"Adoration of the Mystic Lamb," also known as the Ghent Altarpiece, by Jan van Eyck was one of the most notable works found in the Altausse mine. (Wikicommons)
All in all, I think the movie of the same name did a credible job of portraying this remarkable page of history.
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"Adoration of the Mystic Lamb," also known as the Ghent Altarpiece, by Jan van Eyck was one of the most notable works found in the Altausse mine. (Wikicommons)
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The movie looks interesting. We don’t go to the movies much, but we’ll get it from Netflix.
I think the movie was somewhere in the "decent to good," range, but a little better screenwriting could have taken it to the, "very good to excellent" range.
In spite of the liberal assemblage in the cast, I think there was an almost unwitting theme of the value and worth of preserving the signs and symbols of western civilization. I was quite surprised to see Catholic priests presented in a somewhat heroic light and the Soviets in a less than flattering one.
As an aside, this month marks the 45th anniversary of the original broadcast of Sir Kenneth Clark's Civilisation series which first aired on the BBC from February - May 1969.
Clark was appointed director of the British National Gallery at the age of 30, and was instrumental in overseeing the cataloging and relocation of the collection to country homes and other locations during the blitz.
I can highly recommend the Civilisation series for anybody who has not seen it: art history the way it should be taught.
Where is the fat guy?
My husband and I saw the movie Friday night. We really enjoyed it and are glad we went to see it.
I will not go to see this movie because of the leftist actors who spout out their leftist dribble at us.
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