EOS: Venice and the art of Canaletto

Wed, 01/01/2020 - 12:00pm

Story Location:
185 Townsend Avenue
Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538
United States

Take a grand tour of Venice at Harbor Theater Friday, Jan. 10 with Exhibition On Sreen: “Canaletto & the Art of Venice,” an immersive journey into the life and art of Venice’s most famous view painter. No artist better captures the essence and allure of Venice than Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto.

The film starts at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for members. It runs 1 hour, 25 minutes.

The remarkable group of over 200 paintings, drawings and prints in an exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, offers unparalleled insight into the artistry of Canaletto and his contemporaries, and the city he became a master at capturing. The film also gives viewers the chance to step inside two official royal residences - Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle – to learn more about the artist, and Joseph Smith, the man who introduced Canaletto to Britain.

Cinema-goers will visit the sites enjoyed by their 18th century counterparts and immortalized in Canaletto’s views - from the Rialto Bridge to the Piazza San Marco, and the Palazzo Ducale to the Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo. Guided by Royal Collection Trust curators and the world’s leading experts in Venetian history, the film is not only a wonderful way to see the exhibition, but an opportunity to get closer to Canaletto and the city that inspired him.

This film is part of an Exhibition on Screen series at Harbor Theater that continues with Matisse on Feb. 7, Vermeer and Music on March 6, Manet on April 10, and Frida Kahlo July 16-17.