Art, music, film Flashcards
The Chupa Chups logo was designed by
Salvador Dalí
Mona Lisa is believed to be the image of
Italian noblewoman Lisa Gherardini
American Gothic, 1930, by Grant Wood
is a popular American painting that depicts a farmer standing beside his daughter (often mistaken to be his wife). The name of the painting comes from the background house’s architectural style.
Girl With a Pearl Earring, 1665, by Johannes Vermeer
The lovely girl in the painting is speculated to have been his eldest child Maria, who was also said to have been his muse
The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, 1482 to 1485
undoubtedly one of the world’s most famous and adored works of art. It depicts the mythological figure Venus, the goddess of love, arriving on the island of Cyprus.
The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, 1889
The painting is said to represent morality. It is theorized that the Cyprus trees (the trees in the painting) are a representation of death and cemeteries, and the stars are said to be a depiction of death and the afterlife.
The Two Fridas, Frida Kahlo, 1939
The Two Fridas is an oil painting and double self-portrait of two versions of Kahlo seated together. One is wearing a white European-style Victorian dress, and the other dons a traditional Tehuana dress.
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Pablo Picasso, 1907
depicts five nude female prostitutes in a brothel on Carrer d’Avinyó, a street in Barcelona.
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper, 1942
One of the most recognizable paintings in American art, an oil on canvas painting that portrays four people in a downtown diner as viewed through a large glass window. Hopper said of the painting “unconsciously, probably, I was painting the loneliness of a large city.” It is also suggested that Hopper was inspired by a short story by Ernest Hemmingway “The Killers.”
Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively) has miraculously remained a youthful 29 years of age for nearly eight decades, never allowing herself to get close to anyone lest they discover her secret. However, a chance encounter with a charismatic philanthropist named Ellis Jones (Michiel Huisman) reawakens Adaline’s long-suppressed passion for life and romance. When a weekend with Ellis’ parents threatens to expose the truth, Adaline makes a decision that changes her life forever.
Age of Adaline
Following their high-school graduation, Jade Butterfield (Gabriella Wilde), a sheltered but privileged teen, becomes enthralled with David Elliot (Alex Pettyfer), a working-class youth with a troubled past. Though Jade and David quickly fall in love, Jade’s father (Bruce Greenwood) strongly disapproves of the relationship, while David’s father (Robert Patrick) advises caution. However, their parents’ disapproval only makes the love-struck teens more determined to pursue the intense affair.
Endless Love
In the near future, private memories are recorded and crime has almost ceased to exist. But in trying to solve a series of murders, troubled detective Sal Frieland stumbles upon a young woman known only as “The Girl.” She has no identity, no history and is invisible to the cops. Sal realizes this may not be the end of crime, and it could be the beginning of it.
Anon, 2018
In a future where time is money and the wealthy can live forever, Will Salas (Justin Timberlake) is a poor man who rarely has more than a day’s worth of life on his time clock. When he saves Henry Hamilton (Matt Bomer) from time thieves, Will receives the gift of a century. However, such a large transaction attracts the attention of the authorities, and when Will is falsely accused of murder, he must go on the run, taking the daughter (Amanda Seyfried) of an incredibly wealthy man with him.
In Time, 2011
On a routine journey through space to a new home, two passengers, sleeping in suspended animation, are awakened 90 years too early when their ship malfunctions. As Jim and Aurora face living the rest of their lives on board, with every luxury they could ever ask for, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction until they discover the ship is in grave danger. With the lives of 5,000 sleeping passengers at stake, only Jim and Aurora can save them all.
Passengers, 2017
