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Images in Action: The Interrupters

Bridgeman was delighted to have one of our images play a small part in this astounding film about trying to break the cycle of violence in the city of Chicago.

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Book Cover Art

Book covers using licensed imagery from Bridgeman Art Library in 2011-12

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What would Lizzie wear?

Published by Running Press, "Austentatious Crochet" walks readers through thirty-six original crochet projects inspired by classic Jane Austen novels. Thirty Bridgeman images were licensed to illustrate this unique book.

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XIR17679 (detail) Temptation of St. Anthony, from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c. 1512-16 (oil on panel) by Matthias Grunewald/ Musee d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France

The Interrupters, 2011

A new film from director Steve James and bestselling author Alex Kotlowitz, The Interrupters was an official selection at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The Temptation of St. Anthony from the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grunewald was used in this moving film about young people trying to break the circle of violence in their Chicago communities.

Read the movie's Sundance review from the Hollywood Reporter

JBY195609 (detail) Lonely Metropolitan, 1932 (silverprint) by Herbert Bayer/ Private Collection, DACS

Date Night, 2010

In this comedy, a married couple played by Steve Carrell and Tina Fey, attempt a romantic date night only to get much more than they bargain for when they fall victim to a case of mistaken identity. Herbert Bayer's Bauhaus work, Lonely Metropolitan, was used as set decoration.

Letters to Juliet, 2010

An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered letter to Juliet in the romantic heroine's Verona courtyard and she goes on a quest to find its author. Eight Bridgeman images were licensed for the title sequence of the film. Click here to see the images.

XIR42222 (detail) Psyche Receiving the First Kiss of Cupid, 1798 (oil on canvas) by Baron Francois Pascal Simon Gerard / Louvre, Paris, France
XIR42222 (detail) Psyche Receiving the First Kiss of Cupid, 1798 (oil on canvas) by Baron Francois Pascal Simon Gerard / Louvre, Paris, France

The Blind Side, 2009

A 17th century Flemish landscape by Jan Frans van Bloemen was used as set dressing in the Tuohy's dining room. Sandra Bullock's role as Leigh Anne Tuohy, Michael Oher's adoptive mother, earned her a Best Actress Oscar.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon, 2009

Mona Lisa and The Last Supper  for Da Vinci Code, 2006 and Angels and Demons, 2009

The Holiday, 2006

Seabiscuit, 2003

The Human Stain, 2003

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