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The intricate details, well thought composition, emotional movement, and beautiful blended colors with texture is what makes old art the most phenomenal; along with history.❤
I remember going on a school field trip to the Metropolitan Museum Of Art when I was a kid. I was fascinated. I remember seeing Rembrandt paintings and thought they were beautiful.
I just love watching documentaries on art❤.I have fascination with old masters.Thank you DW for making this video.Please keep making high-quality documentaries on art from old masters.Keep it up 👍.
There was a very substancial middle class in Holland in Rembrandts time. Most affluent households had at least a small area to display art. A lot of art of all types was created for this middle class. Glass, porcelin, oil paintings, sculpture, and drawings were created for this purpose. We are the lucky ones who now get to see this art in the collections of the great museums.
Art enthusiasts are a different type of people.Your ordinary painting in your living room suddenly becomes a masterpiece when they discover someone famous painted it
The "looking at you" effect is a painting technique. It's actually quite easy to do. Honestly, art collectors really over romanticize technique. Also, some of he comments in this documentary is very naive. Just because an artwork becomes highly valued doesn't necessarily mean it was inherently great to begin with. It often means that influential art collectors need pieces to invest in and assign value to, so they make strategic decisions about which artworks or genres to elevate. In many ways, it's more about creating a market and less about an objective measure of artistic greatness. It's a business, and the choices they make often revolve around profit, influence, and trends rather than purely artistic merit. Vermeer is often celebrated today for his mastery of light, color, and intimate domestic scenes, but it's true that during his time, he wasn't necessarily seen as exceptional compared to his contemporaries. Many other artists from Delft, or the broader Dutch Golden Age, had different skills and reputations that were more recognized at that time. Vermeer's fame grew significantly later, partially because his works fit a particular aesthetic that art historians and collectors began to value more in the 19th century. Seeing Vermeer alongside his contemporaries can provide a different perspective, making it clear that his artistic abilities weren't universally superior. Artists like Pieter de Hooch, for example, also depicted domestic interiors but often with more complex architectural depth. It suggests that Vermeer's current reputation is partly the result of later art historians and collectors romanticizing his style and perhaps overemphasizing his qualities compared to other talented artists of his time. It’s striking how comparison can reveal limitations or even a lack of uniqueness in someone who’s otherwise portrayed as untouchable. Artists like Pieter de Hooch or Gerard ter Borch often brought more dynamic storytelling or intricate detail, and it makes perfect sense that, side by side, you might find their work more compelling or varied. Scarcity often drives value in the art world, and because Vermeer only painted about 34 known works, collectors and historians have framed his rarity as synonymous with greatness. The narrative becomes that every piece is a masterpiece simply because there aren’t many of them. The idea that Vermeer’s genre or style was unique-like painting a woman at a window, sideways, engaged in an everyday activity-ignores the fact that many other Dutch painters of the time were doing similar things. Pieter de Hooch, Gerard ter Borch, and others were also painting scenes of ordinary, non-noble women in domestic settings. It wasn’t a genre Vermeer invented or perfected on his own, but the narrative is often crafted as if he did. This documentary is romanticizing the quality of Vermeer's softness -that he stopped paintings at a stage which other Dutch painters surpassed by adding finer details to human features. Vermeer’s softness was a limitation-an indication that he didn’t have the technical skill or patience to finish with the kind of precision that some of his contemporaries achieved. When seen in this light, what’s often described as “softness” or “dreaminess” is just an incomplete process compared to other masters of his time.
Yes yes yes! Purchase art from living artists! Who but a couple of humdred billionaires can buy the wonderful art from centuries past. It is a remarkable time for art right now.
It was the same in the rest of the Netherlands, not just Holland province.. The MAIN trade, the "mother negotion" even was in GRAIN with the Baltics, the colonial trade was extra... And slavery was never the main thing, spices were...
I would suggest that "invest in..." is the wrong word. These collectors collect... because they love the art. Japanese insurance company's and oligarchs invest in art with no appreciation of their beauty.
Documentaries can take awhile to put together, especially when they need interviews with famous people. So, it's definitely possible some parts could be a decade old. The documentary itself was released in 2022 according to the credits, with DW obtaining distribution rights in 2024.
I think it’s very important to talk about the dark history behind a lot of these works. Slavery was a terrible institution and it’s links to art, colonialism and empire need to be acknowledged.
Cultural capital, as per Pierre Bourdieu. Owning art is a way to obtain it superficially. Also, for international tax-free wealth!! DW, please investigate the tax evasion/avoidance that goes on in the art industry...
What a load of nonsense. The Dutch did not take part in the transatlantic slavery until 1637 because it was controversial and part of a theological debate, slavery was outlawed in the Dutch Republic and the exception for the colonies surely was not self evident. It didn't bring a great deal of wealth either, as the WIC was financially problematic most of the time and colonial trade was peanuts to the Dutch anyway, as their European merchant fleet was bigger than that of the rest of Europe combined. Bulk shipping, week in week out, wheat, salt, iron, cloth, rye, whatever. That's where the big money was, not in ships sailing for one year to the Far East and then another year back. If you want to do your obligatory virtue signalling in a video about paintings, get your facts straight.
This video has little to no discussion on the Netherlands colonial past and how the Empire's dominance and violence fueled the wealth which invested in the art world. It would have been more interesting than this same old same old narratives about Dutch art- nothing new there. I guess their hopes were to drive up the market further. ?
Except that it would be BS. The Dutch did more than half of Europe's shipping, that's where the wealth came from. The colonial trade was peanuts in comparison.
Colonialism sent capital and technology around the world. It was private trade that not only built fortunes, but it built future countries. Civilizations that did not benefit from the rapid build up of colonialism do not exist anymore. With very few exceptions, the wealthy countries of the world today all started out as a colony that was controlled by a powerful group of wealthy colonialists. Japan would be one of these exceptions, but the USA, Canada, Austrialia were colonies. One could argue that occupation, not colonialism, is the real evil. The difference is that in the former, it is in the interest of the colonial power to see the colonized society mimic the laws and trade of the empire. In any case, people alive today are better off in former colonies than people living in places like China, Russia, Spain, and France. Would you rather live in Vietnam or North Korea? Would you rather live in Italy or the USA?
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The intricate details, well thought composition, emotional movement, and beautiful blended colors with texture is what makes old art the most phenomenal; along with history.❤
I remember going on a school field trip to the Metropolitan Museum Of Art when I was a kid. I was fascinated. I remember seeing Rembrandt paintings and thought they were beautiful.
Thank you so much DW. These types of documentaries are amazing and informatives.
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Bravo DW! This was an amazing journey for me. For me, this is when RUclips is at its best. All about the journey.
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Thank you DW documentary. THIS WAS LOVELY DOCUMENTARY
Incredible documentary! You could really feel Thomas Kaplan's loving, passionate energy for Rembrandt.
Thanks for watching!
But keeping 7 paintings out of 20 locked away in a vault for no one to see screams of ‘American investor’ more than an art enthusiast.
I just love watching documentaries on art❤.I have fascination with old masters.Thank you DW for making this video.Please keep making high-quality documentaries on art from old masters.Keep it up 👍.
A good DW documentary, thanks!
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I am spending best weekend with your documentary,now.
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❤ this,Art is such a beautiful talent among with the greatest artists ever! 🖼 🎨.
There was a very substancial middle class in Holland in Rembrandts time. Most affluent households had at least a small area to display art. A lot of art of all types was created for this middle class. Glass, porcelin, oil paintings, sculpture, and drawings were created for this purpose. We are the lucky ones who now get to see this art in the collections of the great museums.
This is great! Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you DW !
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Jan Six's comment: "Interpret in the right way" has a dogmatic connotation that makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
Great documentary Frans Hal was a great painter. I did not know his work but do now....👀👍
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Very interesting, Thanks for posting.
Totally fascinating. Thank you 😊
Art enthusiasts are a different type of people.Your ordinary painting in your living room suddenly becomes a masterpiece when they discover someone famous painted it
Illuminating!
The "looking at you" effect is a painting technique. It's actually quite easy to do. Honestly, art collectors really over romanticize technique. Also, some of he comments in this documentary is very naive. Just because an artwork becomes highly valued doesn't necessarily mean it was inherently great to begin with. It often means that influential art collectors need pieces to invest in and assign value to, so they make strategic decisions about which artworks or genres to elevate. In many ways, it's more about creating a market and less about an objective measure of artistic greatness. It's a business, and the choices they make often revolve around profit, influence, and trends rather than purely artistic merit.
Vermeer is often celebrated today for his mastery of light, color, and intimate domestic scenes, but it's true that during his time, he wasn't necessarily seen as exceptional compared to his contemporaries. Many other artists from Delft, or the broader Dutch Golden Age, had different skills and reputations that were more recognized at that time. Vermeer's fame grew significantly later, partially because his works fit a particular aesthetic that art historians and collectors began to value more in the 19th century.
Seeing Vermeer alongside his contemporaries can provide a different perspective, making it clear that his artistic abilities weren't universally superior. Artists like Pieter de Hooch, for example, also depicted domestic interiors but often with more complex architectural depth. It suggests that Vermeer's current reputation is partly the result of later art historians and collectors romanticizing his style and perhaps overemphasizing his qualities compared to other talented artists of his time. It’s striking how comparison can reveal limitations or even a lack of uniqueness in someone who’s otherwise portrayed as untouchable. Artists like Pieter de Hooch or Gerard ter Borch often brought more dynamic storytelling or intricate detail, and it makes perfect sense that, side by side, you might find their work more compelling or varied. Scarcity often drives value in the art world, and because Vermeer only painted about 34 known works, collectors and historians have framed his rarity as synonymous with greatness. The narrative becomes that every piece is a masterpiece simply because there aren’t many of them.
The idea that Vermeer’s genre or style was unique-like painting a woman at a window, sideways, engaged in an everyday activity-ignores the fact that many other Dutch painters of the time were doing similar things. Pieter de Hooch, Gerard ter Borch, and others were also painting scenes of ordinary, non-noble women in domestic settings. It wasn’t a genre Vermeer invented or perfected on his own, but the narrative is often crafted as if he did. This documentary is romanticizing the quality of Vermeer's softness -that he stopped paintings at a stage which other Dutch painters surpassed by adding finer details to human features. Vermeer’s softness was a limitation-an indication that he didn’t have the technical skill or patience to finish with the kind of precision that some of his contemporaries achieved. When seen in this light, what’s often described as “softness” or “dreaminess” is just an incomplete process compared to other masters of his time.
Thank for this in-depth post! As someone who is not knowledgeable about art, but enjoys the craft, it's amazing to hear your point of view
Thank you.
Good Show!
buy art from living artists too, dead ones do not pay rent.
Absolutely..thats why i paint as a hobby, i paint for myself, selling art is so difficult.
No it's not making great art is difficult hobby is for amateurs @@SarahAndrews24
Well said. Same scenario is true for instrument makers. It is true for any living artist.
I’ll stick to the old masters. I can afford it.
They should make something worth buying then
Wish this would be shown without the thousand commercials
Yes yes yes! Purchase art from living artists! Who but a couple of humdred billionaires can buy the wonderful art from centuries past. It is a remarkable time for art right now.
The pirates house is always the flyest (great) because they have everybody's stuff.__Mos Def
Dont you know the music that plays at 17:37?
It was the same in the rest of the Netherlands, not just Holland province.. The MAIN trade, the "mother negotion" even was in GRAIN with the Baltics, the colonial trade was extra... And slavery was never the main thing, spices were...
The Dutch did mostly spice trade, barely any slaves.
not true, the VEC traded hunderdtowzenden of slaves
Is there a "market" for Buy&Kill ?😊
I would suggest that "invest in..." is the wrong word. These collectors collect... because they love the art. Japanese insurance company's and oligarchs invest in art with no appreciation of their beauty.
Thomas Kaplan is 62 this year. This documentary must be more than a decade old?
Documentaries can take awhile to put together, especially when they need interviews with famous people. So, it's definitely possible some parts could be a decade old. The documentary itself was released in 2022 according to the credits, with DW obtaining distribution rights in 2024.
Jan Six the sixth is a catchy name
Interesting documentary. But being forced to watch commercials every 4 minutes is too much. It ruins the flow and I had to stop watching. Shame.
try add blockers they work
@@waynesutherland-rs6ctI have one but it doesn’t seem to stop YT ads anymore. Which do you use?
What commercials? Oh you want it for free?
you pay youtube. u wont get ads
Problem is fake factory art have ruined it, only for rich or fake. Love to buy authentic drawn painting 🖼
I think it’s very important to talk about the dark history behind a lot of these works. Slavery was a terrible institution and it’s links to art, colonialism and empire need to be acknowledged.
Is the narrator voice synthesized via A.I? Sounds artificial.
Any Baumgartner fans thinking that all those Rembrandts are covered in really thick yellow varnish and how different they would look if removed 😂
The Dutch didn't become wealthy by itself I think...
But Thanks to their colonies and their ransacked treasure from east to west....
Most people were very poor in the Netherlands in the golden age
One more timer: The country is called THE NETHERLANDS. How hard can it be to remember???
The Netherlands 😢
Cultural capital, as per Pierre Bourdieu. Owning art is a way to obtain it superficially. Also, for international tax-free wealth!! DW, please investigate the tax evasion/avoidance that goes on in the art industry...
Rubens was Vlaams/Flemish, not Dutch. He spoke Dutch........
Compare these great works to a banana held up by duct tape.😢
ART IS POLITICS. EVEN IF YOU HAVE A KNACK IN ART YOU CANT BE SUCCESSFUL OR RICH BECAUSE WEALTHY PEOPLE CONTROLS IT.
is this ai narration?
What a load of nonsense. The Dutch did not take part in the transatlantic slavery until 1637 because it was controversial and part of a theological debate, slavery was outlawed in the Dutch Republic and the exception for the colonies surely was not self evident. It didn't bring a great deal of wealth either, as the WIC was financially problematic most of the time and colonial trade was peanuts to the Dutch anyway, as their European merchant fleet was bigger than that of the rest of Europe combined.
Bulk shipping, week in week out, wheat, salt, iron, cloth, rye, whatever. That's where the big money was, not in ships sailing for one year to the Far East and then another year back. If you want to do your obligatory virtue signalling in a video about paintings, get your facts straight.
This video has little to no discussion on the Netherlands colonial past and how the Empire's dominance and violence fueled the wealth which invested in the art world. It would have been more interesting than this same old same old narratives about Dutch art- nothing new there. I guess their hopes were to drive up the market further. ?
Except that it would be BS. The Dutch did more than half of Europe's shipping, that's where the wealth came from. The colonial trade was peanuts in comparison.
Very lame. Just a rich plutocrat talking about the paintings he owns. Yawn.
cant listen to the awkward narration. just use a person. any person.
Useless techniques, a photograph is much better.
Colonialism sent capital and technology around the world. It was private trade that not only built fortunes, but it built future countries. Civilizations that did not benefit from the rapid build up of colonialism do not exist anymore. With very few exceptions, the wealthy countries of the world today all started out as a colony that was controlled by a powerful group of wealthy colonialists. Japan would be one of these exceptions, but the USA, Canada, Austrialia were colonies. One could argue that occupation, not colonialism, is the real evil. The difference is that in the former, it is in the interest of the colonial power to see the colonized society mimic the laws and trade of the empire. In any case, people alive today are better off in former colonies than people living in places like China, Russia, Spain, and France. Would you rather live in Vietnam or North Korea? Would you rather live in Italy or the USA?
plz highlight Balochistan issue
like if you want this topic
plz stop begging DW Documentary to make films for you.
There are plenty of documentaries on your pet subject/fixation. Just go watch and enjoy them as often as you want. 🙄
@@TheStockwell i think it is none of your buisness
don't want your suggestions