A brief history of representing of the body in Western sculpture

[@evie5375]

amazing video! and the soft-spokenness is really nice too, its nice for once to not just have facts yelled at you, and instead hear a conversation

[@chrisziersch5552]

I’m really enjoying your vids. As soon as I hear the opening piano music I feel relaxed and the soft yet enthusiastic voices are perfect. Looking forward to my upcoming Europe trip. This time I’m sure I’ll have a better appreciation of the art 😊

[@valeriepurcell5229]

Binge watching to help study for my art teacher certification test & my oh my are these SOOOOOOO helpful!! THANK YOU for making these! THIS is when modern technology& social media make my life easier & fuller! PS: We took our first trip to the UK & Europe last summer & were able to see many of these amazing works (or their reproduction) in person. I cannot tell you what a thrill it was, but these videos help me (even as a life-long artist) understand WHY I so very much wanted to see them, and also WHY we had the reactions to them we did! Thank you again.

[@maydanlex]

I've been to historical sites throughout parts of Europe. I appreciate the educational format of these videos as they supplement my knowledge and interest in the historical themes of my wanderings. Many thanks for posting.

[@billyk3933]

Loved the video! The subject of Giacometti and his motivations would indeed be an excellent topic of a video!

[@Sasha0927]

Giacometti definitely got my attention at the end there, lol. What a cliff-hanger - I am really intrigued and even a little excited to hear more about the method behind this sculpture. I've never seen anything like it and would love some insight as to what was on his mind.
In the meantime, I'm enjoying the unexpected existential crisis of linking weight and transcendence. My spirituality does involve the transfer of worldly burdens (along with the "weight" they carry), so that was deeply meaningful to me. 🙂

[@jackiegoyette8406]

Thanks for this videos! They are so informative and easy to follow. Thank you!

[@M20videos]

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[@The_Reaper101]

Me doing this for a college assignment not knowing this is amazing video

[@L-mo]

Not sure I’m convinced the change was a choice or a response so much as the difference between tradesmen’s work and the work of true artists. The renaissance came about with secular wealth that enabled famous artists and their virtuosity. The medieval architecture was the work of skilled artisans, anonymous tradesmen. It’s a completely different level and the artisan didn’t have the ability to produce the classical or renaissance level as he didn’t have a studio - he had a workshop.

[@uffa00001]

I agree. There certainly was a different aesthetics in the Middle Ages, but there also was a great loss of skill in all trades of life, including the arts, especially in the "dark centuries". Around after the year 1000 there is a marked improvement in economic surplus, in demography, and in wealth in general. This will lead to more specialized artisans, ultimately reaching high levels of prestige and wealth not long before the Renaissance "revolution". Truth be told, the movement from "artisan" to "artist" happened way before the Renaissance (let's think about Giotto, or Gentile da Fabriano as examples) but in the great scheme of art history it certainly can be said that "author art" began only at the very end of "medieval art", or "gothic art". Also, IMHO, if there had not been the transition from artisan to artist, the transition from gothic to Renaissance would have been much more difficult.

[@Max-OCATCBuff]

Hopefully, teaser at the end leads to another video about the thought process behind the abstractionism behind the Modern sculpture. I imagine that World War II scarred the artist.

[@akbaranwar]

Fantastic! Thank you Salman Khan and Khan Academy, I love the medium!

[@benabaxter]

Woah! The physicality and even the goodness of the physical body was a distinctiveness of Christianity compared to the Mediterranean Platonic religion. The apocalyptic resurrection of the Christian would have been unthinkable to the educated pagan. The abstraction of the figures has much more to do with the doctrine of the glorification (transformation) of the body than it does the hatred of the body! You rightly note lightness. That is one of the features of the glorified body.

[@andrzejmaranda3699]

Very, very, very interesting video!

[@alenphuck2270]

Please do a video on Giacometti!!!!

[@men_del12]

What a brilliant video! I really have and will be enjoying the videos you guys made (with the soothing calm and memerizing explanation about the art, which adding more to it). But may I ask about yhe classical? Is true that it has the Greek style has been label as "useless" since it has no signify meaning of life, which the Renaissance later adding more story telling & more deep meaning on the art? I heard about it & just want to recheck about that statement.

[@smarthistory-art-history]

The classical has been useful to artists, writers, and philosophers for more than a thousand years. I am sure someone has thought it useless, but many others have found it useful.

[@men_del12]

@@smarthistory-art-history Ah I see because I heard that reason why it's useless because the philosophy of the sculptures (which always depicting a fresh young adult) only consisting of beauty at that age to use. Not sure though if I understood that either since I only heard about it partialy. Thanks for your answer. Maybe I need to learn more aboit this.

[@lukasgrbaclackovic9560]

2:40 ,man in the down and left corner

[@kirkezada]

Dia 09/06/2022 completando ''Uma introdução à arte da história'' no Khan Academy.
Renascimento, movimento que provavelmente considero o melhor, talvez no fundo eu seja um classicista.

[@khancharlie8508]

The narrators are so seamlessly gelled together. I ended up doing more listening than watching.

[@HeySergioMata]

I wonder if they call them middle ages and not "dark" ages. Was it true those times were terrible?

[@MrJm323]

If we are talking about the early Middle Ages (roughly 400 A.D. to 1050 A.D.), then yes, they were terrible. (However, Chartes Cathedral was constructed in an age of recovery -- the Renaissance of the Twelfth Century.) But, they were only terrible if you value human life and the prerequisites of human civilization (health, knowledge, legal justice, complex trade and production leading to a higher standard of living, etc.).

[@pooman5380]

Not really that terrible as many people would like to portray it as

[@smaakjeks]

Another re-upload. Another mistake to fix? :-)

[@smarthistory-art-history]

***** - it won't be the last

[@smaakjeks]

Smarthistory, Art History at Khan Academy
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[@alejandromolinac]

As beautiful and perfect as The Spear Bearer is.... If you look at him at full frontal view.... She kinda looks like he has love handles.....

[@jakeperkins6725]

I believe that’s called a hip bone

[@CorpseTongji]

looking at this , u can rlly tell they were just figuring this whole anatomy thing out lmao

[@bradpolak6793]

Art is cyclical
It keeps coming back around