Rajiv Visits the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Tudors

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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
  • In anticipation of an upcoming personal project, Rajiv visits the Metropolitan Museum of Art and meets with Adam Eaker, Associate Curator of European Paintings, to discuss The Tudors.
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    ★ TABLE OF CONTENTS ★
    1:25 Curator of the Tudors Adam Eaker
    • 2:25 Tudors Rise to Power and their Spending on Art Portraits
    • 3:05 Henry 8th Ornate Armor on horseback
    • 5:10 Tudor Court Roll Recorded On Parchment
    • 7:00 Calligraphy and Quill Discussion
    • 10:00 Rajiv Poem Recital
    • 13:20 Holbein
    💡 TOPICS IN THIS VIDEO 💡
    • Tudors
    • The Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC Tudors Exhibit
    • Calligraphy And Quill Work In The Tudors Dynasty Era
    • Armor OOn Horseback Configuration
    • Tudor Court Parchment 1585
    • Elizabeth Signature In Calligraphy
    • On The Tudor Court Roll Elizabeth Was Given A Lion Cub As A Present
    • Anne Of The Thousand Days Poem
    • Holbein
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Комментарии • 147

  • @mackenzieroussos8863
    @mackenzieroussos8863 Год назад +193

    Could have watched another hour of this -- more museum visits please!!!

  • @MagisterialVoyager
    @MagisterialVoyager Год назад +115

    Screaming and crying at the horse bag. ICONIC. 😭

    • @zlatinkaquinones3733
      @zlatinkaquinones3733 Год назад +14

      Epitome of coolness

    • @MagisterialVoyager
      @MagisterialVoyager Год назад +11

      @@zlatinkaquinones3733 I know, right??? If you whip out that kind of drip in front of me, I will worship the ground you walked on. 😩👌 #ShrineForRajiv

    • @zlatinkaquinones3733
      @zlatinkaquinones3733 Год назад +5

      I don’t think it’s a horse it’s a lion

    • @edgar5814
      @edgar5814 Год назад +7

      Its a lion from a Thom Browne collection

    • @zlatinkaquinones3733
      @zlatinkaquinones3733 Год назад

      @@edgar5814 A must have for me

  • @lilyfig4502
    @lilyfig4502 Год назад +113

    My heart swells and I am moved to tears watching your videos. It is the intrinsically captivating way you share the beauty in everything. You are a jewel, Rajiv. Thank you for enriching our lives❤️

  • @MsSarah32503
    @MsSarah32503 Год назад +86

    You were so kind the curator. You asked him just the right questions to get him talking and making him feel at ease. Thank you for taking us to see the Tudors and Hans Holbein's work.

  • @jessicakeefer5077
    @jessicakeefer5077 Год назад +17

    I absolutely love how Rajiv connected with this gentleman 🥰

  • @sft8693
    @sft8693 Год назад +4

    He is the definition of an “old soul”. He’s perfect. I’m jealsssss ❤

  • @DinkyPixie
    @DinkyPixie Год назад +55

    No matter where I travel to in the world, I always seek out art history, the museums are a wonderful time capsule of incredible stories and exquisite art. I was in Madrid recently and visited Prado and I was like a kid in a candy store, seeing works that I have only ever seen on the page was like seeing celebrities in the flesh, I was giddy, I spent 7 hours in there! ...I don't know many people who really understand this, so thank you, Rajiv.

    • @nidhishshivashankar4885
      @nidhishshivashankar4885 Год назад +3

      That’s so cool the Prado is iconic I believe Sorolla among others used to go in there to paint copies of Velasquez

    • @Earthy-Artist
      @Earthy-Artist Год назад +1

      I 100% get it! I like to slowly take in and absorb every detail of whatever I'm viewing and to read all of the provided facts. To the other extreme, my husband speeds through museums and any type of exhibit anywhere, zoo's etc. He does this shopping in stores as well, it drives me NUTS 🙄😂.

    • @edgar5814
      @edgar5814 Год назад +1

      @@Earthy-Artistnoo i would be so anxious getting rushed loll i need to see EVERYTHING

  • @lynnstone6998
    @lynnstone6998 Год назад +9

    Percy the purse! Love it.

  • @meercatt
    @meercatt Год назад +17

    Really fascinating.. maybe you could do more guided tours from amazing museums in New York? For those of us that can’t go… 😊❤

  • @herekittykittykitty475
    @herekittykittykitty475 Год назад +22

    Oh, how I wish I was in New York! Henry's words! The tragedy we all face in loving the wrong person. Repercussions on a huge scale. Thanks for the most excellent visit!

  • @fairface6892
    @fairface6892 Год назад +6

    I feel very fortunate to live in the UK and have easy access to many of these fantastic Tudor items, be that at the art galleries, royal palaces or stately homes. What I've been fascinated by recently and love spotting when I visit these locations is Jacobean crewel needle work (wool embroidered on linen). I know you've done something about lace but just wondering if ancient crewel needlework is something you have investigated more fully.

  • @adamhasissues5625
    @adamhasissues5625 Год назад +27

    Museums really are a wonder aren’t they :)

    • @jdos5643
      @jdos5643 Год назад

      It’s like walking into a dream or a portal into the past. The value of art oh. The pieces are too precious coming from the hands or true artist.

  • @bankrolldame
    @bankrolldame Год назад +4

    what was just as much of a joy as this tour and historical background, was watching you two connect with jubilee and passion over something so particular like the Tudors. It felt special watching you two and I feel so charmed by your bond!!

  • @jennifersinclair5988
    @jennifersinclair5988 Год назад +20

    Rajiv, I enjoyed this so much, and could have spent much more time with you and these wonderful works of art.

  • @barbow
    @barbow Год назад +5

    I wanted that to be about ten times longer! Loved this and hope Met visits will become a regular feature on your channel.

  • @lllovesalll
    @lllovesalll Год назад +8

    Rajiv. Thank you!!!! I'm here in my little corner of Toronto blown away. Thank you for taking us to this exhibit. I learned so much. And Adam... wow. From the moment he opened his mouth. I feel the need to go back and look at the Tudors from the perspective of insecurity, because I never have. Thank you again.

  • @joycewirth3022
    @joycewirth3022 Год назад +18

    Hi Rajiv, This was quite short, but beautiful in your choice of items and in-depth informative facts explained. In these modern times, where we rush around quickly and hastily, it blows my mind in the time they devoted to be absolutely perfect. I can't imagine the patience needed to write down in calligraphy with a quill made from a feather, and ink documenting Elizabeth's gifts. How long did it take to its completion? The Holbein painting is, there are no words to describe it, looks like actual velvet is used, no brush strokes, how? In the king's portrait, my eye was drawn to the embroidery design on each element in his clothing, cape, shirt, leggings, and even on the top of the garter. This was wonderful, Thank you Rajiv, and as always exhilarating. Thank you. ☺

  • @borge2014
    @borge2014 Год назад +5

    Just saw this exhibit 2nd part in San Francisco, wish Rajiv were here too. Loved his passion for this art. I love it too, we know what the Tudors looked like because of Holbein, how he recorded them in paint, how he gave them life and power, the art in the exhibit is about the unseen hands that created all the beautiful things shown, for me. The many hands that created the armor, tapestries, garments, paintings, Holbein died in poverty, yet his art lives on. Thank you Rajiv !!

  • @debcarroll8192
    @debcarroll8192 Год назад +9

    The Met museum is my happiest of happy places! Thanks for taking us along on your visit!

  • @laurum1318
    @laurum1318 Год назад +6

    Love art history, the MET and the Tudors!! ❤

  • @debranicholson9223
    @debranicholson9223 Год назад +9

    Such richly saturated content ❤

  • @TheAnimalsMagicShop
    @TheAnimalsMagicShop Год назад +3

    Couldn't believe that scroll - not only that it's from 1585 but really amazing there are no mistakes on it. The scribe must've been sweating at the end with the thought of getting so far but with the threat of a blob of ink before he could finish. Whoever they were, they must have had a surgeons hand and nerves of steel. I'm always interested in the buttons and fasteners on historic costumes along with the jewelry. The curator was very nice to give us a look at the exhibit and I really enjoyed it, thank you!

  • @shelliblah830
    @shelliblah830 Год назад +7

    Lovely. The velvet, the poetry reading, thanks Rajiv.

  • @sabrina9333
    @sabrina9333 Год назад +1

    🎉 LOVE! That movie, "Ever After! ❤❤❤❤

  • @sylvianblue
    @sylvianblue Год назад +2

    Fascinating. I remember going to Hampton court palace a few years ago and being able to stand on the stairs, and be in the same rooms that king Henry VIII would have stood in. Awe inspiring.

  • @yaa63
    @yaa63 Год назад +5

    WOW...very lucky...how beautiful...thankyou for sharing this...what a magnificent excibition...at least I get to see it a glimpse through your video...thank you Mr. Surendra...🤗from south coast of Spain

  • @linaD08
    @linaD08 Год назад +12

    I am like: “wait a minute!! He is leaving the dog hanging from the handle of the bike while he goes inside the museum???”
    Until I realize its a bag…. Breathe deep, release 😰 Relief…..
    Thank you Rajiv for another wonderfully informative video. Makes me wan to get on a jet plane and travel to my old stomping grounds. I love the MET.

    • @mizzmolly7649
      @mizzmolly7649 Год назад

      I thought the same thing for a brief 2 seconds. 😆😆😆

  • @marionandrews176
    @marionandrews176 Год назад +2

    Love Tudor history and the Met museum.

  • @kimberlyperrotis8962
    @kimberlyperrotis8962 Год назад +1

    I love how this exhibit includes so many of the practical arts, like armory and calligraphy. These arts, because they are considered “crafts”, have been so undervalued until very recently, but they convey so much of people’s lives. Most importantly, they are beautiful, I consider them works of art as well as craft.

  • @sugaryxegnirys
    @sugaryxegnirys Год назад +3

    This was an improvement to the last Met Museum video. But I love you kept your quirks and magic with the visit. Both your attire, reciting the poem, and geeking out over the parchment. ❤ I really enjoy Rajiv’s channel.

  • @jillczerwinski8870
    @jillczerwinski8870 Год назад +3

    I love The Met, and The Cloisters!

  • @barbiec4312
    @barbiec4312 Год назад +4

    You added so much to the discussion of the scroll Rajiv. Respect. Love these museum visits. Thank you.

  • @Katiedora122
    @Katiedora122 Год назад +6

    This is incredible because who isn't fascinated by the Tudors, and Rajiv brings such an compelling view to the history, but I would be genuinely interested in seeing him go to a modern art museum! I'm sure he would have incredible insights, or bring incredible questions, haha.

  • @tentinquarantino2535
    @tentinquarantino2535 Год назад +6

    So interesting, Rajiv, thank you!

  • @pacificrules
    @pacificrules Год назад

    I totally agree with you Rajiv, the attention to detail with QE1's writers especially on a scale of a "rolling scroll" implies the highest quality of penmanship and meticulous record-keeping in that particular era, were quite overwhelming.

  • @trinitywright7122
    @trinitywright7122 Год назад

    THAT SCROLL OF GIFTS TO QUEEN ELIZABETH YES I'M WRITING IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE I'VE NEVER EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE
    IT'S REMARKABLE
    IT'S PERFECT
    NO YOU COULDN'T DELETE LETTERS
    AND ONE PERSON IN HER WHOLE KINGDOM COULD WRITE LIKE THAT
    Rajiv, I bet you went back to see this time and again I would. I would go there and look at it for hours I know I would.
    The craft of things that people have made is so amazing and you have reinstilled in me a love for these amazing things and I have terrific gratitude to you for that.
    Thank you❤

  • @chloe7288
    @chloe7288 Год назад +4

    What a treat. This is a truly exceptional video.

  • @Julie-bq6iz
    @Julie-bq6iz Год назад +1

    I have been drawn to and fascinated by Elizabeth I, since childhood. I love Holbein's work, too. His skill and techniques are truly awesome.

  • @ToriHalfon
    @ToriHalfon Год назад

    Anne of 1000 days is my favorite too! I performed several pieces from that play in High School. ❤

  • @andyj8518
    @andyj8518 Год назад +2

    Excellent, how about a second episode??
    Relieved to hear Adam Eaker pronouncing 'Tudor' correctly, I'm a nitpicker, I knnow.

  • @atlaswide-eyes6338
    @atlaswide-eyes6338 Год назад +4

    Hi Rajiv! Absolutely enchanting show. Thank you for cultivating such a comforting, deeply personal atmosphere in your videos. I’m curious-what jacket are you wearing while biking? It’s beautiful.
    All the best,
    Atlas

  • @louisesuffolk
    @louisesuffolk Год назад +3

    In awe😮

  • @leticiafaxas6069
    @leticiafaxas6069 Год назад +1

    Thank you for sharing this beautiful Tudor art with all of us who can’t see it in person.❤

  • @lindamon5101
    @lindamon5101 Год назад +3

    Part 2 with Adam😍🤩 im so curious about the textiles please Rajiv?

  • @Jeaninusom1
    @Jeaninusom1 Год назад +2

    Love you! Thank you for being you! The sunshine you bring!!!! ❤❤❤

  • @annawozniak6807
    @annawozniak6807 Год назад +1

    I am sure you watched the tudors....me to this family fascinates me . Thanks for this tour

  • @SouthernArtist77
    @SouthernArtist77 Год назад

    You’re so lucky to have easy access to so much art and history.

  • @saberraimu
    @saberraimu Год назад +2

    I love visiting art museums, I used to visit the Columbus Museum of Art all the time when I was going to art school down the street from it, but I haven't been to a museum in so long. This was such a beautifully made video. Thank you!

  • @bonnerdebbie
    @bonnerdebbie Год назад +2

    Awesome video Rajiv. I love the Met, thanks so much!

  • @jeanthobaben
    @jeanthobaben Год назад +1

    Wow. I'm a retired art history instructor. I probably won't make it back to Europe again (I'm old) but I can make it to NYC to see this exhibit. I love Holbein! Incidentialy, my husband may be a descendant of Sir Thomas More.

  • @natalyaltnether3685
    @natalyaltnether3685 Год назад

    Thank you for visiting my favorite museum! 🙏🥰❤️

  • @ginnyyount9127
    @ginnyyount9127 Год назад +2

    A joy to watch!

  • @Ink2Screen
    @Ink2Screen Год назад +1

    I absolutely love the geeking out in this, and the calligraphy is just love! Thank you for taking us through this, Rajiv, and thank you Adam, for walking us through, it's amazing!

  • @suredeydo
    @suredeydo Год назад +1

    Could you please do a video on Calligraphy @Rajiv? That would be splendid. I love your channel so much!

  • @debra13
    @debra13 3 месяца назад

    This is my favorite video I wish it had gone on longer!

  • @mariannegoins3610
    @mariannegoins3610 Год назад +1

    I loved your reading. If I was in casting you would be there. I love your videos. Thanks for the trip to the Met.

  • @sarojm893
    @sarojm893 Год назад +1

    Thank you for the visit to the Museum, awesome indeed.

  • @auntiemame7076
    @auntiemame7076 6 месяцев назад

    I will go on a journey with you to anywhere. You always have such a wonderful perspective.

  • @claudiamann7111
    @claudiamann7111 Год назад +2

    Fabulous!!! Loved this video. It was so informative with lovely art. Thank you so much for sharing.

  • @i123456987654
    @i123456987654 Год назад

    I can’t wait to go to the Met again…hopefully I can get a private tour next time…or just any guided tour would be nice

  • @kimberlyperrotis8962
    @kimberlyperrotis8962 Год назад

    I love the history and culture of Early Modern Europe, thanks so much for sharing your Met visit with us, Rajiv. I love that you include so much attention to history and cultures in your life, access to cultural treasures id one of the best things about living in big cities.

  • @tinypinata505
    @tinypinata505 Год назад

    There was definitely a spark between these two. I totally ship them.

  • @andreaschmall5560
    @andreaschmall5560 Год назад

    Made me think of the movie "Quills" when they were discussing that document.

  • @kimberlyperrotis8962
    @kimberlyperrotis8962 Год назад

    Holbein is one of my favorite painters of all time. The Italians thought they had the art world all wrapped up, but I’ve always loved the Northern Renaissance/Reformation painters. One can only take so many Italian, super-religious Catholic paintings, for one thing. The Italians were no doubt very talented, but Northerners brought secular subjects and a brilliant, fresh eye to painting and their technique is superb, especially Holbein’s.

  • @Vovvilina
    @Vovvilina Год назад +1

    Odd to see you reposting this video just after I came across my note about the gift list and listened to The Wubi Effect on Radiolab's YT channel.

  • @jeannedawson2868
    @jeannedawson2868 10 месяцев назад

    This is all so fascinating! I really enjoyed learning about and seeing the calligraphy! Thank you for the video.

  • @ranji8084
    @ranji8084 Год назад +2

    Another great video Rajiv. Very informative and enjoyable. Job well done. Thank you both for this video. 🙏

  • @piyalinath6228
    @piyalinath6228 Год назад

    Hi Rajiv. Am from India. It's really therapeutic to watch your videos. In one of your cooking videos I saw that you use cast iron skillet. Can you please create a video on how you personally take care of them.😊

  • @AdrianeStevanov
    @AdrianeStevanov Год назад

    Rajiv, I bought your book on Audible! Love it.

  • @joninature
    @joninature Год назад +3

    thank you ♡

  • @quinnb3109
    @quinnb3109 Год назад +2

    This is amazing ❤

  • @zacharylebwohl4834
    @zacharylebwohl4834 Год назад +3

    Cool armor ! Also the queen was given a lion cub on record ?

  • @falcontourmeline9159
    @falcontourmeline9159 Год назад

    I wish this was longer, so fascinating

  • @moonbabemarie
    @moonbabemarie Год назад +1

    I would love more museum content!

  • @sofiastefani
    @sofiastefani Год назад

    I feel so good watching your videos

  • @dianeleirer9878
    @dianeleirer9878 Год назад +1

    Whoah! This was great. Thanks for another delightful video.I’m wondering if there is officially only one calligrapher that writes the entire gift list ?

  • @Ali4451_
    @Ali4451_ 5 дней назад

    Wonderful. Thanks

  • @Ghost-lt4sf
    @Ghost-lt4sf Год назад

    Rajiv, your videos bring me so much joy and appreciation for being alive. c:

  • @gretchennesmith9538
    @gretchennesmith9538 Год назад

    I love watching your videos they are very relaxing I don't know if it is your Voice or the content of your videos. I just love watching them. And I also love all things from that era. Especially the clothes, my favorite time to watch a movie or a documentary on PBS is in the fall and winter time. Please keep your videos coming and thank you.

  • @carolinependleton8445
    @carolinependleton8445 Год назад

    Love museums,love this Tudor collection,i went to the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow recently that is a fabulous museum as well.

  • @Eliza-jean
    @Eliza-jean Год назад +1

    I loved this episode, thank you!

  • @russellhawkins940
    @russellhawkins940 Год назад

    What a wonderful topic for a video

  • @ShopSRJ
    @ShopSRJ Год назад

    Thank you for this gem of a video!!! 🥰 loved it!

  • @robertlopez3941
    @robertlopez3941 Год назад

    I’m looking forward to viewing the exhibition at the Legion of Honor in S.F.

  • @teawithlilibet
    @teawithlilibet Год назад

    Wonderful video, thank you! ❤

  • @frankgyure3154
    @frankgyure3154 Год назад

    Wow..I need to get to the Met asap.

  • @loretta7851
    @loretta7851 Год назад

    Loved this ! I learned so much. Thankyou.

  • @Royal.Gypsys
    @Royal.Gypsys Год назад

    You are an extraordinary young man ✨

  • @ninadunham3543
    @ninadunham3543 Год назад

    I love all your videos and am so excited to travel around and see spectacular things through your eyes.

  • @bethanymills1945
    @bethanymills1945 Год назад +1

    Percy the pursy. 😂❤🐎

  • @DuluthTW
    @DuluthTW Год назад

    I loved every aspect of this video. Thank you for sharing!

  • @jessicaskok
    @jessicaskok Год назад

    Great video. Nice to visit somewhere I've never been

  • @julietetlours
    @julietetlours Год назад

    this was such a treat! thanks for sharing!!

  • @1eragongirl
    @1eragongirl Год назад

    Rajiv, please! As a fellow collector living in an apartment, how do you store all your wonderful bibs and bobs?? You have inspired me so much with all your wonderful collections from stoneware to vintage ribbon, but how do you keep it all organized in an apartment?

  • @eaulaosolidaritea363
    @eaulaosolidaritea363 Год назад

    Wonderful. Full of love. Thank you.

  • @vernonbrana8205
    @vernonbrana8205 8 месяцев назад

    Too short!!! Need this longeeeerrrr!!!!

  • @ccpenthusiast4683
    @ccpenthusiast4683 Год назад +5

    Like before watching

  • @johannechampagne7332
    @johannechampagne7332 Год назад +9

    Immediate “like” before I even watch it. ❤️

  • @AAWagner
    @AAWagner Год назад +2

    So glad the St Thomas More portrait is getting proper exposure while the Frick is renovated. So ironic that one of the most magnificent and realistic portraits of an actual saint was owned by a ferociously greedy man completely lacking in moral chatachter.

  • @nepenthe1446
    @nepenthe1446 Год назад

    My favorite portrait of Katharine of Aragon!