Awesome.. one of my favorite movies is Jean Cocteau's "Blood of a Poet", which he dedicated to "Pisanello, Paolo Uccello, Piero della Francesca and Andrea del Castagno - painters of coats of arms and enigmas"; he's also mentioned in one of my favorite poems: "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley" by Ezra Pound: "Colorless Pier Francesca, Pisanello lacking the skill to forge Achaia". So I was kind of intrigued what the deal was. I interpret them to mean those artists placed a heavy emphasis on a very rational approach to art, instead of the more instinctive work by later renaissance artists like Leonardo, etc. I might be totally wrong, but the character in "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley" ends up a two-bit artist, because he didn't have the guts to take on the time he lived in. He exhibited "mildness, amid the neo-Nietzschean clatter"; he just didn't have what it took to portray all the crazy shit going on in his day (the poem was published in 1920 - after the first world war). So these early renaissance artist would seem, to both, to represent a kind of flat, rational, uninspired, mathematical approach - instead of a more free-flowing, instinctive, animalistic one. But they probably laid the groudwork for great renaissance masters like Leonardo, Michelangelo, etc. to come. They laid down the intellectual groundwork, so that those giants could then stand on their shoulders and sort of forget what they were doing. Which led to all those lovely paintings we all adore. Thanks for a great video!
It seems like there are a few opportunities to find the golden ratio, the golden spiral and probably a Fibonacci sequence. Is this a second look at this image? I'm really glad you're doing the geometry again. Happy cherub.
Thanks for this video. God is interested in what his children thinks Proverbs 25:2 KJV It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the honor of kings to search out a matter
This was amazing. What a thorough dive into a seemingly simple painting. Also, I love the title card. Nicely done.
The most interesting interpretation I never hear on this painting... Thank you very much!
Awesome.. one of my favorite movies is Jean Cocteau's "Blood of a Poet", which he dedicated to "Pisanello, Paolo Uccello, Piero della Francesca and Andrea del Castagno - painters of coats of arms and enigmas"; he's also mentioned in one of my favorite poems: "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley" by Ezra Pound: "Colorless Pier Francesca, Pisanello lacking the skill to forge Achaia". So I was kind of intrigued what the deal was. I interpret them to mean those artists placed a heavy emphasis on a very rational approach to art, instead of the more instinctive work by later renaissance artists like Leonardo, etc. I might be totally wrong, but the character in "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley" ends up a two-bit artist, because he didn't have the guts to take on the time he lived in. He exhibited "mildness, amid the neo-Nietzschean clatter"; he just didn't have what it took to portray all the crazy shit going on in his day (the poem was published in 1920 - after the first world war). So these early renaissance artist would seem, to both, to represent a kind of flat, rational, uninspired, mathematical approach - instead of a more free-flowing, instinctive, animalistic one. But they probably laid the groudwork for great renaissance masters like Leonardo, Michelangelo, etc. to come. They laid down the intellectual groundwork, so that those giants could then stand on their shoulders and sort of forget what they were doing. Which led to all those lovely paintings we all adore. Thanks for a great video!
It seems like there are a few opportunities to find the golden ratio, the golden spiral and probably a Fibonacci sequence. Is this a second look at this image? I'm really glad you're doing the geometry again.
Happy cherub.
It is a second look at it.... With a better narrative structure and better editing... That's a good memory
This was terribly interesting! Thank you for taking the time to share all the differing analyses.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment
Wow it’s really impressive ! Thanks for the video
An intro without calling us cherubs? Blasphemy!!
J/k you’re amazing
This was SO good!
Thanks for this video. God is interested in what his children thinks Proverbs 25:2 KJV It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the honor of kings to search out a matter
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