Waldemar, you will not read this, but you have helped me through the pandemic, my PhD candidature, all while dealing with social isolation as an international student, severe depression, panic disorder, and a surgery. I owe you so much. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
This channel has really turned me on to art in a way I didn't know was possible. I've always been a history buff. Something about the format of these videos just sucked me. I guess you could say you change my perspective. Having Waldemar set up the times and places while showing the art just kind of takes me there.
I am a working American artist and I am always thrilled to have a new perspective, a new perspective and visual beauty put before me in such an intriguing manner. Thank you Waldermar - and your crew- for keeping my apple cart unsettled!
😂 try to forget she’s wearing about 2000 dead squirrels. I love that. That is going to be one of my favorite quotes. You have such an amazing sense of humor. Quite quirky. 😆😊
Saving the last hour to watch tomorrow. Appreciated hearing about Durer. He seems like kind of a time traveler to me with the variety of his work and even the modern way he initialed his work. Thank you!
I’m immerse on Waldermar Narrative on Art , who wasn’t hear him dont know what they are loosing . He is the best !! Thanks for uploading 😊😊 Greetings from California Central Coast. 👏🏻
With any Waldy series I always want to applaud the continuity. From the writers to the storyboards---or however you maintain screen direction while Waldy walks off screen right and on screen left while traveling across countries---to the AD or whoever does the scheduling (make sure we say this line on a boat in Italy etc.), to whatever version of a script supervisor you have, to the post team who puts it all together-every series is a masterclass in a well-managed film shoot. The fact it’s so smoothly unnoticeable testifies to all the work that made it that way.
I absolutely love this series! Thank you so much for making these documentaries. I absolutely love art because of you. You bring them to life and the stories and the people you make it fascinating. Thank you.
I just went to Belfort tower in Brugge yesterday and, even though the city is amazing, the museums are awesome, I must say that it was very nice to be there at the same stairs that Waldemar shot the first scenes of this series. I'm a big fan of his documentaries and I was very happy to be able to be there in the same place as he was :) Perspective, thanks for the AMAZING content you put out here for us :)
Although I disagree with some of his views, it was very intriguing to hear his perspective. Not accepting pre concepts and trying to see things in a different way is always challenging and he did that very passionately.
Ive watched several of his series multiple times. It struck me as astonishing that here is a series which includes Renaissance art in Florence and a fair bit about Savonarola but never utters the word "Medici" not one single time. Still a great series. I also love the ones about the Dark Ages and Baroque.
I am going to have to devour this in small servings, but already suspect it to enlighten, and perhaps, initiate a personal Renaissance in a once held passion for art history destroyed by PTSD and the demands of responsibility. Not surprisingly, Waldemar Januszczak’s inspiration leads the way.
_The Renaissance Unchained_ (2016) Posted on RUclips about two years ago as four separate videos-so you might have seen these videos already. (It’s good that Perspective has compiled them into one.) The current titles of the separate videos (Perspective changes the titles from time to time) are: *Episode 1:* The Great Myths Of The Renaissance (Waldemar Januszczak Documentary) | Perspective Original title: God, Myths and Oil Paints *Episode 2:* The Renaissance And The Afterlife (Waldemar Januszczak Documentary) | Perspective Original title: Whips, Deaths and Madonnas *Episode 3:* The Renaissance Art Of Passion (Waldemar Januszczak Documentary) | Perspective Original title: Silk, Sex and Sin *Episode 4:* The Untold Darkness Of The Renaissance (Waldemar Januszczak Documentary) | Perspective Original title: Hell, Snakes and Giants
The Flemish Renaissance is older and definitely more impressive than the Italian one. However nobody seems to appreciate the role played by Moorish Spain and the Islamic scientists who translated, studied and built on the old classics, the missing link between the classical period and the Renaissance, the dark ages here are proven to have been not so dark in Europe however the golden age of Islam is completely overlooked. Andalusia was the center of science, art and knowledge between the 8th and the 15th century to a degree that Arabic became the lingua franca of European scientific elite. Its role in the evolution of human civilization has been erased from the history pages, unfortunately nobody knows that adding "experimental" to science is solely an islamic invention or how the extreme mastery of islamic architects of math, physics, chemistry and geometry is always overlooked. Even Waldemar one episode dedicated to Islamic art is merely an introduction. So much is out there unfortunately under the shadows of the modern dark ages of Islamic reign.
I'm more interested in why the so called Islamic golden age petered out so ingloriously by the 1200's and the western world took off to achieve so much.The fact that you have to go back virtually a thousand years to find anything of significance speaks volumes-not just in the sciences but in any field.And the achievements are far from overlooked in the history books -I read about them to the maximum even as a teenager so stop exaggerating and in a very real sense the dark Ages in the west were caused in no small extent by the unceasing raids and incursions coming from the south at a time when there were incursions and raids from north(Vikings)and the east(Magyars etc)It was when the Italian maritime cities were prepared enough to prevent further incursions and assaults that Europe began to recover.
Early on the series acknowledges the role of Giorgio Vasari 'inventing' the Renaissance. And doing so alone the lines of painting, sculpture and, to a lesser extent, architecture. Urbanism is not discussed (even by Palladio and the Roman source Vitruvius). Of course, in setting the course of study for Western Europe, it is also responsible for ignoring everything else. So, I agree that the culture that gave us numbers, the azimuth, and so much more, needs to be ferreted out. There is much to learn, it has so much to teach us. Even for Vasari, the northern countries must have held a special place. I trace to the high countries the grinding of the lenses that made the camera obscura possible, which in turn revolutionized life-like or humanist painting. And with the evidence of the almost photographic image before our eyes, not only was the development of the camera prefigured, but observation as critical practice was instituted. How things seemed, and visual conventions of representation, could be challenged by recourse to how things really look to the eye. Including, for example, the distortions of perspective. The railway lines touching in the horizon, for example. This 'tests' and 'proofs' launched society on a collision course with the divine right of absolutist monarchs; and challenged the Church's claim to have dogma dominate all areas of learning. In any case, what a wonderful series. In what is for me, without doubt, my favorite historical period. Valdemar is by far the most incisive critic of the visual arts that we have today. His use of the camera and production values bring new insight on everything he touches. The series on Impressionism is just as fine.
Toch zien wij daar ook veel over het hoofd, zoals de drie wijzen uit het Oosten ( de drie koningen) WIJZEN 👉naar het Oosten maar welke Oosten bedoelen ze nu echt IS-LAM ? Ook heb ik ergens gelezen over Led is het bedoeld als het valse licht 💡 ( transmitters) lees wat Gloeilampen betekend dan vraag je af waarom zij zo snel van die gloeilampen afwilden 😮
I am watching this documentary for the 3rd time now (like pretty much every other time when Waldemar delves into art's history) and I am again learning something new, especially about the works of van Eyck and the Ghent Altarpiece. I just did some more research and came across the restoration work conducted and the lamb on the main panel in particular. I see there was a lot of chatter around whether or not this particular restoration was so good, given the change in complexity of the lamb. I think, what van Eyck has (have done, if you consider it was both brothers) is absolutely brilliant by giving the lamb a humanoid face. Isn't the whole idea of "lamb of god" that it symbolises Christ and the sacrifice he made?! How better do depict that than by actually painting a face? Genius in my opinion!
Franchement, bravo pour votre vidéos sur l'Histoire de l'art. J'adore cette vidéos et je suis également un grand fane et un passionné de la Renaissance italienne. Dommage pour le sous-titres indisponible.
“Dziękuję, Waldemar“ for the offered insights and background information about art and time, spaces, historical habits and cultural contexts. 00:14:34, re. Jan van Eyck’s “The Amolfini” May it be asked did a misreading /misinterpretation of the structure of the hat’s material slip in? Should it really had been made out of straw? …maybe you are just checking in on the viewers attention )) …even in the close-up of the picture, the felted surface with a final seam band on the brim is more clearly recognisable than the structure of a wickerwork. Due to the other exquisite choice of a variety of woollen fabrics, shouldn’t it be assumed that beaver felt or at least rabbit felt was the starting material? The beaver felt would complete the entire concept of “how to top the most expensive representation of wealth in 14th century”
Regarding the Ghent altar, if you stare long enough at the upper part of the panel in the top row immediately to our right of the central figure, at timestamp 23:29 for example, a larger face and head appears, overarching the smaller figure in a left semi-profile, looking slightly downward toward the book.. The arch is a bald head, the small hand forms the nose and the nasal margin of the right orbit (the small thumb), the small face is the left ear, and the dark and lighter brown of the cloth just below is copious facial hair and behind the ear some remaining scalp hair. I can't say if this is purposeful or serendipitous. My first thought was that this was the head of Abraham or Moses. In any case now that I have seen it I cannot unsee it, although it does shift to being unperceived at times, and is then somewhat more difficult to reacquire.
“Opal Fruit colours” Translation - Starburst colours. Opal Fruits are back, and in their original flavours/colours. Opal Fruits became Starburst as it was called in the USA. This was (like everything else) to make it an international brand. To have the whole world speaking the same visual language. To be easily recognised and, honestly, cheaper to make all over the world.
Really great series once again! But was Jeroen (Hieronymus) Bosch Flemish? His real name was Jan van Aken, born around 1450 in s’Hertogenbosch in northern Brabant in the Netherlands.
Very good decision friends, all to be explored all over again, all to understand the genius artists all over again. Michelangelo said, artists are God's favorites and I am very much agree...we can twist the concept and support the theory, God is using artists to send us messages that we still have to understand deeper, a real treasures map to be discovered, good reporters as genius guides are very helpfull, let's enjoy the episodes all over again ❤🎉❤
So enjoying Waldemar's art videos.....mesmerizing. Just one thing, in the video talking about Mary, Catholics do not worship Mary, we honor her as Jesus's mother. We ask her, and all the saints, to intervene for us in praying to Jesus. Mary and the saints do not do miracles...they channel Jesus Christ, who has the power.
When we Judge and criticize a subject, without first applying a study of it, it will always reflect our own definitive ignorance to those whom have applied the effort of studies.
1:14:21 Oh, that is why! As I was raised as a Lutheran, I never quite understood how Catholics where so centered around Mary, and why Lutherans were so hostile to her. It comes down to dogmatic differences about the forgiving of sins. Luther was not just against the sale of indulgences, but also against the whole idea that the grace of God (which to him suffices for forgiveness of sins) could be gained in trade for an amount of praying the rosary or the Lord’s Prayer etc. Thanks. Now I understand. If you believe that praying to Mary is the very best way to atone for your sins, no wonder that she has that overwhelming presence in catholic art! 1:14:32 Edit: I will never be able to unsee that architectural clitoris that is the clam shell here above Mary’s head… - sometimes I wonder wether there can be too much art education… - even on the 2nd painting there is the shell again on the furniture-chest (that probably represents her womb), heck you can even see the two ovaries and tubes left and right of the shell on that chest…
Poor guy, he might have hung around with the best and most divine artist of all time but he certainly didn’t learn much did he? There’s a lesson in that for all of us don’t you think. I’d also just like to take a moment for all the squirrels that died in the making of that dress.
Oriente ( niet boos worden van wat ik van deze woord maak dus niets kwetsend bedoeld oké) maar Ori=oor/ hoor ( ente = eend op zijn Duits) aangezien jouw loopje ( vind ik mooi zonder gekkigheid) ben zelfs met mijn zoon naar de dokter gegaan omdat hij zijn voetjes ook zo plaatste en dacht dat komt niet goed) antwoord wat ik erop kreeg was ; die valt niet om ( eend-loopje ) het kan ook zoiets als oriënteren zijn maar dat laat ik even in het midden ( twee mogelijkheden dus ) maar wel veelzeggend want die EEND VOLG IK AL EEN TIJDJE OP ZIJN REIZEN maar horen is nog niet ( 1-2-3) makkelijk om het te begrijpen nog steeds geen vertaling erbij ( trage leerling 😅) hopelijk blijf ik zitten in die klas van ( snap er niets van) omdat dit mannetje te gek is om heel lang in die klas te vertoeven 😅 ( sorry)
@@Tugela60Tugel-a ,waarom grief en wraak ,want zo’n dress wordt al heel lang niet meer gemaakt ,dus al die eekhoorns of marters zijn niet meer het doelwit om hun vacht, dus ben wel benieuwd vanwaar deze opmerking?
Love this series; this is my second time watching it. Given what is happening nowadays, I expect environmental "activists" to come running in at any moment, tossing God-knows-what onto these precious works. It is difficult to tell which works have glass protection. Pat, in Chicago
I love this documantary, so interesting and beautifully done! But I object to his statement that you cannot talk to animals. 🐕🦍🐎🐖Of course you can. How much they understand is another matter. 🙉 But whether someone preaches to pidgeons 🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊or to humans, 🤔🤨😐😑🙄 you never know if they will grasp what your 🧑🏫sermon is about. That´s the fiddley bit about exegese......📖
Bruges is the most beautiful city I've ever been to, and I've gotten around. It stinks that its like going to DisneyWorld, all historic places in Europe are, so many damned tourists, spoils the whole experience. Why is the Virgin Mary always depicted in blue?
It's a corruption of indigo. Mary was descended from folks who wore indigo dyed clothes. It was a purplish blue. It is why later deep purple was associated with royalty. Of course, they took away the purplish hue and assigned it to men, hoping to diminish her importance by depicting her in a sky blue that would not have been available in her day. Even faded indigo has the purplish hue. Ask yourself, how did Mary and Joseph manage to ,"hide out" in Egypt? And how did they survive the heat with Mary pregnant on a donkey? And how were they able to blend in? What did they really look like? Who, even today, still uses heavy indigo dye in their clothes? Do your research and figure out what I mean.
Maybe Vasari's and Burckhardt's views of the Renaissance were a bit unbalanced. But Waldemar's vision is equally unbalanced. That's the hazard of being a myth-buster: you go too far in the opposite direction. I've watched the entire series twice through and find them enlightening and entertaining, but they are not the end-all authority on Renaissance art.
Islamic ( Bethlehem = inbedding in een kribbe( De kribbe komt van een woord die wij nog steeds gebruiken in het dialect kribben en betekend ruzies en als kind werd vaak gezegd niet kribben ,dus Jesus werd ingebed in een kribbe, de kribbe is op de 🌎 en Jesus werd erin gebed !och Waldemar kon ik maar echt een paar uur aan je uitleggen hoe ik nu woorden lees maar dat zal ook nog veel onduidelijkheid opleveren omdat taal ook weer verschillend is ,net als het digitalis een vingerhoedsplant zeer giftig bij aanraking maar waarom noemen zij digitaal met nullen en eentjes dus cijfers nu ben ik erachter gekomen dat het woord nobody = O men zou zeggen dat is nietszeggend maar het zegt des te meer ,ook het woord Athem = ADAM= Adem maar zo zijn nog zoveel woorden die wij uitspreken als een woord maar eigelijk is het een korte zin ,ook de klemtoon leggen wij nu anders toon= To-on ,Ja ik hoor iedereen lachen erom maar toch ,dus die kennis van jouw bracht mij veel op aan kennis ( Oriënt = Ori-ent =🌱een nieuw loot aan een stam, en ja een nieuwe Tempel bouwen is het einddoel ,ook de plaats Jeruzalem ( Jeru-zal-em) of Jeru-zalem) Athene = Ath-ene ( kortom veel om er veel over te discussiëren en ja daarom moet ik iemand zoeken die veel over geloof kennis bezit tevens dialect onderlegd is maar ik ben niet op uit om daar een spektakel van te maken maar oprecht naar Godswoord te zoeken die ons de mensheid verder brengt naar de weg die ons allen naar het uiteindelijke mensheid brengt die God voor zijn ogen heeft ( en nu hoor ik jouw hersenen kraken Wal-noot) Genius = Gen-I-us 🧬 oh oh ja de onverbeterlijke,laat het mij weten wat U ervan vindt ?😅
Goedemorgen Waldemar al wakker ? Ik al weer te vroeg en ga zo weer even slapen maar eerst even een opmerking die mij te binnen viel, dat is EDEN=E-DEN in de bijbel is te lezen zij slepen bomen in huis ( heb al paar jaar geen boom meer gehaald dus God hoeft niet bang te zijn , dan deze wat ik mij afvroeg WAAROM NOEMDE GOD ZON EN MAAN TWEE LICHTEN OF TE WEL TWEE HEMEL-LICHAMEN,MET NADRUK OP LICHAAM ,DAT ZEGT GOD NIET OVER STERREN ALLEEN OVER ZON EN MAAN 🌜 🌞 heel bijzonder vind je niet ?
There's no explaining Roman Catholic belief as expressed in paint. The baby Jesus is well, a contradiction in terms. He's a baby, but he's Divine God, and God is a baby? A baby is God? A baby is a baby and God is God? Darned if I know how to figure that one out, and it seems I'm not the only one if the proclivity Renaissance imagery of baby Jesus is taken into account. As for me, the solution is quite simple: I'm Buddhist.
Michelangelo painted and sculpted many wonderful men but many of his women looked like he just stuck breasts on young men. As he aged, many of his works appeared more Mannerismic than typical Renaissance style.
Waldemar, you will not read this, but you have helped me through the pandemic, my PhD candidature, all while dealing with social isolation as an international student, severe depression, panic disorder, and a surgery. I owe you so much. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
im so tierd of actors getting knighthoods when people like Waldemar are doing real contributions to our screens.
It's reassuring at least that in the year since this was published, 156,000 people on RUclips have been enlightened by viewing the video.
The music is just perfect …not intrusive or heavy handed.whole series is so very inspiring ..life affirming
This channel has really turned me on to art in a way I didn't know was possible. I've always been a history buff. Something about the format of these videos just sucked me. I guess you could say you change my perspective. Having Waldemar set up the times and places while showing the art just kind of takes me there.
Hear hear! So much mere relaxed, comfortable, interesting and informative.
Same here.
Yet another masterpiece of the unique (even quirky) Januszczakian style of art critique!
I am a working American artist and I am always thrilled to have a new perspective, a new perspective and visual beauty put before me in such an intriguing manner. Thank you Waldermar - and your crew- for keeping my apple cart unsettled!
😂 try to forget she’s wearing about 2000 dead squirrels. I love that. That is going to be one of my favorite quotes. You have such an amazing sense of humor. Quite quirky. 😆😊
I’ll be happy when you have a truly NEW video with Waldemar. Not just shortened videos of ones we’ve already seen.
It's really frustrating to be excited to see something new, only to realize it's just cut and pasted sections of documentaries we've already seen....
Wow. Are you not getting all of these great videos for free? 🙄
@@eartherinfireEverything on RUclips is free. Don't act like it's a favor we should be grateful for.
Waldemar's narration itself is an Art Masterpiece ...
Love from Indonesia
Here I am. Bored a little. And Waldemar looks in. My day is made!
Saving the last hour to watch tomorrow. Appreciated hearing about Durer. He seems like kind of a time traveler to me with the variety of his work and even the modern way he initialed his work. Thank you!
My compliments for the perfect original view of Waldemar Januszczak once again!
Hellz yeah, I've been desperately awaiting an episode on the spectacular madness of Hieronymus Bosch! 🔥
I love this guy.
I’m immerse on Waldermar Narrative on Art , who wasn’t hear him dont know what they are loosing . He is the best !!
Thanks for uploading 😊😊 Greetings from California Central Coast. 👏🏻
absolutely couldn't agree more Cheers from southern Michigan
I have learned so much from this channel. Especially Waldemar’s episodes. Thank you!!
Excellent art 🎨 documentary 💯💯👏💯👏. Love watching it. 👏👏👏. Waldemar is perfect for the job.
With any Waldy series I always want to applaud the continuity. From the writers to the storyboards---or however you maintain screen direction while Waldy walks off screen right and on screen left while traveling across countries---to the AD or whoever does the scheduling (make sure we say this line on a boat in Italy etc.), to whatever version of a script supervisor you have, to the post team who puts it all together-every series is a masterclass in a well-managed film shoot. The fact it’s so smoothly unnoticeable testifies to all the work that made it that way.
Yes that is always amazing....I find my self wondering how.....Esspecially when it is timed perfectly with a bird or a bridge going by...
I absolutely love this series! Thank you so much for making these documentaries. I absolutely love art because of you. You bring them to life and the stories and the people you make it fascinating. Thank you.
Fantastic presentation
Fabulous series. I love the way this man puts things over
NIce! Now I'll have something to watch during work.
Love all your videos, so well researched and presented.
Wonderful work, full of knowledge and wisdom, eye-opening and moving! Mile Grazie
It's not a renaissance documentary without a bell in the beginning. 🔔🔔🔔
I just went to Belfort tower in Brugge yesterday and, even though the city is amazing, the museums are awesome, I must say that it was very nice to be there at the same stairs that Waldemar shot the first scenes of this series. I'm a big fan of his documentaries and I was very happy to be able to be there in the same place as he was :)
Perspective, thanks for the AMAZING content you put out here for us :)
Thank you for the St George bit 😄👏👏👏
Although I disagree with some of his views, it was very intriguing to hear his perspective. Not accepting pre concepts and trying to see things in a different way is always challenging and he did that very passionately.
You're the BEST! 😃👍🇸🇪
Ive watched several of his series multiple times. It struck me as astonishing that here is a series which includes Renaissance art in Florence and a fair bit about Savonarola but never utters the word "Medici" not one single time. Still a great series. I also love the ones about the Dark Ages and Baroque.
What a great series
Wieczór z Waldemarem! Bezcenne
just beautiful.. and that musical theme is marvelous
an absolute joy to watch
I have lived 5 years in Florence, such a fascinating artistical unique place.
I am going to have to devour this in small servings, but already suspect it to enlighten, and perhaps, initiate a personal Renaissance in a once held passion for art history destroyed by PTSD and the demands of responsibility. Not surprisingly, Waldemar Januszczak’s inspiration leads the way.
Thank you...to help us to have the opportunity to shake off what we learned at school...
Here After reading the book called “the elegance of the hedgehog” - loved the movie as well
I love these series but really missing such a piece for Gothic Art, I really hope one would be released
_The Renaissance Unchained_ (2016)
Posted on RUclips about two years ago as four separate videos-so you might have seen these videos already. (It’s good that Perspective has compiled them into one.)
The current titles of the separate videos (Perspective changes the titles from time to time) are:
*Episode 1:* The Great Myths Of The Renaissance (Waldemar Januszczak Documentary) | Perspective
Original title: God, Myths and Oil Paints
*Episode 2:* The Renaissance And The Afterlife (Waldemar Januszczak Documentary) | Perspective
Original title: Whips, Deaths and Madonnas
*Episode 3:* The Renaissance Art Of Passion (Waldemar Januszczak Documentary) | Perspective
Original title: Silk, Sex and Sin
*Episode 4:* The Untold Darkness Of The Renaissance (Waldemar Januszczak Documentary) | Perspective
Original title: Hell, Snakes and Giants
A Bull with a foot fetish nearly killed me from laughter! Such an awesome documentary!
You are such a wonderful knowledgeable comedian ! Keep it up. Thank you
The Flemish Renaissance is older and definitely more impressive than the Italian one. However nobody seems to appreciate the role played by Moorish Spain and the Islamic scientists who translated, studied and built on the old classics, the missing link between the classical period and the Renaissance, the dark ages here are proven to have been not so dark in Europe however the golden age of Islam is completely overlooked. Andalusia was the center of science, art and knowledge between the 8th and the 15th century to a degree that Arabic became the lingua franca of European scientific elite. Its role in the evolution of human civilization has been erased from the history pages, unfortunately nobody knows that adding "experimental" to science is solely an islamic invention or how the extreme mastery of islamic architects of math, physics, chemistry and geometry is always overlooked. Even Waldemar one episode dedicated to Islamic art is merely an introduction. So much is out there unfortunately under the shadows of the modern dark ages of Islamic reign.
I'm more interested in why the so called Islamic golden age petered out so ingloriously by the 1200's and the western world took off to achieve so much.The fact that you have to go back virtually a thousand years to find anything of significance speaks volumes-not just in the sciences but in any field.And the achievements are far from overlooked in the history books -I read about them to the maximum even as a teenager so stop exaggerating and in a very real sense the dark Ages in the west were caused in no small extent by the unceasing raids and incursions coming from the south at a time when there were incursions and raids from north(Vikings)and the east(Magyars etc)It was when the Italian maritime cities were prepared enough to prevent further incursions and assaults that Europe began to recover.
Early on the series acknowledges the role of Giorgio Vasari 'inventing' the Renaissance. And doing so alone the lines of painting, sculpture and, to a lesser extent, architecture. Urbanism is not discussed (even by Palladio and the Roman source Vitruvius). Of course, in setting the course of study for Western Europe, it is also responsible for ignoring everything else. So, I agree that the culture that gave us numbers, the azimuth, and so much more, needs to be ferreted out. There is much to learn, it has so much to teach us.
Even for Vasari, the northern countries must have held a special place. I trace to the high countries the grinding of the lenses that made the camera obscura possible, which in turn revolutionized life-like or humanist painting. And with the evidence of the almost photographic image before our eyes, not only was the development of the camera prefigured, but observation as critical practice was instituted. How things seemed, and visual conventions of representation, could be challenged by recourse to how things really look to the eye. Including, for example, the distortions of perspective. The railway lines touching in the horizon, for example. This 'tests' and 'proofs' launched society on a collision course with the divine right of absolutist monarchs; and challenged the Church's claim to have dogma dominate all areas of learning.
In any case, what a wonderful series. In what is for me, without doubt, my favorite historical period. Valdemar is by far the most incisive critic of the visual arts that we have today. His use of the camera and production values bring new insight on everything he touches. The series on Impressionism is just as fine.
Toch zien wij daar ook veel over het hoofd, zoals de drie wijzen uit het Oosten ( de drie koningen) WIJZEN 👉naar het Oosten maar welke Oosten bedoelen ze nu echt IS-LAM ? Ook heb ik ergens gelezen over Led is het bedoeld als het valse licht 💡 ( transmitters) lees wat Gloeilampen betekend dan vraag je af waarom zij zo snel van die gloeilampen afwilden 😮
But the beginning was GREEK; they knew the works of the Greek philosophers, Aristotle, et al.
@@susanmcdonald9088 no
Thank you Waldemar J. !
Amazing!
I am watching this documentary for the 3rd time now (like pretty much every other time when Waldemar delves into art's history) and I am again learning something new, especially about the works of van Eyck and the Ghent Altarpiece. I just did some more research and came across the restoration work conducted and the lamb on the main panel in particular. I see there was a lot of chatter around whether or not this particular restoration was so good, given the change in complexity of the lamb. I think, what van Eyck has (have done, if you consider it was both brothers) is absolutely brilliant by giving the lamb a humanoid face. Isn't the whole idea of "lamb of god" that it symbolises Christ and the sacrifice he made?! How better do depict that than by actually painting a face? Genius in my opinion!
That's brilliant work thanks
Fantastic!!!
Franchement, bravo pour votre vidéos sur l'Histoire de l'art. J'adore cette vidéos et je suis également un grand fane et un passionné de la Renaissance italienne. Dommage pour le sous-titres indisponible.
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2:26:22 why does this make me crack up everytime!!
"Sorry. But thats what it means" 😂😂
“Dziękuję, Waldemar“ for the offered insights and background information about art and time, spaces, historical habits and cultural contexts.
00:14:34, re. Jan van Eyck’s “The Amolfini”
May it be asked did a misreading /misinterpretation of the structure of the hat’s material slip in?
Should it really had been made out of straw?
…maybe you are just checking in on the viewers attention ))
…even in the close-up of the picture, the felted surface with a final seam band on the brim is more clearly recognisable than the structure of a wickerwork. Due to the other exquisite choice of a variety of woollen fabrics, shouldn’t it be assumed that beaver felt or at least rabbit felt was the starting material? The beaver felt would complete the entire concept of “how to top the most expensive representation of wealth in 14th century”
What's remarkable of Durer's house 54:00 is the light - indispensable for an artist.
I’m trying to get away from hyper-realism and have been taking my glasses off. 😂
Why do I allways think of a British hitman when I see this guy waddling along with his beat up old suitcase, lol
love the way you speak!
Regarding the Ghent altar, if you stare long enough at the upper part of the panel in the top row immediately to our right of the central figure, at timestamp 23:29 for example, a larger face and head appears, overarching the smaller figure in a left semi-profile, looking slightly downward toward the book.. The arch is a bald head, the small hand forms the nose and the nasal margin of the right orbit (the small thumb), the small face is the left ear, and the dark and lighter brown of the cloth just below is copious facial hair and behind the ear some remaining scalp hair. I can't say if this is purposeful or serendipitous. My first thought was that this was the head of Abraham or Moses. In any case now that I have seen it I cannot unsee it, although it does shift to being unperceived at times, and is then somewhat more difficult to reacquire.
genialne, dziękuję.
Thank you Waldemar
“Opal Fruit colours”
Translation - Starburst colours.
Opal Fruits are back, and in their original flavours/colours.
Opal Fruits became Starburst as it was called in the USA. This was (like everything else) to make it an international brand. To have the whole world speaking the same visual language. To be easily recognised and, honestly, cheaper to make all over the world.
Learning about art, history and hearing good stories, thank you Waldemar! And does anyone know what this wonderful music is? e.g. at 2:56:50
¡Maravilloso!
2:20:00 watching this August 15th. Kind of wild.
3:06:45 what’s the song playing?
It plays on and off during the whole bit on Leonardo Da Vinci
Really great series once again! But was Jeroen (Hieronymus) Bosch Flemish? His real name was Jan van Aken, born around 1450 in s’Hertogenbosch in northern Brabant in the Netherlands.
Very good decision friends, all to be explored all over again, all to understand the genius artists all over again. Michelangelo said, artists are God's favorites and I am very much agree...we can twist the concept and support the theory, God is using artists to send us messages that we still have to understand deeper, a real treasures map to be discovered, good reporters as genius guides are very helpfull, let's enjoy the episodes all over again ❤🎉❤
So enjoying Waldemar's art videos.....mesmerizing. Just one thing, in the video talking about Mary, Catholics do not worship Mary, we honor her as Jesus's mother. We ask her, and all the saints, to intervene for us in praying to Jesus. Mary and the saints do not do miracles...they channel Jesus Christ, who has the power.
1:37:33 does anyone know the painting and/or artist on the left of the sculpture???
"But hey, a Mary is a Mary...". 😂😂😂
I heard that Vasari was the greatest gossip of the Renaissance.
And saying that Mary was born without sin is to put her above mere human women.
A-A-R-R-R-R-R-R-T-T-T ! ! !
What were those Italian monks doing? Swinging the chains around their shoulders? Anybody?
Self flagellation but more for show.
When we Judge and criticize a subject, without first applying a study of it, it will always reflect our own definitive ignorance to those whom have applied the effort of studies.
Don't know what utube has done to this but they're sure stuffing things up !!
RUclips = You-TU-Be of( Not-Tu-be ( schrijf zoals je zegt Sjeekspier 😅😂
Dragging awkward Pietas! lmao
1:14:21 Oh, that is why!
As I was raised as a Lutheran, I never quite understood how Catholics where so centered around Mary, and why Lutherans were so hostile to her.
It comes down to dogmatic differences about the forgiving of sins. Luther was not just against the sale of indulgences, but also against the whole idea that the grace of God (which to him suffices for forgiveness of sins) could be gained in trade for an amount of praying the rosary or the Lord’s Prayer etc.
Thanks. Now I understand. If you believe that praying to Mary is the very best way to atone for your sins, no wonder that she has that overwhelming presence in catholic art!
1:14:32
Edit: I will never be able to unsee that architectural clitoris that is the clam shell here above Mary’s head… - sometimes I wonder wether there can be too much art education… - even on the 2nd painting there is the shell again on the furniture-chest (that probably represents her womb), heck you can even see the two ovaries and tubes left and right of the shell on that chest…
Great …but Braque started Cubism (inspired by Cezanne ) …not Picasso
👁️❤️Waldmar!!!
21:08 Rogier!
yeah waldermar
37:35. Planted in the annals of our hearts. That is taking the annals thing waaay too far.
Poor guy, he might have hung around with the best and most divine artist of all time but he certainly didn’t learn much did he?
There’s a lesson in that for all of us don’t you think.
I’d also just like to take a moment for all the squirrels that died in the making of that dress.
Their grievance lives on. Squirrels have long memories and the day will come when vengeance will be theirs.
Oriente ( niet boos worden van wat ik van deze woord maak dus niets kwetsend bedoeld oké) maar Ori=oor/ hoor ( ente = eend op zijn Duits) aangezien jouw loopje ( vind ik mooi zonder gekkigheid) ben zelfs met mijn zoon naar de dokter gegaan omdat hij zijn voetjes ook zo plaatste en dacht dat komt niet goed) antwoord wat ik erop kreeg was ; die valt niet om ( eend-loopje ) het kan ook zoiets als oriënteren zijn maar dat laat ik even in het midden ( twee mogelijkheden dus ) maar wel veelzeggend want die EEND VOLG IK AL EEN TIJDJE OP ZIJN REIZEN maar horen is nog niet ( 1-2-3) makkelijk om het te begrijpen nog steeds geen vertaling erbij ( trage leerling 😅) hopelijk blijf ik zitten in die klas van ( snap er niets van) omdat dit mannetje te gek is om heel lang in die klas te vertoeven 😅 ( sorry)
@@Tugela60Tugel-a ,waarom grief en wraak ,want zo’n dress wordt al heel lang niet meer gemaakt ,dus al die eekhoorns of marters zijn niet meer het doelwit om hun vacht, dus ben wel benieuwd vanwaar deze opmerking?
Love this series; this is my second time watching it. Given what is happening nowadays, I expect environmental "activists" to come running in at any moment, tossing God-knows-what onto these precious works. It is difficult to tell which works have glass protection.
Pat, in Chicago
Isnt this a repost?
It's a full series compilation of the individual episodes
1:02:14...The guy trying to find his friend among a bunch of hooded people.
That chubby pole is interesting...
I love this documantary, so interesting and beautifully done! But I object to his statement that you cannot talk to animals. 🐕🦍🐎🐖Of course you can. How much they understand is another matter. 🙉 But whether someone preaches to pidgeons 🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊or to humans, 🤔🤨😐😑🙄 you never know if they will grasp what your 🧑🏫sermon is about. That´s the fiddley bit about exegese......📖
Too many commercials.
Bruges is the most beautiful city I've ever been to, and I've gotten around. It stinks that its like going to DisneyWorld, all historic places in Europe are, so many damned tourists, spoils the whole experience.
Why is the Virgin Mary always depicted in blue?
It's a corruption of indigo. Mary was descended from folks who wore indigo dyed clothes. It was a purplish blue. It is why later deep purple was associated with royalty. Of course, they took away the purplish hue and assigned it to men, hoping to diminish her importance by depicting her in a sky blue that would not have been available in her day. Even faded indigo has the purplish hue. Ask yourself, how did Mary and Joseph manage to ,"hide out" in Egypt? And how did they survive the heat with Mary pregnant on a donkey? And how were they able to blend in? What did they really look like? Who, even today, still uses heavy indigo dye in their clothes? Do your research and figure out what I mean.
Is Putin Dutch?
Maybe Vasari's and Burckhardt's views of the Renaissance were a bit unbalanced.
But Waldemar's vision is equally unbalanced.
That's the hazard of being a myth-buster: you go too far in the opposite direction.
I've watched the entire series twice through and find them enlightening and entertaining, but they are not the end-all authority on Renaissance art.
Islamic ( Bethlehem = inbedding in een kribbe( De kribbe komt van een woord die wij nog steeds gebruiken in het dialect kribben en betekend ruzies en als kind werd vaak gezegd niet kribben ,dus Jesus werd ingebed in een kribbe, de kribbe is op de 🌎 en Jesus werd erin gebed !och Waldemar kon ik maar echt een paar uur aan je uitleggen hoe ik nu woorden lees maar dat zal ook nog veel onduidelijkheid opleveren omdat taal ook weer verschillend is ,net als het digitalis een vingerhoedsplant zeer giftig bij aanraking maar waarom noemen zij digitaal met nullen en eentjes dus cijfers nu ben ik erachter gekomen dat het woord nobody = O men zou zeggen dat is nietszeggend maar het zegt des te meer ,ook het woord Athem = ADAM= Adem maar zo zijn nog zoveel woorden die wij uitspreken als een woord maar eigelijk is het een korte zin ,ook de klemtoon leggen wij nu anders toon= To-on ,Ja ik hoor iedereen lachen erom maar toch ,dus die kennis van jouw bracht mij veel op aan kennis ( Oriënt = Ori-ent =🌱een nieuw loot aan een stam, en ja een nieuwe Tempel bouwen is het einddoel ,ook de plaats Jeruzalem ( Jeru-zal-em) of Jeru-zalem) Athene = Ath-ene ( kortom veel om er veel over te discussiëren en ja daarom moet ik iemand zoeken die veel over geloof kennis bezit tevens dialect onderlegd is maar ik ben niet op uit om daar een spektakel van te maken maar oprecht naar Godswoord te zoeken die ons de mensheid verder brengt naar de weg die ons allen naar het uiteindelijke mensheid brengt die God voor zijn ogen heeft ( en nu hoor ik jouw hersenen kraken Wal-noot) Genius = Gen-I-us 🧬 oh oh ja de onverbeterlijke,laat het mij weten wat U ervan vindt ?😅
Goedemorgen Waldemar al wakker ? Ik al weer te vroeg en ga zo weer even slapen maar eerst even een opmerking die mij te binnen viel, dat is EDEN=E-DEN in de bijbel is te lezen zij slepen bomen in huis ( heb al paar jaar geen boom meer gehaald dus God hoeft niet bang te zijn , dan deze wat ik mij afvroeg WAAROM NOEMDE GOD ZON EN MAAN TWEE LICHTEN OF TE WEL TWEE HEMEL-LICHAMEN,MET NADRUK OP LICHAAM ,DAT ZEGT GOD NIET OVER STERREN ALLEEN OVER ZON EN MAAN 🌜 🌞 heel bijzonder vind je niet ?
There's no explaining Roman Catholic belief as expressed in paint. The baby Jesus is well, a contradiction in terms. He's a baby, but he's Divine God, and God is a baby? A baby is God? A baby is a baby and God is God? Darned if I know how to figure that one out, and it seems I'm not the only one if the proclivity Renaissance imagery of baby Jesus is taken into account. As for me, the solution is quite simple: I'm Buddhist.
Whats the relation between the soundtrack and renaissance? Why not some renaissance music instead of these horrible cliches?
Michelangelo painted and sculpted many wonderful men but many of his women looked like he just stuck breasts on young men. As he aged, many of his works appeared more Mannerismic than typical Renaissance style.
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Why did artists give Adam and Eve bellybuttons 😂
Why do pictures of Adam & Eve, or even "the gods" , always show them having belly buttons?
Well you do know the Lombards were barbarians. Cesar made up the term German.
The BBC bashing Catholicism yet again. It gets rather tiring after a while.
Fix that f***ing hinge on that compass FFS !!!