Lady of Shalott | Art Analysis (Video Essay)

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  • Опубликовано: 26 авг 2017
  • Here, we examine John William Waterhouse's Pre-Raphaelite painting "The Lady of Shalott". Through a little art history, we uncover the hidden meanings in the painting, it's situation in the story of art, and its relevance to us now. I argue that the Lady of Shalott itself is a defence of the Pre-Raphaelite movement.
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Комментарии • 54

  • @basteagui
    @basteagui 5 лет назад +39

    seriously it's not only the face, how does waterhouse paint the banner in a way that looks so convincingly silk? and the dress looks of a different material, as well as the pink sheet on the boat. they all have the exact reflective properties. in cgi we do this by tweaking some variables as to how the renderer computes light.
    but all waterhouse had was a brush. how is this painting so surreal in it's mastery. it almost doesn't seem possible to me. obviously this is my favorite painter

  • @oliver1784
    @oliver1784 5 лет назад +40

    I just put "art history video essay" and im not dissapointed. This is definetly a underrated channel, just lower the volume of the music and its all good! Keep up the great work

  • @rocketassistedgoat1079
    @rocketassistedgoat1079 4 года назад +14

    Stunning. This is his best painting, and the way it was painted is SO elusive. Any, even an accurate analysis of his execution, wouldn't help much: as this is the only natural looking landscape he painted, and the only one painted en plein air: thus is painted differently from the others. One thing I have picked up though, is that this picture, the broader works of Constable, Turner and Corot, all share the same DNA: they employ the juxtaposition of wax painted into glaze. Art historians are never of any use, as they can only tell you meaning. What artists like myself want to know, are the technical details, the HOW it was painted, not the why.

  • @jossym
    @jossym 3 месяца назад

    Still my favourite painting, almost 35 years since I first saw it. It was a school trip to the Tate in the early 90's and I was about 11 or 12.
    All a school trip meant to me back then was an excuse to have a laugh with my mates and do zero work. I'd never heard of or seen the painting before or knew anything about the poem. I was having a whale of a time wandering around the 'gallery' as it was then known, messing about and not paying any attention to the paintings when I walked in to the part where this beautiful painting was. Immediately I stopped and just stood there, gazing at it as if in a trance.
    I've never forgotten the effect it had on me as a kid - someone who was in to comic books, not museums so a 'tough crowd' to please. I can only say to anybody who hasn't seen it in the flesh to make the effort to do so as looking at it on your phone/tablet/PC/laptop etc does not do it the justice it deserves.

  • @paulnicolosi4792
    @paulnicolosi4792 3 года назад +4

    Well done. This print hangs on my wall and has followed me halfway round the world...

  • @italoferrante6330
    @italoferrante6330 5 лет назад +9

    Stunningly mesmerising and insightfully comprehensive!

  • @Animilover1982
    @Animilover1982 6 лет назад +14

    This is absolutely beautiful. Please keep at it. 💖

  • @72thekel
    @72thekel 7 лет назад +10

    Thank you for the analysis😍

    • @TheCogito
      @TheCogito  6 лет назад +2

      I'm glad you liked it!

  • @ngyufeng6205
    @ngyufeng6205 4 года назад +3

    I'm deeply moved.

  • @MelFinch
    @MelFinch 3 года назад +2

    thank you, friend. This is one of my all time favorite paintings. I'm glad to finally know its, or rather HER, story. Hail

  • @beverlyaten1775
    @beverlyaten1775 3 года назад +3

    I have loved this painting, and Tennysons’s poem, but this is a brilliant commentary on both! I have gained a sharper understanding of both and think how especially appropriate at This Time!

  • @martinhasson4942
    @martinhasson4942 4 года назад

    This is simply great and
    Speedily explained in tandem
    with the magnificent poem.
    🎯🤗

  • @tjsmind
    @tjsmind 6 лет назад +1

    Love your approach to this video

  • @cheaserceaser
    @cheaserceaser Год назад

    This is my favorite painting of Waterhouse. It is so detailed and rich.

  •  6 лет назад +12

    a great Art lesson!

  • @brubafc
    @brubafc 4 года назад

    Amazing video! Thank you.

  • @haidaralhaibi4416
    @haidaralhaibi4416 Год назад

    This is without doubt, on of my best artists of all time....
    There is a mystery behind the work unmatched anywhere else

  • @suzieanderton4239
    @suzieanderton4239 4 года назад +1

    Loved the music.

  • @paulpayton8238
    @paulpayton8238 6 лет назад +4

    I love this art and story it's sad and takes me back to a past life ❤👍☺💜 Paul payton Birmingham England

  • @basteagui
    @basteagui 5 лет назад +2

    how sublime

  • @watch-Dominion-2018
    @watch-Dominion-2018 26 дней назад

    Awesome video

  • @heydeanie
    @heydeanie 2 года назад

    I have many paintings of the lady of shallot, it's a beautiful poem... Heart breaking...

  • @frankciborski835
    @frankciborski835 5 лет назад +3

    I enjoyed it.

  • @duhduhvesta
    @duhduhvesta Год назад

    Thank you

  • @TheLaughingGift5758
    @TheLaughingGift5758 6 лет назад +4

    What is the name of the music that is being played? It's beautiful

  • @Daysed.and.Konfuzed
    @Daysed.and.Konfuzed 3 года назад +2

    𝒮ℴ 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓉𝓇ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ𝓈 𝒸ℴ𝓊𝓁𝒹'𝓋ℯ 𝒷ℯℯ𝓃 𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓇𝓉ℯ𝒹 𝒾𝒻 ℴ𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝒮𝒾𝓇 ℒ𝒶𝓃𝒸ℯ𝓁ℴ𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝒷ℯℯ𝓃 𝒷ℴ𝓇𝓃 𝓊ℊ𝓁𝓎.

  • @Bettythebaddie
    @Bettythebaddie 4 года назад +3

    your videos are a masterpiece!

  • @accessstudio515
    @accessstudio515 2 года назад

    wonderful!!!

  • @sufjan4877
    @sufjan4877 3 года назад +1

    Can you do one for Cleopatra?

  • @avzarathustra6164
    @avzarathustra6164 2 года назад

    Nice

  • @KillsAll.
    @KillsAll. 2 года назад +1

    Dude this painting looks like a social media photo with a filter

  • @manicmandownup
    @manicmandownup 5 лет назад +1

    What time of year, what season would anyone say this painting is set in?

    • @JunaLeee
      @JunaLeee 5 лет назад +1

      Romanticism

    • @rocketassistedgoat1079
      @rocketassistedgoat1079 4 года назад +2

      I would guess early autumn, as it looks like everything's just beginning to turn golden. It would also thematically fit the poem; as autumn's always melancholic.

    • @mkuti-childress3625
      @mkuti-childress3625 4 года назад +2

      And autumn is a reflection of the end of the circle of life. It’s beautiful.

  • @jjsmama401
    @jjsmama401 2 года назад +2

    This brings to mind the Afghan women living their lives hidden away, trapped by the misguided men who have stolen their freedom and hence their lives.

  • @alf2540
    @alf2540 3 года назад +1

    I fucking love this.

  • @TMPreRaff
    @TMPreRaff 5 лет назад +17

    This is like a music video with a random voice rambling in the background. TURN DOWN THE MUSIC.

    • @tja9212
      @tja9212 4 года назад

      yes, please

  • @valeriepage4777
    @valeriepage4777 6 лет назад +19

    These clips could be improved by omitting the music

    • @pabloo.o1912
      @pabloo.o1912 5 лет назад +4

      I love the music, it gives the video a wonderfull touch

  • @yaughdeady
    @yaughdeady 6 лет назад

    i loooove it i loooove it i loooove it i loooove it i loooove it i loooove it i loooove it

  • @susanburger3673
    @susanburger3673 3 года назад

    Description of our personal lifestyle now with the flue 19 and nothing to do but screen work/watch. How timely appropriate. Lady of shallot . The narrators content could not be more ... spot on

  • @allelmalika1721
    @allelmalika1721 4 года назад +2

    The morality of the story... love sucks 🤮 don’t fall in love and u ll be all right

  • @rec2626
    @rec2626 3 года назад

    this is tragic

  • @musikan1218
    @musikan1218 4 года назад

    Sounds like a good tutorial. If only I could hear it...Music is so loud

  • @yaughdeady
    @yaughdeady 6 лет назад +1

    i hope you see more grwth goddamn boui

  • @stevenlight5006
    @stevenlight5006 2 года назад

    Turn off the piano.!

  • @djtrendsetta5766
    @djtrendsetta5766 3 года назад

    I do so enjoy it when a classic piece of art is ruined by some jackass placing his logo on the screen. No doubt that's _just_ the way Waterhouse would have wanted his art to be seen.