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"Old Master" (or "old master") is a term for a European painter of skill who worked before about 1800, or a painting by such an artist. An "old master print" is an original print (for example an engraving or etching) made by an artist in the same period. Likewise an "old master drawing".
In theory an Old Master should be an artist who was fully trained, was a Master of his local artists' guild, and worked independently, but in practice paintings considered to be produced by pupils or workshops will be included in the scope of the term. Therefore, beyond a certain level of competence, date rather than quality is the criterion for using the term.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the term often had a starting date of perhaps 1450 or 1470; paintings made before that were "primitives"; but this distinction is no longer made. The original OED from the beginning of the 20th century, defines the term as "a 'master' who lived before the period accounted 'modern', chiefly applied to painters from the 13th to the 16th or 17th century." Rather surprisingly, the first quotation they give is from a popular encyclopedia of 1840: "As a painter of animals, Edwin Landseer far surpasses any of the old masters". There are comparable terms in Dutch, French and German; the Dutch may have been the first to make use of the term, in the 18th century, when it mostly meant painters of the Dutch Golden Age of the previous century. Les Maitres d'autrefois of 1876 by Eugene Fromentin may have helped to popularize the concept, although "vieux maitres" is also used in French. The famous collection in Dresden at the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister is one of the few museums to include the term in its actual name, although many more use it in the title of departments or sections. The collection in the Dresden museum essentially stops at the Baroque period.
Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; 27 November 1940 – 20 July 1973) was a Chinese AmericanHong Kong actor,martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement. He is widely considered by many commentators, critics, media and other martial artists to be the most influential martial artist and pop culture icon of the 20th Century. He is often credited with changing the way Asians were presented in American films.
Lee was born in San Francisco to parents of Hong Kong heritage but was raised in Hong Kong until his late teens. Lee returned to the United States at the age of 18 to claim his U.S. citizenship and receive his higher education. It was during this time that he began teaching martial arts, which soon led to film and television roles.
His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim, and sparked a major surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West in the 1970s. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in Hong Kong and the rest of the world, as well. He is noted for his roles in five feature-length films: Lo Wei's The Big Boss (1971) and Fist of Fury (1972); Way of the Dragon (1972), directed and written by Lee; Warner Brothers' Enter the Dragon (1973) and The Game of Death (1978), both directed by Robert Clouse.
Actors: Takeshi Aono (actor), Richard Cansino (actor), Daisuke Gôri (actor), Ken'yû Horiuchi (actor), Dave Mallow (actor), Yasunori Matsumoto (actor), Michael McConnohie (actor), Simon Prescott (actor), Yuri Amano (actress), Yuri Amano (actress), Michelle Ruff (actress), Stephanie Sheh (actress), Bill Laswell (composer), Kinryû Arimoto (actor), Yasuyuki Kase (actor),
Genres: Animation,Actors: Takeshi Aono (actor), Richard Cansino (actor), Daisuke Gôri (actor), Ken'yû Horiuchi (actor), Dave Mallow (actor), Yasunori Matsumoto (actor), Michael McConnohie (actor), Simon Prescott (actor), Yuri Amano (actress), Yuri Amano (actress), Michelle Ruff (actress), Stephanie Sheh (actress), Bill Laswell (composer), Kinryû Arimoto (actor), Yasuyuki Kase (actor),
Genres: Animation,Actors: Jeff Tymoschuk (composer), Derek Lee (director), Derek Lee (actor), Derek Lee (producer), Derek Lee (writer), Clif Prowse (producer), Clif Prowse (editor), Clif Prowse (director), Robert L. Duncan (actor), Cory Lee (actress), Rob Daly (actor), Valerie McNicol (actress), Chris Webb (actor), Luke Beattie (actor), Paul Herbert (actor),
Plot: After the betrayal and brutal slaying of his family, a stoic young Yakuza is tradition and honor-bound to avenge the murder of his master and take his own life. Having lost all his ties to humanity, the Yakuza clings to the inner tranquility his code demands in the face of his emotional devastation and the attacks of his master's betrayers. As his enemies seek to eliminate him, the Yakuza confronts the paradox of how to live while preparing to commit seppuku. Juxtaposing images of the serene with flashes of horrific violence, Waterfall stylishly explores the emotional struggles of a man who must find peace in the final hours before his death.
Genres: Action, Short,Actors: Jacopo Quadri (editor), Antonino Bruschetta (producer), Roberto De Francesco (actor), Renato Carpentieri (actor), Franco Angrisano (actor), Antonino Iuorio (actor), Paolo Sorrentino (miscellaneous crew), Nicola Giuliano (miscellaneous crew), Teresa Saponangelo (actress), Antonio Pennarella (actor), Metella Raboni (costume designer), Angelo Curti (producer), Stefano Incerti (writer), Duccio Giordano (actor), Enzo Moscato (actor),
Plot: Crescenzio, trentatreenne grasso e impacciato, verificatore per l'azienda napoletana del gas, ama in silenzio Giuliana, che lavora in un laboratorio elettronico con Beniamino, fratello di Crescenzio, fidanzato con Valeria. Il giovane è timido e riservato, a differenza del fratello, ed incontra una fauna variopinta di personaggi durante la lettura dei contatori, a casa della gente. Il padrone del laboratorio si mostra interessato a Giuliana, che evita come può le sue profferte. Ma gli insistenti tentativi dell'uomo innervosiscono la ragazza che, dopo un approccio più esplicito e volgare, corre da Beniamino e si sfoga con lui. Poco dopo è lo stesso Beniamino che tenta di sedurre Giuliana, che lo respinge. Una sera, il padrone stupra la giovane nel laboratorio deserto e lei, disperata, decide di lasciare Napoli. Crescenzio, che ha seguito tutto in silenzio e quasi con rassegnazione, non ne può più. Si reca al laboratorio e lascia aperto il gas, poi si allontana ed aspetta il padrone che torni. Quando questi arriva ed accende una lampadina, salta in aria con l'edificio.
Keywords: napoli, napoli-italyActors: Karl Baumgartner (producer), Karl Baumgartner (producer), Masato Hara (producer), Donald Ranvaud (producer), Kaige Chen (writer), Kaige Chen (director), Lei Huang (actor), Qing Xu (actress), Xiao-Song Qu (composer), Huang Hung (producer), Ling Ma (actress), Zhongyuan Liu (actor), Rubin Cai (producer), Rubin Cai (producer), Erga Yao (actor),
Plot: A blind man's master told him that after he has broken 1000 strings on his Banjo, he can open the Banjo to get a script for his eyes. After 60 years he broke the 1000th string...
Keywords: ancestor, army, banjo, banjo-string, based-on-novel, battle, beating, blind-musician, blindness, bloodActors: Norio Wakamoto (actor), Issei Futamata (actor), Yûsaku Yara (actor), Kazuki Yao (actor), Banjô Ginga (actor), Masane Tsukayama (actor), Yûsaku Yara (actor), Ichirô Nagai (actor), Toshiko Fujita (actress), Michitaka Kobayashi (actor), Seizô Katô (actor), Masaru Ikeda (actor), Yuriko Yamamoto (actress), Yuriko Yamamoto (actress), Junki Takegami (writer),
Genres: Action, Animation, Drama,Actors: Yung-chiang Peng (actor), Han-yuan Ma (actor), Richard Ng (actor), Kar Lok Chin (actor), David Chiang (actor), Billy Lau (actor), Hoi Mang (actor), Fruit Chan (actor), Fat Chung (actor), Wah Cheung (actor), Pak-Kwong Ho (actor), Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (actor), Dennis Chan (actor), Wai Lam (actor), John Sham (actor),
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,Actors: Noboru Mitani (actor), Hitoshi Ueki (actor), Katsuo Nakamura (actor), Hatsuo Yamaya (actor), Kôji Moritsugu (actor), Senri Sakurai (actor), Tomio Kuriyama (director), Narumi Kayashima (actress), Michiko Hayashi (actress), Leonard Kuma (actor), Eisaku Shindô (actor), Toshio Sekine (writer), Yoshie Kashiwabara (actress), Takeya Nakamura (actor), Masakuni Takahashi (writer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Hung Lieh Chen (actor), Lei Cheng (actor), David Chiang (actor), Miao Ching (actor), Mien Fang (actor), Han Lo (actor), Tien Hsi Tang (actor), Feng Tien (actor), Chung Wang (actor), Ping Ou Wei (actor), Tse Lin Yang (actor), Run Run Shaw (producer), Fu-ling Wang (composer), Hsing-lung Chiang (editor), Chien Yu (actress),
Genres: Action, Adventure,Actors: Miroslav Hájek (editor), Theodor Pistek (costume designer), Otto Simánek (actor), Otto Lackovic (actor), Josef Hlinomaz (actor), Zdenek Liska (composer), Oldrich Velen (actor), Vlastimil Bedrna (actor), Josef Abrhám (actor), Vladimír Smeral (actor), Josef Beyvl (actor), Petr Kostka (actor), Ladislav Potmesil (actor), Bohumil Smída (miscellaneous crew), Ladislav Fikar (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music,