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Thomas Mann and RJ Cyler star in this coming-of-age drama directed
by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Greg and Earl (Mann and Cyler) are high
school students who spend their time making their own versions of
classic movies. Greg makes it his high school purpose to not belong
to any one group, but to have a small role to play in each and
every clique. When Greg's mother (Connie Britton) tells him that a
girl from his class, Rachel (Olivia Cook), has been diagnosed with
leukemia, she convinces her son to pay her a friendly visit. As
Greg tries to get to know Rachel and provide her with a comforting
shoulder to cry on, the two end up forming a unique bond of
friendship and provide each other with much-needed love and
affection.
According to Nico Muhly, the Coronation of the Virgin is "a panel
of pure theatre and music". Painted in 1358 by the Venetian artist
Paolo Veneziano (ca. 1295-1362), the apocryphal story of the
Virgin's death is depicted in one of the artist's most thrilling
and important works. Paolo Veneziano presents the Virgin and Christ
in sumptuous garments and surrounded by a choir of angels playing
portable organs, lutes, trumpets, tambourines, and other
instruments. The angels symbolize the harmony of the universe;
their instruments are the authentic components of a medieval
orchestra, accurately depicted and correctly held and played. The
decorative sparkle of the surface - with its brilliant, expensive
colours, patterned textiles, and lavish gold leaf - reflects the
Venetians' love of luxury, a taste that enriches much of 14th- and
15th-century architecture in Venice.
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