Just got a Christmas book from my wife on Reynolds. After a 35 year career as an artist I still love drawing out the masters from yesteryear. At 67 years old there is so much more to learn from artists like Reynolds and this video is a great place to continue the journey. Excellent video it gets a well done.
Art historians have next to no understanding of the methods of painting-which is understandable, because none of them can paint. To say that Reynolds couldn't draw is absurd-what they mean, I assume, is that Reynolds didn't draw with a pencil. Like many painters before him (Rembrandt, for example), Reynolds drew with colour, directly on the canvas. This is not to say that he didn't use an underpainting: he did. At one period of his career, he used a thoroughly drawn grisaille underpainting, followed by thin glazes of colour (which have since faded).
As a student of Art/History of art graduate I disagree, sorry. I began painting in oil at the age of nine and I’ve always looked at nature and artists I admire.. Turner and Chagall and many others.. Selling my paintings before going to Art School I instinctively thought the best way to learn was to learn from the great artists through history do rather than study pure fine art I went for a combined degree.. My fellow fine art students at Winchester often expressed frustration and told me how they wished there was more Art History in their degrees. These Art Historians are excellent in my opinion. However drawing in paint could be described as painting rather drawing ??
That’s not what they mean. What they meant is when he was drafting characters out of his head instead of a model he was not always making them replicate real life or the real emotions of real people in that situation. The old drawing schools made you learn how to do every human pose and emotion automatically. He was obviously an outstanding artist and the historians know that. There are all types of artists obviously.
6:32 _"It was the Sistine Chapel that made the greatest impression on Reynolds, and from that moment on de developed a passion for the man who created it a quarter of a century before, Michelangelo."_ Um. *What?* Michelangelo finished the Sistine Chapel ceiling in the early 16th Century, between 1508 and 1512. That was two hundred years before Joshua Reynolds was even born. That is a pretty huge blunder. I don't think this is the most carefully produced program, if a mistake like that got through. 🤨
To me his work looked more like caravaggio than Michaelangelos work. The dramatic light , the lack of drawing , the dark shadows. I liked Reynolds alot.
Technically, Reynolds was a great experimenter: he tried all kinds of weird combinations of materials (eggs, wax, unstable pigments …). Many of his paintings darkened, cracked and became greenish very quickly, because of his experimentations. One of his clients wrote a poem: "Paintings of old were well designed To keep the features of the dead in mind. But this great rascal has reversed the plan For the paintings die before the man!" Interestingly enough, he wouldn't let his students experiment.
Serious question(sorry this is not my native language): why the use of the word “unorthodox”? I mean the antonym of orthodox is heterodox isn’t it? Well, at least in my language, Spanish.
La palavra se utiliza para referirse a aquel individuo o algo que no sigue ninguna regla tradicional, que se desvía de lo común, de lo convencional. Lo mismo que decir poco ortodoxo.
@@eduardogonzales7564gracias. Aunque también tienen la palabra “heterodox”, supongo que sólo no me gusta la palabra “unorthodox”, como que duelen los ojos y oídos.
Who writes this fluff? Give the job to Waldemar for godsake. Also, who else didn’t know Michelangelo and Reynolds were contemporaries? Holy A.I. Batman!
Just got a Christmas book from my wife on Reynolds. After a 35 year career as an artist I still love drawing out the masters from yesteryear. At 67 years old there is so much more to learn from artists like Reynolds and this video is a great place to continue the journey. Excellent video it gets a well done.
That last piece they showed was amazing. ❤
Art historians have next to no understanding of the methods of painting-which is understandable, because none of them can paint. To say that Reynolds couldn't draw is absurd-what they mean, I assume, is that Reynolds didn't draw with a pencil. Like many painters before him (Rembrandt, for example), Reynolds drew with colour, directly on the canvas. This is not to say that he didn't use an underpainting: he did. At one period of his career, he used a thoroughly drawn grisaille underpainting, followed by thin glazes of colour (which have since faded).
I rarely draw anymore. I just paint. I did when I was younger but rarely now
As a student of Art/History of art graduate I disagree, sorry. I began painting in oil at the age of nine and I’ve always looked at nature and artists I admire.. Turner and Chagall and many others.. Selling my paintings before going to Art School I instinctively thought the best way to learn was to learn from the great artists through history do rather than study pure fine art I went for a combined degree.. My fellow fine art students at Winchester often expressed frustration and told me how they wished there was more Art History in their degrees. These Art Historians are excellent in my opinion. However drawing in paint could be described as painting rather drawing ??
That’s not what they mean. What they meant is when he was drafting characters out of his head instead of a model he was not always making them replicate real life or the real emotions of real people in that situation. The old drawing schools made you learn how to do every human pose and emotion automatically. He was obviously an outstanding artist and the historians know that. There are all types of artists obviously.
Thank you Perspective.. pushed the 👍 bottom already .. now Relax to enjoy your Masterpiece. Greetings from Panama 🇵🇦 !!
6:32 _"It was the Sistine Chapel that made the greatest impression on Reynolds, and from that moment on de developed a passion for the man who created it a quarter of a century before, Michelangelo."_
Um. *What?*
Michelangelo finished the Sistine Chapel ceiling in the early 16th Century, between 1508 and 1512. That was two hundred years before Joshua Reynolds was even born. That is a pretty huge blunder. I don't think this is the most carefully produced program, if a mistake like that got through. 🤨
Just finished watching! What a delightful episode! Greetings from Mexico City and wishing you a Happy Christmas. 🎉🌲
To me his work looked more like caravaggio than Michaelangelos work. The dramatic light , the lack of drawing , the dark shadows. I liked Reynolds alot.
Technically, Reynolds was a great experimenter: he tried all kinds of weird combinations of materials (eggs, wax, unstable pigments …). Many of his paintings darkened, cracked and became greenish very quickly, because of his experimentations. One of his clients wrote a poem:
"Paintings of old were well designed
To keep the features of the dead in mind.
But this great rascal has reversed the plan
For the paintings die before the man!"
Interestingly enough, he wouldn't let his students experiment.
23min... looks like Sargent. Amazing channel
Serious question(sorry this is not my native language): why the use of the word “unorthodox”? I mean the antonym of orthodox is heterodox isn’t it? Well, at least in my language, Spanish.
I _think_ that English-lang uasgae recognises that unorthodoxy can also include rejection, not just combination.
La palavra se utiliza para referirse a aquel individuo o algo que no sigue ninguna regla tradicional, que se desvía de lo común, de lo convencional. Lo mismo que decir poco ortodoxo.
@@eduardogonzales7564gracias. Aunque también tienen la palabra “heterodox”, supongo que sólo no me gusta la palabra “unorthodox”, como que duelen los ojos y oídos.
Think of it as meaning “unusual”,unique” or “ out of the ordinary” or “non average”.
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hey guys how about them Mannerism documentaries by Waldemar Januszczak
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Annibale (Carracci) is pronounced an-EE-bah-lay.
A lot of taking heads little paintings
Michelangelo "a quarter of a century before" Reynolds? You should check your dates, m'dears.
Right? More like a quarter of a millennium. 😂
Its so shocking how dirty and yellowed were all those paintings only 24 years ago!
Who writes this fluff? Give the job to Waldemar for godsake. Also, who else didn’t know Michelangelo and Reynolds were contemporaries? Holy A.I. Batman!
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Can you spell "camera obscure" (sp) ... nothing like a new technology to boost a tired tradition.