…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Venere e Marte (Venus and Mars) 1817–1822 Marble, 208 x 137 x 65.5 cm Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London