Copernicus, by Jan Matejko

Copernicus's big discovery that the Earth went round the Sun, and not the other way round, was one of the most important of all moments in science. Three hundred years after the event, it inspired a thunderous piece of historical imagining from Jan Matejko - Poland greatest painter. Matejko is the first Polish artist ever to be shown at the National Gallery in London. It's a moment that needed to be recorded. So we went and recorded it!

[@angellacanfora]

Amazing painting and wonderful how much detail Waldemar can pack into a 10 minute vid! I can't help but notice, watching this after viewing many other films of his recently, that he's been routinely challenging the National Gallery's interpretation of art for many years. It's a wonder they still let him in!

[@jcr_jcr]

Great video. Thanks. Plus beautiful background music.

[@gobbagu]

Gotta do it lmao

[@LucianoClassicalGuitar]

Amazing painting. Jan Matejko, the best!

[@jwashington]

My favorite part of all of these is when Waldemar says, "...but I don't think that's right." Always entertaining to hear his interpretations.

[@calvingrondahl1011]

I love his maps on the floor or ground... brilliant art insights.

[@topdeot]

Waldy, you need to do a longer video about Polish art.

[@barbaraj3663]

Waldi bardzo dziękuję Tobie za piękne opowieści o Polskiej Kulturze , pokazane bardzo profesjonalnie z wielką pasją. Dziękuję i pozdrawiam

[@marilynsitaker4198]

This is one of the most moving films WJ has made. Long live Poland!

[@tortera]

Brilliant. Thank you so much.

[@MrY1313]

Thank you very much for a great video! From Polish part of my soul, especially.

[@jakubjodlowski8416]

Thank you so much for this. Utterly Brilliant 🙌🙌🙌

[@lynnblack6493]

Always enjoyable, a bit of history and lovely art as well...

[@dziadydziady]

Love to see the whole series of polish art history with you mr. Waldemar. Can give you the soundtrack ;)

[@peterh9212]

God is on Waldemar's side too! And Chopin's.

[@huyenmai3051]

For anyone wondering the piece played at the beginning is Heroic Polonaise by Chopin

[@iarateixeira87]

Show!

[@suzylux]

I love you Waldy!! xoxo

[@lexistenceestailleurs]

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[@davidhutchinson1400]

Hi, as I am unable to see the painting close up I was wondering if you could answer a question for me? Copernicus's face appears in close ups to have an underlying cross hatch pattern visible. I am interested to know if this is the linen / canvas weave showing through or an interesting technique used by Matejko to achieve a sense of depth. Cheers

[@VisibleSink]

Exactly this. This is Matejko's "signature" trick to use a thick canvas hatch to improve depth illusion by adding various amounts of oil color. Anyway, I recommend You to see some of his works in person if You will have a chance. I'm not a big fan of realism but his technique is on a high level.

[@davidhutchinson1400]

@@VisibleSink Thank you

[@pincelandoaciencia6398]

Contribuiu bastante com as pesquisas para o episódio em nosso canal sobre a referida obra. Thank You!

[@eslemm0000]

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[@End-Putler4eva]

Interesting painting of Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, on title page of this video

[@kanav._]

doesn't his style matches Rembrandt .
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