Sedona News – Sedona International Film Festival presents the Great Art on Screen series with “Perugino: Eternal Renaissance”. The film will premiere in Sedona on Tuesday and Sunday, Sept. 10 and 15 at 3:30 p.m. at the festival’s Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre.
Great Art on Screen is a series of documentaries featuring an in-depth look at the most extraordinary and groundbreaking art masters of their time.
“Perugino: Eternal Renaissance” is a journey to discover Perugino, one of the most revered artists of the 15th Century and to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of his death.
Journey through Italy to discover his great masterpieces, from the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel to the two rooms entirely dedicated to him in the National Gallery of Umbria.
Spectators will be led on a guided discovery of the artist’s harmonious work: a perfect balance between man and nature, realism and idealism, as seen in paintings such as “The Delivery of the Keys” in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, “Lamentation over the Dead Christ” in the Galleria Palatina in Florence, the “Pietà” and “Agony in the Garden” in the Uffizi Gallery.
The Great Art on Screen Series is generously sponsored by Goldenstein Gallery.
“Perugino: Eternal Renaissance” will be shown at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre on Tuesday and Sunday, Sept. 10 and 15 at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 general admission, or $13 for Film Festival members. Tickets are available in advance at the Sedona International Film Festival office or by calling 928-282-1177 or online at www.SedonaFilmFestival.org. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona.
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Art is forever present tense.
You should visit La Academia Di Belle Arte in Firenze, Michael Angelo’s alma-mater where current greats continue to learn from past greats.