Every time I see Cole's work, a spark of electricity shoots up my spine. It is as if the spirit and godliness of a thousand cherubs, is smiling back at me from oblivion. The yearning for nature and the great beyond is so well suited to my tastes, that it makes me saddened to know such a kindred spirit departed so early. Bravo, Thomas. And bravo Rachel and Jason for your wonderful presentations.
I just saw an exhibition at the New York Historical Society on Winold Reiss. Brilliant career amazing portraits of people especially the Black luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance. Plus design, architecture, posters, metal work... So much I had no idea about. He's is ripe for surveying and recognition. JS
Cole’s paintings are definitely beautiful & you really get the sense of majesty of nature. Follow the Artist looks like a start to a good series. Hope to see others.
I very much enjoy how this channel honours the artists it documents, no matter what the lifestyle or beliefs of the artist may be. As far as I can tell, this channel tries not to overshadow the artist or twist their life and works to suit some hidden agenda the channel may have. It presents the artist as honestly and respectfully as possible; an admirable quality that is far too rare. Keep up the good work.
Keep up the amazing work! American TV has never been as good as British tv when it comes to art history shows but I think you have really elevated the RUclips originals with this episode!
As I learn about art (through your channel and other places) I have been making a list of artists that really impact me. Thomas Cole and the Hudson River school just got added to that list. Thank you so much for educating me and many others and congrats on such a wonderfully done doc. If I saw this on PBS or something I would not be surprised. Thank you x1000!
This means so much to us!! Thank you :) Cole was remarkable, and he also had so many extraordinary peers and successors-Frederic Church, Robert S. Duncanson, Martin Johnson Heade, Albert Bierstadt, George Inness, etc.-who are also very much worth looking into. We're so thrilled that you enjoyed the doc!
I watch all your videos with interest and appreciation. I like the format of this one with you in natural environment. I hope you will do more of these. Thank you for your research and sharing your knowledge.
Thank you for this phenomenal work. I especially enjoyed the reference to Burke. The sublime is one dimension of aesthetics that is in need of more attention; Kant and Burke are two thinkers who attempted to really capture the significance of the sublime. I think our own age is forgetting how “affective” nature can be; as there are too many distractions in modern life, and too many mediums keeping people blind, to the novelty of subjective experience, as well as the beauty of natural landscapes. When music and painting (in particular) can draw people back to the sublimity of experience and the enormity of nature, it can be transformative not only in how they interpret art, but life itself.
Maybe you could make a short documentary about Nicola Samorì? I‘m a great admirer of his work and think he perfectly fits into your format. Maybe you can reach him for some questions. I‘m very thankful for your artist biographies. I can feel your passion for art through your presentations. It warms my heart. ❤
I was thinking of your channel the other day and hoping you'd put a new video out soon - this was spectacular! Such a well put together piece on a hugely inspiring artist. I loved the harp-filled soundtrack ❤️ You have such an elegant, lovely personal style too 😊 Would love to see more like this!
Yay!! Thank you so much for the kind words :) Isn't the harp magical? The soundtrack was performed for us by Esther Sibiude, an amazing NYC-based harpist and artist. We're so glad that you enjoyed the film - more to come!
I think the same year Cole died Edgar Payne was born….and soon after or before Thomas Moran who was a result of Coles pursuits and probably my favorite of that school.. just as an artist..and Edgar Payne and the California impressionist movement which produced some of the great ones in my opinion…including Arthur Mathews who was all about the preservation of ruins in California and the US at large rather than building over and wiping history out…great doc….
Wow, this is such a step up from your guys' old content and that was already my favorite content on youtube, but this was fantastic! I didn't realize it was uploaded because of the thumbnail change though. (Side note:) Also the audio editor may want to grab a de-esser, the sibilance was kinda harsh on this episode.
Thank you!! We're so glad you found it - and enjoyed it! :) Believe it or not this is my voice carefully mastered with a de-esser - dialed up any more it starts to sound unnatural. I've got some powerful sibilance :/
Hello there! Can you please tell me if the painting Yhe Course of Empire Destruction is about an imaginary civilization or it's about the Fall of Rome 455A.D. ? I would really appreciate your answer
@@TheArtTourist Thank you! I asked about it because so many insist that it's the Fall of Rome! Now i will try to find about what year he had in mind that this destruction occurred! 🤔
someone could make a serie of bluray disks with paintings in 4k or 8k. kind of as a present, in good performed box. modern 85-98" 4k 8k tvs can show them AWESOMELY so it is really make sence to do 🤗👍 kind of by themes, maybe by museums, or by peisages, author or so. i would definately bought full collection 😋 just lieing in bad, or sitting near fireplace at hall with whiskey and calmly watching all those emotions of mind expression 😇👍 awesome
If the Ancient Egyptians could see how their temple had been taken from their land and stuck into a Museum you can just imagine the rage and curses. Might make for an interesting movie where some Priests were revived with Egyptian mojo and they started to raid the artifacts and take them back. Could be a lot better that that awful Tom Cruise Mummy film.
"Fire, once a tool for survival and prosperity, is now weaponized" - Cole. Clearly he hadnt read much ancient and medival history, in which people are regulalry burnt alive as punishment for a variety of innocent offenses. People often idealize times before the industrial revolution
I wasn’t quoting Cole there. It’s a reference to the first painting in The Course of Empire, in which fire facilitates the development of early civilization.
The narrator bothers me. She is hard to watch talk because she moves her arms and head spontaneously and jaggedly. Her voice is not the prettiest. But, the information is great and the imagery is beautiful throughout this video!
cool document, cool host ... but I'd say that art historians are hugely overestimating artists. Being a draftsman myself I doubt that a professional artist has so much time for philosophy. I would say that efforts just to capture a scene with some potential to be sold and match competitors' performance are enough to exhaust artist's resources to the extent that there is no room for philosophy left. at most some contemplation after a successful business may occur over a bottle of wine ...
Gorgeously shot and produced, and so captivating! Such congratulations to all at SC, can't wait to see more!
Thank you thank you Emi!!
I think it`s the only serious and well produced documentary about the great Thomas Cole. Thank you in the name of art lovers and congratulations!!!
Agreed! This is brilliant!
Most underrated video on RUclips
What do we win?!
Hell yeah! best believe Im gonna watch this cupping a tea with both hands under some blankets
So cozy! ☕
Bravo! Awaiting your next one.
Such a beautiful narrative for Thomas Cole.
Thank you!
I hate notifications with a passion. I programmed only one in my whole life and it is for this channel. Thank you for the wonderful videos!
Yay! Thank you for the support! We hope you enjoy this one :)
Wonderful work here Rachel! Thank you for making amazing content! We always look forward to new videos from you!
Thanks so much! Have a great day ✨
Wonderful. ❤ Thank you for making this excellent art history documentary.
This style of presentation is awesome! As is the more formal style as well. Thanks for the surprise and keeping your channel dynamic. Cheers!
Thank you!! So glad you enjoyed it :)
Wow! Such a quality video!!! Thank you for your hard work 😊👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Every time I see Cole's work, a spark of electricity shoots up my spine.
It is as if the spirit and godliness of a thousand cherubs, is smiling back at me from oblivion.
The yearning for nature and the great beyond is so well suited to my tastes, that it makes me saddened to know such a kindred spirit departed so early.
Bravo, Thomas.
And bravo Rachel and Jason for your wonderful presentations.
I just saw an exhibition at the New York Historical Society on Winold Reiss. Brilliant career amazing portraits of people especially the Black luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance. Plus design, architecture, posters, metal work... So much I had no idea about. He's is ripe for surveying and recognition. JS
I just saw his voyage of life series today in DC I was blown away completely great video
I’m eternally grateful for this. Thank you so much!
Absolutely fantastic video - thank you! Brilliant production ❤
Thank you!! ✨
Cole’s paintings are definitely beautiful & you really get the sense of majesty of nature. Follow the Artist looks like a start to a good series. Hope to see others.
Congratulations, beautifully presented....thankyou.
Thank you!!
I very much enjoy how this channel honours the artists it documents, no matter what the lifestyle or beliefs of the artist may be. As far as I can tell, this channel tries not to overshadow the artist or twist their life and works to suit some hidden agenda the channel may have. It presents the artist as honestly and respectfully as possible; an admirable quality that is far too rare. Keep up the good work.
We have no agenda other than to share our love of art history. Thank you!!
A full-length!!! We are not worthy!!!
Spectacularly produced and pulled me back to my origins in painting nearly 30 years ago. Thank you so much for this devoted project and film.
Thank you so much!! We’re so pleased that you enjoyed it ✨
Fascinating and beautifully produced. An excellent documentary
Thank you!! We're so glad you enjoyed it :)
love how much I learn from your vids
Y’all ate this art doc up👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
that was amazing, thank you! ❤️ your videos have help solidified my choice to pursue an education in art history
Thank you!! And wow! Wishing you the best of luck in your studies ✨
i like your new format of delivery well done
Keep up the amazing work! American TV has never been as good as British tv when it comes to art history shows but I think you have really elevated the RUclips originals with this episode!
Thank you so much!! ✨
As I learn about art (through your channel and other places) I have been making a list of artists that really impact me.
Thomas Cole and the Hudson River school just got added to that list.
Thank you so much for educating me and many others and congrats on such a wonderfully done doc. If I saw this on PBS or something I would not be surprised.
Thank you x1000!
This means so much to us!! Thank you :) Cole was remarkable, and he also had so many extraordinary peers and successors-Frederic Church, Robert S. Duncanson, Martin Johnson Heade, Albert Bierstadt, George Inness, etc.-who are also very much worth looking into. We're so thrilled that you enjoyed the doc!
This docu ate!
This was beautiful!!!!! wow!!
Thank you!
A wonderful project which I appreciate very much.
Thank you, that means a lot to us!
Fantastic work! It’s awesome that great content like this is so easy to access on RUclips. Hope the channel continues to grow and thrive
Thank you so much!
I watch all your videos with interest and appreciation. I like the format of this one with you in natural environment. I hope you will do more of these. Thank you for your research and sharing your knowledge.
A sublime ending. Thank you.
Thank you!! 🌅
@@TheArtTourist Cheers! I just followed you on Instagram.
Thank you for this phenomenal work. I especially enjoyed the reference to Burke. The sublime is one dimension of aesthetics that is in need of more attention; Kant and Burke are two thinkers who attempted to really capture the significance of the sublime. I think our own age is forgetting how “affective” nature can be; as there are too many distractions in modern life, and too many mediums keeping people blind, to the novelty of subjective experience, as well as the beauty of natural landscapes. When music and painting (in particular) can draw people back to the sublimity of experience and the enormity of nature, it can be transformative not only in how they interpret art, but life itself.
This guy gets it. Thank so much!
Excellent format. Thank you.
Thank you!!
Beautiful. Well done!
Thank you!
Simply superb. Thank you for this!
Thank you for watching!!
Great episode. Thank you. I learned so much.
Fantastic! Thank you for watching!
You're amazing.
Ayo! New Several Circles. Nice
Great video :)!
Thank you!!! ✨
Maybe you could make a short documentary about Nicola Samorì? I‘m a great admirer of his work and think he perfectly fits into your format.
Maybe you can reach him for some questions.
I‘m very thankful for your artist biographies. I can feel your passion for art through your presentations. It warms my heart. ❤
We’ll have to look him up! Thank you :)
That was fascinating, and what a production! Thank you very much!
Thank you!!
@@TheArtTourist Do you already know whether you will do more of these larger format Follow the Artist videos?
Yup! We have another one in the works :)
I was thinking of your channel the other day and hoping you'd put a new video out soon - this was spectacular! Such a well put together piece on a hugely inspiring artist. I loved the harp-filled soundtrack ❤️ You have such an elegant, lovely personal style too 😊 Would love to see more like this!
Yay!! Thank you so much for the kind words :) Isn't the harp magical? The soundtrack was performed for us by Esther Sibiude, an amazing NYC-based harpist and artist. We're so glad that you enjoyed the film - more to come!
@@TheArtTourist you're very welcome! Wow, that makes the soundtrack even more special :) brilliant, looking forward to it guys! ❤️
@@TheArtTourist 👏to Esther
I think the same year Cole died Edgar Payne was born….and soon after or before Thomas Moran who was a result of Coles pursuits and probably my favorite of that school.. just as an artist..and Edgar Payne and the California impressionist movement which produced some of the great ones in my opinion…including Arthur Mathews who was all about the preservation of ruins in California and the US at large rather than building over and wiping history out…great doc….
How interesting. Thank you!
Wow, this is such a step up from your guys' old content and that was already my favorite content on youtube, but this was fantastic! I didn't realize it was uploaded because of the thumbnail change though.
(Side note:) Also the audio editor may want to grab a de-esser, the sibilance was kinda harsh on this episode.
Thank you!! We're so glad you found it - and enjoyed it! :) Believe it or not this is my voice carefully mastered with a de-esser - dialed up any more it starts to sound unnatural. I've got some powerful sibilance :/
The host is art too
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In the future, Dall e will probably be part of art history class.
The serve👏💖
Heck yea !
Cool.
Hello there! Can you please tell me if the painting Yhe Course of Empire Destruction is about an imaginary civilization or it's about the Fall of Rome 455A.D. ? I would really appreciate your answer
It’s definitely an imagined civilization but it would be reasonable to assume Cole was considering the Fall of Rome here.
@@TheArtTourist Thank you! I asked about it because so many insist that it's the Fall of Rome! Now i will try to find about what year he had in mind that this destruction occurred! 🤔
@ 22:00 - 24:00✨
16:03 🦋’s
someone could make a serie of bluray disks with paintings in 4k or 8k. kind of as a present, in good performed box. modern 85-98" 4k 8k tvs can show them AWESOMELY so it is really make sence to do 🤗👍 kind of by themes, maybe by museums, or by peisages, author or so. i would definately bought full collection 😋 just lieing in bad, or sitting near fireplace at hall with whiskey and calmly watching all those emotions of mind expression 😇👍 awesome
What a great idea!
@@TheArtTourist do it 😐
If the Ancient Egyptians could see how their temple had been taken from their land and stuck into a Museum you can just imagine the rage and curses. Might make for an interesting movie where some Priests were revived with Egyptian mojo and they started to raid the artifacts and take them back. Could be a lot better that that awful Tom Cruise Mummy film.
15:42 commenting to easily find a part I want to share.
24:21 - 28:10 family/daughters
31:39 poem - god still in Eden
Make a video about Vincent Van gogh
"Fire, once a tool for survival and prosperity, is now weaponized" - Cole. Clearly he hadnt read much ancient and medival history, in which people are regulalry burnt alive as punishment for a variety of innocent offenses. People often idealize times before the industrial revolution
I wasn’t quoting Cole there. It’s a reference to the first painting in The Course of Empire, in which fire facilitates the development of early civilization.
The narrator bothers me. She is hard to watch talk because she moves her arms and head spontaneously and jaggedly. Her voice is not the prettiest. But, the information is great and the imagery is beautiful throughout this video!
cool document, cool host ... but I'd say that art historians are hugely overestimating artists. Being a draftsman myself I doubt that a professional artist has so much time for philosophy. I would say that efforts just to capture a scene with some potential to be sold and match competitors' performance are enough to exhaust artist's resources to the extent that there is no room for philosophy left. at most some contemplation after a successful business may occur over a bottle of wine ...
The vocal fry outed me @ about a minute. Unbearable.
I don't like these artists schools much. Unusual cruelty. No thanks.