Jux Saturday School x Sotheby's Institute: “Still Life with Cheeses" and an Incredible Hidden Detail
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ต.ค. 2024
- Around 1615, Flemish artist Clara Peeters painted "Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds and Pretzels." It's quite a striking work, albeit quite conventional even in its beauty. There is cheese, almonds, pretzels, curls of butter, figs and a bread roll; pretty standard still-life luxury of the era. Peeters was quite significant, though, as she was one of the few women artists who worked professionally in 17th Europe, and "despite restrictions on women's access to artistic training and membership in guilds," was one of the most well-known painters of the era.
And this painting isn't just a still-life. Peeters "Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds and Pretzels" contains an incredible hidden detail, and here in our final installment of a 5-week summer collaboration between the Sotheby's Institute of Art and our Jux Saturday School series, we get insight into all the additions Peeters created into the work that make it so special.
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what would be really funny is if she was just painting the items on the table and just had the urge to paint them as accurately as possible, including her reflection in the metal
I mean this is probably how it happened, or maybe she noticed this in some of her earlier works and perhaps decided to incorporate it into other works, even when the reference didn't have it (although this last part is heavy speculation on my part, but just a fun thought)
Doubtful, the knife on the table with her name on it shows she actually did care if she was recognized for her work
artists of this period really loved to show off their skills by drawing reflections and refractions in mirrors and through glass. that is incredibly hard and the details are tiny, but it proves that artist knows how the light works. she absolutely knew what she was doing.
i doubt it, painters have always hid very detailed and very intentional quirks in their art, i wouldnt find it strange if she just wanted to be remembered and actually seen as an artist. i feel like its a mix of this and also a mix of just wanting to show off her reflection skills, as many artists usually did
I think because she and we all at some point get to notice our reflections on the surfaces of metals, this simple observation gave her the idea and permission to do clever little self portraits like that.
This reminded me of that one twitter artist that got so fed up with having her art stolen and her signature cropped out, she just got a selfie of herself with the most deadpan expression you can picture, resized it so it'll fill the entire canvas and turned the opacity down so while you can see her art, you can still see her staring into your soul
Edit: ok didnt expect this to blow up. Lemme look for the artist. Will take a while tho cuz its been a while since Ive seen that post and I dont think theyre a popular artist
what's their @ I need to see this
I need to see this. Do u know the artist's name?
Now I need to see this artist's work. What is the artist's name?
waitt is the artist the one who does studio ghibli inspired artworks?
Who was it?
Man, art is so cool
Ditto.
Now, try to see the post modern art
Dont ask modern art 😂
@@MrAnonymousme10modern art is also cool.
@@束 yan special those art that involves real life phalluses
The Flemish go so hard with their still-life paintings, it's astounding. The patience, the hardwork, the light and shadows. They make the most mundane objects look so mysterious and dramatic!
And that's not even considering the fact that food rots, fruit especially quickly, so the artist would either need to work quickly or work from memory and still be able to capture intricate detail.
Half the continent was churning out stuff like that for about a hundred years, not just the Flemish.
@@chasekays81 absolutely, but the flemish r known for their attention to details, very small ones too, as well as their skill in painting glass n metal
She's one of only two female painters in the prado museum in Madrid!
Who’s the other? Artemisia Gentileshi?
understandable that it would be in Madrid considering that Netherlands/Belgium were ruled by the Spanish during her life. Her being Flemish means essentially northern Dutch, and Antwerp is in Belgium
That is so sad
i went there
😊 there will be more in the future I'm sure
Great idea to protect yourself from others claiming your artwork as theirs.
its very sad that we have so little work from female artists, i always find their art fascinating and intriguing, because of the history too. I wonder how accessible for them was being an artist and if it was accepted. I hope in the future we will be able to reveal and find more work by women artists
I wouldn't be surprised if there are others who had to use a pseudonym in order to be taken seriously. Or those who've had their work stolen...
@@toomuchglitters7254 or lost under the names of their husbands
@@toomuchglitters7254in the days everything a woman created or earned, was her father or husband’s property, including intellectual property, and women working was considered akin to prostitution, there must be many female artists who escaped the leash that comes with being female, yet their name remains unknown.
The reflection of the window in that 1 painting is truly amazing, it’s photorealistic
I rarely hear a female painter, and apropriately created early days of selfie. So cool.
we were taught about this lady in almost every art history class i took from grade school to college. i knew id find this sort of comment here.
@@murdockpt you are the exception. The internet sheds lights on what was not in the public consciousness before
@@murdockpt i never have art history in my entire education. I dont live in America or Europe, so my art education mostly consist of my culture, either traditional dance, music, or traditional show. I can namely a famous painter in my country, but you will not know him. That’s the wonder of internet, we can learn not only our history but others as well.
@@khatascloset5840 can u please give us his name, id love to look him up, even if i may not find a lot of information
Incredible. The last painting with the reflection is surreal. Goosebumps filled my skin. Some people are so talented and yet we don’t even know much of her at all.
That's actually really cool. Like so close to an actual photograph it's crazy.
The 15th century Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck was an absolute master of details like this. His art stands out because he was practically more than a century ahead when it came to details on colours and lighting. He also did reflections of windows and in one of his famous paintings, where he couple and there's a mirror where you can see the entire reflection of the room, the couple and even himself. And an amazing window.
The arnolfini (sp?) portrait is one of my favorite works of art!!!
The Flemish oil painters blow my mind. I once did a school picture of one and all I could do was point out details. They break logic and reason with their complexity, realism, and detail
Think about it like that she was just painting and then "it would be funny if I put my face in the reflection of thing, wouldn't it" and then giggled all the time she was painting herself
As an artist I’m simultaneously so inspired and feeling oceans away from this level of technique
I can’t even imagine being able to paint like this. It’s absolutely amazing & I’m obsessed with her work! 😊❤
As a fellow south African, you've got my subscription! Your content is really really informative and well put together
i was wondering this as well lol, we can really recognize our accent anywhere
thought it was indian, sounds really similar to mine :D interesting to hear about different places 🇿🇦🇮🇳❤
Bless you for using the word literally correctly.
I really like the idea of the artist incorporating their name into the painting/artwork itself, like Peeters did with that silver knife, versus just signing one’s name in the corner or on the back. It’s a matter of preference, of course, but I like how in one way it’s subtle, in the sense that the signature blends with the rest of the image, but in another way it’s very boldly saying “I DID THIS.” Given that Peeters was painting at a time where women were often excluded from meaningful participation in the arts in most places, stamping her name and face directly into her work is a particularly bold move, in a very good way. She was not going to let herself become another “unnamed artist.”
These paintings are magnificent in their detail. How can I have reached 70 and never heard of her?! More please .
That’s incredible! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Absolutely beautiful art
I'm gonna have to go see some of her art someday, she painted near the area I live now
New favorite artist
That painting is insane
Very interesting story, but I'm fully in love with the way you pronounce the names. It's like honey for my ears.
Incredible talent. Those paintings have incredible detail.
I have a special appreciation for still life art. Makes me smile
Mind-blowing! 🤯
I've learned more from TH-cam than I ever did from college classes in art history.
This is so interesting! I like this a lot. Your voice is also very enjoyable to listen to
Turning paints into that has got to be black magic
I love this.
Thank you.
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This is Major! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾thank you for your astounding video.
Thank you for this video. This informations about this painter helps me in so many ways, but mostly in my own academic project about Philosophy of Art, and Ontology of Art.
Reminds me of the Kitty Fisher portrait a tour guide showed my school as really young kids. In short, her name isn't in the painting but she's a highly famous courtesan, considered the first ever celebrity and "famous for being famous".
In the foreground a kitten trying to get in the fish bowl at the front to give a hint as to who the portrait it's of (Kitty Fisher) and on the bowl there's reflection of a window with people staring in, because she's famous and they want to look at her.
That's pretty genius, I'll have to start doing this as a sort of watermark 😂
So she painted Selfies. 😂❤ Probably to make sure she had evidence, the painting was done by her. Wonderful work
It’s called self insertion and it’s in a ton of famous paintings! Super cool
Sad to see there isnt more of this style of content on the channel
she was just painting what she saw and those are just really shined and reflective cups
Her paintings really worth millions dollar.
What is striking is that the vessel with the reflection is a búcaro, a ceramic container originally from Portugal that became very common in 17th century Spain. Let's not forget that at that time, Holland was part of the Spanish Empire.
She's a legend
wow, that’s so interesting!
Shes so talented. And damn she busting outta that dress too
Beautiful!
Oh yeah I've done that! Painted my art school class in the reflection of a pot once
I love stuff like this. Jan van Eyck already did something like this in the 15th century
This is AMAZING!
How i imagine an introvert person seek spotlight ,very classy
Subscribed. Love this❤
Such a familiar and lovable accent. 🇿🇦
In the beginning I thought what's so good about such a normal looking painting
Glory to the Flemish and the Kingdom!
1600's equivalent of a girl standing in the photo of the thing she wanted to show off.
On that one jug it's even multiple mini selfies, some even flipped.
That's a wonderful painting.
Thought that was a to-go coffee cup and the amazing thing was that she could see the future
Greatings from Antwerpen😊
Such a talent, and she's unknown to most
Hehe I can just imagine her, just giggling by herself while doing the reflections 😂
She HAD to have used the TINIEST brushes lmaoo
Love this
I love how today ppl including kids love to add tiny details in stuff. I once saw a kid add a "contains apples" to a drawing of a "newton chocolate bar"
Kida like that dude who incorporates a tiny pixelated Amongus into each of his digital paintings :)
The Flemish Artists really loved that hidden reflection self portraits🤌🏻
Ohh my completely blown my mind 😮
Incredible 💕
That's a great way to ensure that a man wouldn't steal her fame. I wish many more women had such measures to protect their discoveries from greedy and malicious thieving men.
That's not true. No man is stealing a whole painting a woman made. Wth.
Im sure it happened but i don't think it was that severe.
nice trolling attempt
i always do this when painting still life its sort of became my signature tht my teacher knows its my painting without seeing the name
I like that comedian that described painters from the time as little goblins rich people hired, and even though they didn't do everything you wanted, they would make something your competitors don't have.😂
Wasn't that a tumblr post?
@@Toasterthedoaster 🤷 my mom showed it to me from Facebook.
She was excellent.
🧐 Fascinating.
Meanwhile in photography, my boss will be annoyed if there's a reflection in the "still life". 😂
Love it.
To say on about the comment saying an artist got fed up of reposts of their artworks without credit so they edit a low opacity layer of their selfie onto their artworks as a their watermark.
Yes that's actually what we in the professional fan artists community is doing to;
1. Prevent reporters who crops or edit out the artist's watermark
2. Fuck up the ability for anyone to use our artworks to be trained into AI generators
If you wanna question the legitimacy of fan artists' ability to become professional. Velinxi went from drawing characters from a Chinese novel for fun to drawing for the official English translated version of said novel that is now being sold in bookstores.
People do be putting water mark way before the internet is invented
She literally invented the "hide the amogus in the artwork" trend. Literal legend
There are definitely some ruffles chips in there, too.
She is probably related to Jan Peeters. And the Peeters family of engravers/draughtsmen.
Wow Easter Eggs are older than I had imagined!
I'm not even good at doing a selfie how am i supposed to make my own self portrait that is literally smaller, major skill
Amazing.
Good pronunciation of their last names!
Omg, her eyes sight must have been perfect! I mean, l wouldn't notice that reflection even with my contact lenses on
First Selfie right there
This is so cool
There is a QI episode where they talk about self insertion and it's one of my favourites
Heh the original "no one will ever know."
Sign paintings on the corner: ❌
Incorporate your name and reflections to the painting:✅
thats so cool. thats so cool!! what the heck!!!
That's so bomb! 😃
these really remind me of some pieces I saw in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Not sure which artist that was though
Jesus,the attention to detail
Super clever😮😊
love the south african accent!
This is the ancestor of among us hidden in the drawings 😂
Hehe it kinda feels as if she was taking a picture of it and she was reflected but it’s a painting so it’s even cooler
Ok she wasn’t just an incredible artist, she was really smart either.