Great Art on Screen returns to Lincoln Theater
Great Art on Screen returns to Lincoln Theater with a new series of art exhibition films for the 2023-2024 season. Great Art on Screen, presented by ByExperience, the producers of broadcasts from National Theater Live, is a series of event documentaries featuring an in-depth look at the most extraordinary and groundbreaking art masters of their time. Kicking off the season, this Thursday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. and Friday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m., is a deep dive into the greatest Venetian artist of the sixteenth century, Tiziano Vecellio.
Imagine it’s the early 1500s, in a city covered with gold, standing admired over a ‘hidden forest,’ a boy descends from the Dogado’s mountains. He will eventually be remembered as “the most excellent amongst painters.” An extraordinary master of color and brilliant entrepreneur, innovative both in a painting’s composition and in how to sell it, Tiziano Vecellio was sought after by the richest and most influential Courts in Europe. From Ferrara to Urbino, from Mantua to Rome, up to the Spain of Carlos V and his son Felipe II, Titian crossed his century illuminating it with his works of art and inspiring artists to follow. A perfect interpreter of religion and of mythology and portrayer of immediate expressive strength, he dominated his time outshining his contemporaries, and always abiding by his motto: ‘Art is more powerful than Nature’.
Coming up next in the series is a journey into the great beauty of Baroque Rome, when the city was the center of western art and where every ambitious painter, sculptor and architect had to be. Borromini and Bernini: The Challenge for Perfection comes to Lincoln Theater Dec. 28 and 29. And in January, Great Art on Screen brings a film that is not just a documentary but an amazing journey inside the mind of the most controversial artist of our time. Jeff Koons: An Intimate Portrait plays Jan. 25 and 26. And closing out the series is The Immortals: The wonders of the Museo Egizio. This documentary is a journey among the most beautiful archaeological finds Egypt has left us. See it on the big screen Feb. 22 and 23.
Titian succeeded in becoming one of the artists that symbolized the entire Renaissance, winning over popes and emperors with his iconic, revolutionary works. Don’t miss this in-depth look into his incredible life. Tickets: $15 adult, $13 members, and $5 youth 18 and under, are available to purchase in advance through the theater’s website at LincolnTheater.net or at the door beginning thirty minutes before showtime. Lincoln Theater is located at 2 Theater St. in the heart of downtown Damariscotta.
