Love this guy! He's so quirky , brilliant, and fun! I especially love how he covers the middle east, Islam, and the different royal dynastic architecture of that region. There is more to art than paintings. He us an artistic wordsmith! Top notch!
Art history is worth studying. It's not to be confused with the history of art or art appreciation. This is a broadcast made for TV. There are far more interesting things to learn if you deicide to study it. Go for it! You won't regret and after four years or so, perhaps you will be able to critique WJ's interpretation. I'll say no more 😵💫
@@DivertissementMonas1664 So what is the difference between those 3 things? I'm very curious but I googled it and got nothing. Or rather, I got 2.5 billion hits with none looking like it answers my question, even after much rephrasing.
@@cattymajiv Art history studies the history of the production of art (how it was made and produced), the social, cultural and polictical motivations behind it. It investigates how it functioned, its viewers and even the global connections (either in images, influences or materials for example). Whereas the history of art is more about western art styles or labels (given to a time period by later generations, (think 'gothic' for example). This is very misleading as there were a variety of 'styles' in any given period and often the labels given started out as derogatory names. Art appreciation follows the narratives of the history of art as if following a religion. It upholds the popular paintings or art objects as if they are holy relics. There is no deep understanding of the meanings or social functions and no desire to learn. These are those people called the "cultural livestock" by one witty writer 😆
i was never interested in the world of artwork (other than making my own) but this video opened my eyes and i like learning about the hidden symbols and what they mean.thank you sir!
Waldemar, within your great insights and explanations your wit and wonder lies the golden key of your understanding of the Catholics sensibility! So many well informed and well intended modern eyes look on certain paintings with a degree of 'colour blindness' that your corrective glasses dispel. The Arnolfini picture is beautifully and lovingly restored - what troubled me as a newly married man gazing at the picture as my wife told me of the "wedding" makes sense to me now as a widower. There is an eternal wedding but they are on the other side of the great devide - the pain of rememberence and the dark tones that troubled my young eyes is all too understood now, "grief is the price we pay for love". A marriage cert a double death cert and the promise of eternal life beyond the crucifixion. Keep up the wonderful work correcting my colour blindness of so many paintings - sacred and secular. Good luck and God bless you all in all you do!
Waldemar is fascinating with his perspective about art and artist. He is so interesting and perceptive yet at times so amusing. Watching this art critic is for me a feast for my eyes and ears. Delightful!🤭
I love you, Waldemar ❤ you are a magician. You make people fall in love with art. You make art real, accessible. Something folks can grasp and love. Because you explain it. Thank you for sharing your wonderful ability so enthusiastically.
"Bombastic Side eye" is the expression of the Mrs in the Gainsborough painting". My 10 yr old girl threw that phrase out to me...clearly. the kids now are using more vocabulary than I and my 5th grade friends did. That Mrs is DEFINITELY to be avoided!
Re TG’s portrait of the Andrews- Often times the joy or lack of joy in the countenance of a wife reflects how her husband truly regards and cherishes her.
Waldemar absolutely fabulous I love you and thank you for your wonderful explanation of pictures ..Every picture tells a story and you tell them so well .
Waldemar is my hero. He: a. does his homework b. asks probing questions c. does more homework d. ponders e. uses his intuition, and f. explains his conclusion in a convincing and captivating way. Wow.
Hi Mark, I keep missing live shows. Trying to keep up. All good here. Starting a new full bathroom. Bucket list stuff. Staying tuned. Your work remains stellar and I appreciate it. Peace Cheers Onward.
Meurent was an accomplished painter whose work was regularly selected for exhibition by the Salon Jury. Her father was an engraver / etcher and mother a milliner, so not such a mystery that she became an artist. W.J. is a showman who speculates on the meanings of paintings often without any basis in fact but he is not alone in that. Manet's handling of paint shocked at least as much as the honest depiction of modern subject matter.
This was one of the paintings we had to write about when I did an Arts Foundation Course with the Open University in the 1980's. The only thing I can remember I noticed at the time was that I thought Mr Andrews sleeve seemed to be tight around his bicep perhaps alluding to the fact he had all the power. He was the strong one.
Watching this again, I noticed the mass of feathers on the ground at the beginning. Once watching the bird feeder, we saw a hawk swoop down and grab a dove. We watched from the window, and got out the camera too, as the hawk obliterated it, violently removing the feathers and such and after a while flew away with it. The feathers on the ground looked like this. We sent the photo to my cousin to identify what kind of hawk (coopers hawk) and then he quipped "well, it was a bird feeder anyway" Love this series and the prof.
Had that lady in the 1st painting invited me to her country house for a weekend, unlike Mr Waldemar, "I" would have gladly accepted...and she would've had a smile in that painting along with very lively rosy cheeks and "unspeakable" memories 😘
My second time watching this and I love it. Mona Lisa in Napoleons bedroom! LOL! The Tempest I have always thought represented the Holy family's Flight into Egypt. A stretch I know and missing the not so subtle pyramid shaped rock in the background that would be expected. The tempest lighting storm to me represented the looming danger of the massacre of the innocents.
You can see how TG got across that Mr Andrews was a nice bloke, see how the dog looks up at him. The dog clearly loves him and he loves the dog as he must’ve wanted it in the picture. I get the impression Mr Andrews thought more of his dog than he did his wife, and TG knew this
Regarding Arnolfini, does anyone else remember a BBC2 play for today where a group of scientists used (V early) digital photography techniques to analyse every millimetre of the picture? It flipped back and forth between the scientists interaction during the experiment and the in scene vocal interactions of Mr & Mrs Arnolfini?
I beg to differ on the Venus subject - especially in Greek mythology Aphrodite definitely does sweatiness, there’s nothing shy or modest about her. I think Ursula Andres came way closer than you admit 😉
I like the Arnolfini painting. I've wondered for years why he would be dressed as for a funeral & look so glum - now I know. Great unravelling of mysteries by WJ - as ever - and fascinating viewing.
Very nice presentation of art and meaning behind it. There is so much speculation about "The Arnolfini Marriage" that I had never heard before. Now, I am interested to find out if Mr. Arnolfini was ever remarried after the proposed death of his wife. Was there another after her? I feel like that might help with the mystery of this painting.
When I was in art school long ago, this picture was merely a study in assymetrical balance. The great visual weight of the couple was balanced by the majority of the painting devoted to the land they owned. All the subtle emotional nuances and the missing pheasant were never discussed.
Been to almost all the great art museums in the world. Always wondered if this Giorgioni is so valuable and you could not film the painting, but you can walk right up to the painting and start slashing. that's why I believe the are copies, not the actual paintings
I've watched so may of this dude's videos - this one seems to be a compilation of several episodes - I've watched some of these standing alone. I wish he'd do one on Hieronymus Bosch - or has he done one already?
The subjects are looking directly at the painter. Mrs. Andrews is giving Gainesborough the stinkeye and he's painting her that way. I've seen that look on women when they know their husband's friends don't like them. I'll bet something was said that she didn't like. Mr. Andrews has that, "yeah, you weren't wrong. I deal with it by shooting fowl" look. I'm always interested when a painter can capture a moment of personality. There's a whole lot more going on in that portrait. I'm sure the Mrs. is the reason that painting is unfinished. Makes me wonder exactly how the small talk went. I'll bet it was designed to inflame Mrs. A so her true personality could be captured. Seems he wasn't quite fast enough to be done before she likely sent him packing with a good tongue lashing! At least that's the story playing out in my imagination.
It's an interesting interpretation about the pheasant being clutched is a sign of mr. Andrews is in the clutchings of mrs. Andrews. But would the couple understand the reference to dutch art and the sinister meaning behind the bird clutching?
What about Frederic Bazille as the forerunner, and forefather of Impressionism? From Art Hive: Frédéric Bazille (December 6 1841 - November 28 1870) was not even suspected that it will be called one of the forerunners and even the founders of impressionism. This word - impressionism - first performedat the exhibition in the Studio of the photographer Nadar four years after the death of a budding artist who was friends with Monet and Renoir. He lived only 28 years old. The child of a prosperous Protestant family of wealthy winemaker from Montpellier, Frederick received a good education. Since childhood, he did not know what is needed, and in his short life did not know, in fact. At 18 years he entered the medical faculty. But most of all he loved Hiking in Art Museum Fabre. A visiting neighbour admired the paintings Delacroixand Courbet. And definitely realized that calling it is not in the medical field.
I've been practicing pronouncing Januszczak. I'm improving. But my unability to word make is quite legendary. I'm always saying the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time. I'm going to bite my tongue now.
First syllable is [ya] similar to, say, Yamaha. And then the line of four letters “szcz” 😁 Polish “sz” goes for [sh] in English as in [Sh]akespeare, while “cz” goes for [ch] as in [Ch]aplin. Altogether it should, I assume, sound like [Yanooshchak] Let’s make it a ted easier, dividing the name this way: [Ya-noosh-chak]. If you want to be confused further, Slavonic “shch” is, in fact, one sound. It is voiceless like “sh”, but soft like “dz” in “genre”. Slavonic languages using Cyrillic alphabet have a special letter Щ for this sound (unlike Ш for the normal firm “sh”) but you need to be a Slav to fully distinguish them 😂 Forget about it, [Ya-noosh-chak] should work well enough. I hope, Mr. Waldemar is not offended by this exercise. If it is the case, may I sincerely apologise to him?
The Arnolfini Portrait had always been one of the creepiest paintings to me, ever since I was a little kid I was sure the man was supposed to be a vampire or satanist or something, lol
Gainsborough wouldn't be the first painter to take revenge on a woman that rejected or crossed him, either. Can you imagine going on a date to an autopsy and being excited about it? To me - if my date wasn't working in the medical field - this would scream psychopath.
Mine is interesting and by sharing you can help save lot of life. Assumption uni installed recorders in teachers office assigned for two. The uploading of teachers’ voice conversation by AU led to many bloody incidents. Teachers had no idea about the recorders. Uploading and posting without teachers’ awareness was a crime, AU never claimed any responsibility.
Ive always wanted to travel & "study" art. My grma always said all you have to do is pick up a book. Well instead they invented RUclips & get get to see the world with Mr. J. 😁
I think you were wrong about Gainsborough’s painting. I think it’s perfect just the way it is. Perhaps it was even his idea not to finish it; perhaps he found a little sympathy in his heart for Mrs. Andrews after all
I think Gainsborough does lousy portraits. His fabrics are well done, but his shoulders are all very narrow and extremely sloped down from the neck, in an unnatural way. The people are almost all unnaturally tall and/or thin. Only the really fat ones aren't, but the problem with shoulders still persists with them. Most of his faces look alike too. It's hard to describe how, but it's definately there. Sad and childlike is part of it. Even though you can see what seems to be dark circles, bags, and a suggestion of wrinkles under her eyes here, it's still there. I always love Wally's take on it, though I think G was popular for making everyone look skinnier, not for his skill in likenesses.
Tell it like it is, Waldemar! I LOVE your delivery, boldness, respect, humor, depth all at once. I'm a fan for years. Be well!
Love this guy! He's so quirky , brilliant, and fun! I especially love how he covers the middle east, Islam, and the different royal dynastic architecture of that region. There is more to art than paintings. He us an artistic wordsmith! Top notch!
yeah paintings are just the start of art. His series on sculpture is facisinating
You describe him very well!
Exciting, engrossing and a riveting
Story teller, Waldemar is an international TREASURE
I’ve suddenly become very interested in art having stumbled across WJ’s documentaries a few days ago! Completely wonderful 🎉🙏🏻
He’s the best.
Art history is worth studying. It's not to be confused with the history of art or art appreciation. This is a broadcast made for TV. There are far more interesting things to learn if you deicide to study it. Go for it! You won't regret and after four years or so, perhaps you will be able to critique WJ's interpretation. I'll say no more 😵💫
@@DivertissementMonas1664 So what is the difference between those 3 things? I'm very curious but I googled it and got nothing. Or rather, I got 2.5 billion hits with none looking like it answers my question, even after much rephrasing.
@@cattymajiv Art history studies the history of the production of art (how it was made and produced), the social, cultural and polictical motivations behind it. It investigates how it functioned, its viewers and even the global connections (either in images, influences or materials for example).
Whereas the history of art is more about western art styles or labels (given to a time period by later generations, (think 'gothic' for example). This is very misleading as there were a variety of 'styles' in any given period and often the labels given started out as derogatory names.
Art appreciation follows the narratives of the history of art as if following a religion. It upholds the popular paintings or art objects as if they are holy relics. There is no deep understanding of the meanings or social functions and no desire to learn. These are those people called the "cultural livestock" by one witty writer 😆
@@DivertissementMonas1664 Sorry I'm so slow to reply. But I really appreciate your descriptions. They were a huge help. Thank you so much! ❤
i was never interested in the world of artwork (other than making my own) but this video opened my eyes and i like learning about the hidden symbols and what they mean.thank you sir!
Waldemar, within your great insights and explanations your wit and wonder lies the golden key of your understanding of the Catholics sensibility!
So many well informed and well intended modern eyes look on certain paintings with a degree of 'colour blindness' that your corrective glasses dispel.
The Arnolfini picture is beautifully and lovingly restored - what troubled me as a newly married man gazing at the picture as my wife told me of the "wedding" makes sense to me now as a widower. There is an eternal wedding but they are on the other side of the great devide - the pain of rememberence and the dark tones that troubled my young eyes is all too understood now, "grief is the price we pay for love".
A marriage cert a double death cert and the promise of eternal life beyond the crucifixion.
Keep up the wonderful work correcting my colour blindness of so many paintings - sacred and secular.
Good luck and God bless you all in all you do!
Lovely writing!
Yes you have a great talent !!! Write more sir! Writing as you do has a beauty of its own.
@@dorothywillms115 Thanks Dorothy for your very kind comments ‐ God bless you and yours!
absolutely fascinating, all because of Waldemar's presentation style and incredible intuitive knowledge. Thank you, Perspective
This series is so absolutely wonderful. I never get enough of this wonderful stuff !
... Waldemar is wonderful presenter.
Waldemar is fascinating with his perspective about art and artist. He is so interesting and perceptive yet at times so amusing. Watching this art critic is for me a feast for my eyes and ears. Delightful!🤭
Waldemar Januszczak is just brilliant!
This is a huge gift to us - thank you.💐
I love you, Waldemar ❤ you are a magician. You make people fall in love with art. You make art real, accessible. Something folks can grasp and love. Because you explain it. Thank you for sharing your wonderful ability so enthusiastically.
"Bombastic Side eye" is the expression of the Mrs in the Gainsborough painting". My 10 yr old girl threw that phrase out to me...clearly. the kids now are using more vocabulary than I and my 5th grade friends did. That Mrs is DEFINITELY to be avoided!
Even when my own research leads me to a conclusion different from his, I love his presentation!
Re TG’s portrait of the Andrews- Often times the joy or lack of joy in the countenance of a wife reflects how her husband truly regards and cherishes her.
This allis incredibly fascinating. I am listening breathlessly. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!
as usual, exceptional! thank you JW & Perspective
"There are a million stories in the world of art..."
Yes, and in a perfect world we'd get to hear Waldemar narrate all of them.
Never seen him so young he put plenty of weight on later in life LOL 😆 good living he is the best I'm not much of an art critic but I love his work ❤
Waldemar absolutely fabulous I love you and thank you for your wonderful explanation of pictures ..Every picture tells a story and you tell them so well .
Well done Waldy ..U had me captivated for 3 hours!..your bold and definitive take is delightful.
“It takes hutzpah, and Frenchness.” Hahahah seriously best presenter in the business. Waldemar is the man.
Always a joy to Watch art with you 🎵❤️🎶🙏
Cool documentary! This guy is really awesome!
I love the woman mopping the floor in front of Botticelli s Venus . ❤🥰😍
Great stories, interesting art! I love how the camera returns to/ lingers on the art as we hear about it so we can dream along.
Wonderful as always
Amazing man Steve so proud of you and you positive messages
I love Waldimar. In my dreams we are married and he never stops talking. ❤
Waldemar is my hero. He:
a. does his homework
b. asks probing questions
c. does more homework
d. ponders
e. uses his intuition, and
f. explains his conclusion in a convincing and captivating way.
Wow.
Love your work, thanks ❤️
Waldemar is the BEST!!!!!!
Hi Mark, I keep missing live shows. Trying to keep up. All good here. Starting a new full bathroom. Bucket list stuff. Staying tuned. Your work remains stellar and I appreciate it. Peace Cheers Onward.
Meurent was an accomplished painter whose work was regularly selected for exhibition by the Salon Jury. Her father was an engraver / etcher and mother a milliner, so not such a mystery that she became an artist. W.J. is a showman who speculates on the meanings of paintings often without any basis in fact but he is not alone in that. Manet's handling of paint shocked at least as much as the honest depiction of modern subject matter.
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Mr. and Mrs. Andrews described as "a pair of giant spiders in the middle of a web" made me laugh loud enough for my wife to ask what's so funny. 😂
This was one of the paintings we had to write about when I did an Arts Foundation Course with the Open University in the 1980's. The only thing I can remember I noticed at the time was that I thought Mr Andrews sleeve seemed to be tight around his bicep perhaps alluding to the fact he had all the power. He was the strong one.
Watching this again, I noticed the mass of feathers on the ground at the beginning. Once watching the bird feeder, we saw a hawk swoop down and grab a dove. We watched from the window, and got out the camera too, as the hawk obliterated it, violently removing the feathers and such and after a while flew away with it. The feathers on the ground looked like this.
We sent the photo to my cousin to identify what kind of hawk (coopers hawk) and then he quipped "well, it was a bird feeder anyway"
Love this series and the prof.
LOVE ART AND EXPERTS IN IT!!! "EARTH" WITHOUT ART WOULD BE "EH" 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Loving the 2nd part of the video; all towards the end. It get interesting, thank you!
Great and very fulfilling interpretation of The Tempest. Thank you for it!
I must have watched these X3, but he does such interesting/informing work, I just enjoy watching them so ...
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Ah, Meister Januszczak. You are a great subverter.
Just recently discovered - thank you!
Love you, Waldemar!
Fantastic. Thank you.
Had that lady in the 1st painting invited me to her country house for a weekend, unlike Mr Waldemar, "I" would have gladly accepted...and she would've had a smile in that painting along with very lively rosy cheeks and "unspeakable" memories 😘
I love your presentation- especially all the “well there’s that aaaannnndddd-“
as always brilliant show
My second time watching this and I love it. Mona Lisa in Napoleons bedroom! LOL! The Tempest I have always thought represented the Holy family's Flight into Egypt. A stretch I know and missing the not so subtle pyramid shaped rock in the background that would be expected. The tempest lighting storm to me represented the looming danger of the massacre of the innocents.
Really enjoy these
You can see how TG got across that Mr Andrews was a nice bloke, see how the dog looks up at him. The dog clearly loves him and he loves the dog as he must’ve wanted it in the picture. I get the impression Mr Andrews thought more of his dog than he did his wife, and TG knew this
Regarding Arnolfini, does anyone else remember a BBC2 play for today where a group of scientists used (V early) digital photography techniques to analyse every millimetre of the picture? It flipped back and forth between the scientists interaction during the experiment and the in scene vocal interactions of Mr & Mrs Arnolfini?
Thank you!
I beg to differ on the Venus subject - especially in Greek mythology Aphrodite definitely does sweatiness, there’s nothing shy or modest about her. I think Ursula Andres came way closer than you admit 😉
I like the Arnolfini painting. I've wondered for years why he would be dressed as for a funeral & look so glum - now I know. Great unravelling of mysteries by WJ - as ever - and fascinating viewing.
Another masterpiece!
And whau the colors and fabrics that radiate en overwhelming dreaming of surrealistic beauty 🎶🧡🎵💛🎶
So enjoyable. Thank you.
Very nice presentation of art and meaning behind it. There is so much speculation about "The Arnolfini Marriage" that I had never heard before. Now, I am interested to find out if Mr. Arnolfini was ever remarried after the proposed death of his wife. Was there another after her? I feel like that might help with the mystery of this painting.
Thanks
Loved this ❤
"even Mrs Andrews, the baddie in this picture, gets an outfit to die for"
When I was in art school long ago, this picture was merely a study in assymetrical balance. The great visual weight of the couple was balanced by the majority of the painting devoted to the land they owned. All the subtle emotional nuances and the missing pheasant were never discussed.
Wishing you taught art history when I took my classes
That comment about Ms Andress is hilarious!
Which one. There were quite a few of amusing comments about her
“Does this finger have any particular meaning”
*Waldo casually flipping the entire world off* 💀
Regarding 'The Tempest': There's no mention of the 'dark Moon' in the sky. Surely another mystery?
Thanks
Been to almost all the great art museums in the world. Always wondered if this Giorgioni is so valuable and you could not film the painting, but you can walk right up to the painting and start slashing. that's why I believe the are copies, not the actual paintings
With so many channels here on you tube explaining paintings I really do wonder how effective art is at communicating anything.
Art communicates what the viewer perceives. Perception can be enhanced by seeking the outlook of others.
@@lisathomas4581 For me that is nothing though.
Lovely
Excellent
I've watched so may of this dude's videos - this one seems to be a compilation of several episodes - I've watched some of these standing alone. I wish he'd do one on Hieronymus Bosch - or has he done one already?
18:32 best part
😂😂
The Mona Lisa in the Louvre is actually a copy, the real one is likely in some vault somewhere.
Your intro instantly reminds me of the old tv show , Jeffrey deitch presents Artstar
The subjects are looking directly at the painter. Mrs. Andrews is giving Gainesborough the stinkeye and he's painting her that way. I've seen that look on women when they know their husband's friends don't like them. I'll bet something was said that she didn't like. Mr. Andrews has that, "yeah, you weren't wrong. I deal with it by shooting fowl" look. I'm always interested when a painter can capture a moment of personality. There's a whole lot more going on in that portrait. I'm sure the Mrs. is the reason that painting is unfinished. Makes me wonder exactly how the small talk went. I'll bet it was designed to inflame Mrs. A so her true personality could be captured. Seems he wasn't quite fast enough to be done before she likely sent him packing with a good tongue lashing! At least that's the story playing out in my imagination.
Charonia lampas is the shell at 1:13:33 a molluscan species of triton from the Mediterranean.
Thank god I heard him say his name 😊
Aphro - dite ....Aphros means foam in Greek
It's an interesting interpretation about the pheasant being clutched is a sign of mr. Andrews is in the clutchings of mrs. Andrews. But would the couple understand the reference to dutch art and the sinister meaning behind the bird clutching?
What about Frederic Bazille as the forerunner, and forefather of Impressionism? From Art Hive:
Frédéric Bazille (December 6 1841 - November 28 1870) was not even suspected that it will be called one of the forerunners and even the founders of impressionism. This word - impressionism - first performedat the exhibition in the Studio of the photographer Nadar four years after the death of a budding artist who was friends with Monet and Renoir. He lived only 28 years old.
The child of a prosperous Protestant family of wealthy winemaker from Montpellier, Frederick received a good education. Since childhood, he did not know what is needed, and in his short life did not know, in fact. At 18 years he entered the medical faculty. But most of all he loved Hiking in Art Museum Fabre. A visiting neighbour admired the paintings Delacroixand Courbet. And definitely realized that calling it is not in the medical field.
Waldemar!
I've been practicing pronouncing Januszczak. I'm improving. But my unability to word make is quite legendary. I'm always saying the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time. I'm going to bite my tongue now.
I just call him "Waldy baby"!
Ya-noosh-chuck :)
First syllable is [ya] similar to, say, Yamaha. And then the line of four letters “szcz” 😁 Polish “sz” goes for [sh] in English as in [Sh]akespeare, while “cz” goes for [ch] as in [Ch]aplin. Altogether it should, I assume, sound like [Yanooshchak] Let’s make it a ted easier, dividing the name this way: [Ya-noosh-chak].
If you want to be confused further, Slavonic “shch” is, in fact, one sound. It is voiceless like “sh”, but soft like “dz” in “genre”. Slavonic languages using Cyrillic alphabet have a special letter Щ for this sound (unlike Ш for the normal firm “sh”) but you need to be a Slav to fully distinguish them 😂
Forget about it, [Ya-noosh-chak] should work well enough. I hope, Mr. Waldemar is not offended by this exercise. If it is the case, may I sincerely apologise to him?
Ya-NOOSH-jack
@@someoneno-one7672 You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out.. . ..
Giorgione, Giorgio di Castelfranco, in the Accademia in Venice [42:29] to [1:04:53].
What's that guitar music that plays over the intro to each segment? It's maddeningly familiar but I can't quite place it.
Thanks for the Sleep Therapy
@58:10 SHE'S CRAZY TEMPEST.
Is the Arnolfini portrait meant to establish that the child is really Arnolfini's?
The Arnolfini Portrait had always been one of the creepiest paintings to me, ever since I was a little kid I was sure the man was supposed to be a vampire or satanist or something, lol
From far away... The Lute Player..looks a lot Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer
Who ever the writer was for this series, it is apparent they did not like da Vinci.
Gainsborough wouldn't be the first painter to take revenge on a woman that rejected or crossed him, either.
Can you imagine going on a date to an autopsy and being excited about it? To me - if my date wasn't working in the medical field - this would scream psychopath.
Mine is interesting and by sharing you can help save lot of life. Assumption uni installed recorders in teachers office assigned for two. The uploading of teachers’ voice conversation by AU led to many bloody incidents. Teachers had no idea about the recorders. Uploading and posting without teachers’ awareness was a crime, AU never claimed any responsibility.
In the case of the Arnolfini Marriage, the small dog might be pointing to loyalty and fidelity
Ive always wanted to travel & "study" art. My grma always said all you have to do is pick up a book. Well instead they invented RUclips & get get to see the world with Mr. J. 😁
yeah, what Constance said.
fantastic series. a pity about the low video quality that makes it almost unwatchable.
I think you were wrong about Gainsborough’s painting. I think it’s perfect just the way it is. Perhaps it was even his idea not to finish it; perhaps he found a little sympathy in his heart for Mrs. Andrews after all
It's JUST INSANE that trees can be around for 400 Plus years
No, it is not. Some trees are 6500 years old and still going strong.
I think Gainsborough does lousy portraits. His fabrics are well done, but his shoulders are all very narrow and extremely sloped down from the neck, in an unnatural way. The people are almost all unnaturally tall and/or thin. Only the really fat ones aren't, but the problem with shoulders still persists with them.
Most of his faces look alike too. It's hard to describe how, but it's definately there. Sad and childlike is part of it. Even though you can see what seems to be dark circles, bags, and a suggestion of wrinkles under her eyes here, it's still there. I always love Wally's take on it, though I think G was popular for making everyone look skinnier, not for his skill in likenesses.