+Mason Brown Thanks, Mason. It's much appreciated. (I'd be pissed off at TH-cam too, if they hadn't invented a technology that turned out to be my calling.)
+Nerdwriter1 Your work is seriously appreciated, I swear it helped me improve my photography. It would be interesting to see a something on what makes a strong narrative, it would be really cool to see as a journalism student.
+Nerdwriter1 I very recently discovered your channel as well, and I'm already a huge fan. I particularly like that you cover a wide range of subjects for your analyses, discussing movies, paintings, technology, society etc. with equal insight. Are you at all familiar with games like The Stanley Parable, The Beginner's Guide, Papers Please, Journey, Gone Home, or Antichamber? No doubt you already have a wealth of material you plan to cover in future videos, but it would be wonderful to hear your analysis on any of these particular games, or others that are similarly exploring, subverting, and expanding the capabilities of the video game medium as a unique and transformative artistic experience.
+redwarpaint Amen! He has a talent for studying this art which is something I love to do. And to analyze some of these games would be very nice. I'm still wrapping my head around limbo. I made a whole flow chart and everything and I'm still scratching my head. I know there is something there, I think everyone felt it after completing the game. I just cant figure it out.
I saw it in 2007 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston as part of a traveling exhibition of Hopper's work, and it was a more moving moment for me than when I saw the Mona Lisa.
Hopper's style reminds me of daydreaming and fantasizing. Just enough realism to root everything in coherence, but still completely fantastical when thought about in depth.
Hopper is my absolute favorite painter. I once read about him, particularly about his piece Automat, that his paintings evoke a sense of loneliness but not sadness; which I think best sums up his style. A very realist approach to Modern Americana, a study of how detached people are from each other but that detachment itself being a common thread between us.
The visual effects that you used to highlight and accentuate the painting were concise and really effective. Some of your best work yet. Thank you so much for being such a thoughtful and directed voice.
"Son, can you play me a memory?” “I'm not really sure how it goes?” “But it's sad and it's sweet.” “And I knew it complete.” “When I wore a younger man's clothes." The attachment to an idealised life in Billy Joel’s song does so deeply mirror the emotion evoked in this art work. They both talk of the bitter nostalgia that can trap a life and condemn it. I think that both Hopper and Joel both tried to say, “The answers do not lie here!”
There's something about Hopper's works that makes me feel incredibly lonely, but in a rather nostalgic sense? His paintings evoke this idea of loneliness as well as silence, for me. An incredibly peaceful environment, those singular moments we have very rarely in life when everything seems to stop, just for a few seconds - yet he grabs and immortalizes them in paintings that look so _gentle_. Moments of quiet contemplation amidst the madness of the modern world, which is probably why I feel kinda relaxed, in a way. His paintings that depict daytime are so effective that I can almost feel the gentle heat of the sun against my skin, in a quiet morning of spring. Also, I've been subscribed to this channel roughly since this video was posted when you were reaching 100,000 subscribers, and less than two years later we're already at 1,6 million! My God. You definitely deserve this!
“People are feeling alone together, in their lighted ship against the darkness of all that was yet to come”, I found those particular words really beautiful.
This is so interesting for me. I never understood art that much, unless the message was clear and/or pointed out for me, so this show really helps me understand things, well at least when art is concerned. I'm looking forward to the next video, keep up the good work.
I think this might be the best Analysis Art you've made so far. I love how Hopper was seemingly too late for the impressionists like Renoir and too early for the post-war figurativists like John Brack. He bridges movements decades apart with his own stolid attachment to what he wanted to paint.
My artworks have lately taken an interest in the mundane, inspired by my own bustling city where people's stories fade into the crowd and the lights. It was after this change that I learned of Hopper's works and fell in love. He truly captures the mundane, the private, the lonely, for what it is. However not faded, but in bright colours and with such high contrast, creating this interesting juxtaposition. Love his work. Amazing video!
I come from a background where visual art, specially western ones are not appreciated, even resisted. I saved pictures of the Nighthawks and another Hopper's painting in my phone at different times. I had no idea they were from the same painter, I just had a feeling to the paintings, a captivating feeling. I never had an opportunity to attend an art class. This short explanation is like hmm, like shining new lights to me, it is precious. Thank you!
i cried the way you explained it. your voice, the music, the story - it all came together so perfectly to evoke a great deal of sadness as well as euphoria in me
There is an interview where they ask Hopper about the lack of an exit or entrance to the diner and he just slams his hat on his knee, and says something along these lines: "Goddammit. I did it again. Fuck. Shit."
His light conditions are always so accurate-feeling. What a beautiful sense for light. Also so glad you're hitting numbers that justify how much time you've always put into this! I've been around from almost the beginning, and it's awesome to see you finding a mode that works well!
"What is there to do in the face of great disquiet and doubt but to work and live on" The way this hit me- Just what my anxiety needs to hear in the middle of a pandemic
As a video creator myself, I just want to pay tribute not only to your content but your soothing style. Everyone thinks viewers like to be bombarded with huge graphics and sounds and stuff. You know better. So impressive. Bravo sir.
Took TH-cam 5 years to recommend me this. It’s almost like it’s meant to be, because 5 years ago, 16 year old me wouldn’t have given a shit about any of this. Now I’m in love with this channel
I absolutely loved this video. I really appreciated the more optimistic and hopeful reading of the painting's "story". I always felt this strange pull towards this painting that I never really understood. Every analysis of the painting that I've read tells me that its themes are lonlieness and sorrow, but I never felt that looking at it. I've always looked at this painting and felt... good. Hearing your thoughts and knowing the context of the WWII era New York that (probably) inspired the darkened world outside the shining beacon of the diner helped me finally give a voice to this feeling. As an introvert who's happiest when I'm alone, I know now why I've always felt kinship with this painting. It shows me that even in isolation, there can be hope.
Man, I found your videos a couple of days ago, and they are really good. Consistent high quality. You are doing good work. I always liked Hopper's drawings. I know his paintings are the main event, but I really appreciate peeking behind the curtain at artists' sketches and drawings.
Your insight into art is so perceptive and they way you explain is almost artistic in itself. You break down in a way I feel like the artist would want it explained. It’s more than just technique, there’s emotion, and that’s the heart of great works. So happy you’ve been able to turn your passion into a profession and share your views with the world.
Great video! This is also one of my favorites. Inspired this poem: "Encounter in Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks" The midnight empty, urban eatery, a bright pool in deserted dark, recalls the advertisement that chose my hat and suit, pledging: "Our fashions arouse passions of colorful desirables." The fit seems smug. Fluorescence lures certain hunger. The lithesome, rose-red lovely, cornered at the curving counter, is lapelled on this same suit- that other guy is wearing. P. Szymkowicz 2002
The beauty of this video essay, the painting Nighthawks itself, and the thoughts it inspires give me chills-even having watched this multiple times. Love it.
This painting just got a whole lot more relatable. (because of COVID) I had this set as a desktop background for a year, going into 2020 I started to love this painting more and more. Hopper perfectly captures what we were all feeling at a particular time. 'What is there to do in the face of great disquiet and doubt but work and live on' - Nerdwriter1.
My gratitude for the fact that you respect art as you educate us. From the point of start to the end no advertisements of any such and keeping everything else after the end of the story. Hats off.
These videos have opened me up to a world of appreciating art in ways I never have before. I've always liked art, especially Renaissance painting, classical, and neoclassical painting, but this channel has shown me that the real beauty in paintings is in between the lines. I love it. This channel is amazing and these videos are absolutely beautiful. There's so much depth and life, there isn't words to describe just how elating of an experience learning about these paintings is. Maybe the way Nerdwriter analyzes a painting is in itself artistic and gives these works the life I often overlook. I don't know and I don't know if I care. These videos are honestly works of art in themselves and I couldn't be more grateful to be able to experience them. Thank you Nerdwriter. You show the world that life wouldn't be as sweet or as worthwhile if not for art.
searched this painting hoping for some history and further study about this painting since I didn’t know much, just liked it a lot and was NOT disappointed! Thanks for all the info.
Wow. I am blown away by the care and finesse that goes into each of your videos. Nighthawks is one of my favorite paintings, and now I believe Edward Hopper is one of my favorite painters. Hearing your thoughts on it and gaining some historical perspective allowed me to appreciate his work in a brand new way.
This is so weird. This painting was on a special edition Marlboro zippo lighter that my dad got over 25 years ago. It was my first introduction with art and there was something that I was drawn to with this painting. I never knew it was called Nighthawks until I watched this. This video just time traveled me back to my childhood. Kinda trippy.
The topics of the various artworks described in Nerdwrider are some of the very best I've seen online. They are incisive, instructive and enlightening, and educationally useful. I use them with a group of individuals who are now retired from their professional careers but still want to be instructed on the subject of Art. There is no better place to begin the Nerdwriter. Thank you so much for including your in-depth knowledge on this channel. It is much appreciated.
" boredom is exactly when we feel time and being the most acutely it can inspire a profound mood maybe that's what these people are feeling alone together in their lighted ship against the darkness and all that was yet to come" amazing
I felt that way he described the paintings feeling like that nostalgic hit you get when you smell something you remember from your past. Feels like I've been there before
The understanding art series really presents such a great depth not often witnessed in a lot of the art that many of us have seen but hardly anyone has truely witnessed. It takes all of the pretentious buzz away from art and replaces it with a clear and crisp new understanding and appreciation.
For me, Hopper's paintings evoke music. This is one of my favorite paintings and you articulated the reasons why with the insight and sensitivity I've come to expect from your video essays. (BTW Nice use of music at the end of the video.) 100,000 subscribers. Well deserved. Well done.
Ever since I was a kid we used to drive pass this little coffee place that had this very painting on it. I always felt mesmerized by it for some reason and would always make stories up as to what was going on. Very powerful what a simple painting can convey. The darkness and loneliness of the shadows that surround the bright light really is powerful to me
+Kurtis G-Herbold I never had a formal introduction to art analysis as a whole, only literary analysis. These videos make so much sense to a complete newcomer, and also evoke a profound feeling by plumbing further into art than my untrained eye would have known to look before. Truly interesting stuff. Great production value.
These videos by themselves are a work of art. Your voice emulates the exact emotions you are describing; the music complements the scene so beautifully that I don't notice it until the very end. Fantastic.
I’ve watched this more times than I can count. I love Hopper. I’ve studied art most of my 38 years, and only really came to appreciate Hopper in my mid 20s. Your description of Hopper’s feeling being aromatic and moody, is spot on. When I was younger, I was more hung up on technique of painters and visual artists, rather than the feeling and what they were trying to communicate. The Columbus Museum of Art has a Hopper, not my favorite, but I often go down to see every couple months just to stare at it for a while. Thanks for this. Love your work, it’s been a joy to discover your own work and art during this strange 2020 year. I will support you on patreon.
I've had Hopper's Nighthawks hanging over my head for years next to my desk. I never took the time to get a breakdown on the work. Thanks very much for the illumination.
you are so inspiring. congratulations on your impending 100k subscribers. it really ought to be several million, as what you are doing really is worthy of millions of views... keep up the great work
A brilliant painting. I really can't describe the isolation it conveys. It's like we all know, in the end, it's just us as individuals. But we hope, pray there's more.
Love that painting, I love the way it pulls you in to look,, like looking inside the cafe, and that round glass work in the Architecture of the building.
Not only do I feel compelled to listen, but you have a great voice that is easy on the ears. Awesome content. After watching numerous videos of yours I finally found a reason to continue. I want to write, analyze, and contribute new ideas, but I have found myself lacking confidence and motivation. I always get lost in my word and what purpose I have. I get lost in these videos and find myself feeling happy to learn. I hope your channel only grows.
I once saw a movie or series where two main characters went into a bar at night and the camera slowly exited the bar and in the end it faded into the painting. But I dont remember what movie or series it was
That ending gave me goosebumps, I have had this painting as a wallpaper during some time without knowing anything about it, moved by some undefined attraction. The brilliance with which you analyze and put into words the meanings in the painting really struck me because you gave me thoughts and understandings I wouldn't be able to reach on my own. And that's what geniuses do, they give people ways of thinking and looking at the world. Thank you, keep up the amazing job you're doing.
Thank you for that lovely little documentary my friend. I have always been drawn to this picture and I looked up some more of his paintings and confirmed my admiration for his work. You are doing such an important thing for our souls and in us discovering, through you, more artists new to us, and a better understanding of those that we already are aware of. I wish you rainbows my friend.
If you look at the detail, you can see the clerk is speaking to the man with the cigarette, and that the man's cig is in fact unlit. Perhaps the man has just asked him for a light, and he’s saying sorry, hasn’t got one. Meanwhile, in the woman’s right hand she’s holding out something that looks very like a book of matches. Also her shoulders aren’t level-she’s leaning on her right elbow, leaving her left hand free to possibly slide across to his hand. Nice touches from Mr. Hopper. Indeed a genius of the first water. Great vid, thanks.
I got this painting as a gift from a diner that is sadly closing before this year ends. The diner has been operating since 1940 but I’m grateful the owner gave me a piece of history to cherish and appreciate.
What I love about Hopper's work is that he manages to show the loneliness of life. In a modernizing world filled with color, the human connection becomes less and less.
your videos are absolutely perfect when I have a comedown/hangover. you have such a calm, soothing voice - which, for a few moments - makes me forget of the self inflicted pain I've brought myself. Thank you, Nerdwriter1.
It's amazing how this video resonated with me, in this strange times of confinement, because of the quarantine that me and my family is experiencing, even though it's from 2015. Thank you, Nerdwriter. Keep up the good work.
Nerdwriter, I've only just found you. Nighthawks made me feel something I couldn't put into words when I tasked myself with studying his art at school. Now, as a much older man seeing your video, you described this mystery so profoundly. Thank you for that.
I like the name of the channel it made me giggle having created two nerds and marrying one too. I guess I have two Hoppers in my room ( not rabbits the poop a lot). I bought Nighthawks at Goodwill and have had the light house painting on my wall for many years. Now your life is fuller and richer for knowing this.
I love these videos about artists and paintings so much, it really helps understand the conceps behind every piece, and also get to know different artists.
I'm never usually compelled to write comments on videos but I just had to tell you that, that ending was like poetry. I love these videos man you have a gift. It's Inspiring!
I seriously love the simplicity of this painting because a lot of paintings have so much stuff going on and I feel so scattered but when I look at this one in particular I feel organized and focused and at ease not sure why but it's really interesting.
I chose to do an essay piece for my university class especially on Edward Hopper because of how indepth you made me think about this piece! I now love every single one of his pieces! thank you!
What I feel is a sense of loneliness at 1:00am with some quiet conversations and little laughter, the sound of coffee or beer being poured into a cup, hearing the light buzz because it’s quiet enough to hear, and hearing rain outside hitting the pavement (even though it’s not raining in the portrait)
Saw it in person when I visited Chicago back in 2011. I still remember how it was surrounded by other fine art pieces of various themes but as soon as I saw it, I couldn't stop turning my head to look back at it. I only had to so much time to look at the other art but for some reason I wanted to spend it all with this painting. The dark background and the passing POV of my gaze into the life of a closing diner drew me in like a dream. It's the perfect piece to describe the word "sonder", the realization that other strangers you pass have just a complex life as you do. I could wonder about if those two at the table are married. I could wonder if that man with back turned is doing ok. It wouldn't make any difference but it does provide a nice comfort.
Rewatching this after 4 years and again during the COVID 19 pandamic. The interpretation reveals new significance at this special time.
me too, watched this after the goya video
Same!!
For sure! Saludos desde México
I have the same feeling!
Exactly same feeling , Irene ! :)
I never feel such a solidarity in loneliness as when I look at that painting.
beautiful
The art reflects the artist.
I genuinely teared up at your comment as it struck a chord in me, deep down.
I know, the painting makes me feel vulnerable, and that I need to be in that diner or I'll be in the ominous, forbidding darkness.
You have so beautifully put into words the feeling of this painting. Thank you :)
The writing in this is poetic!
"Alone, together, in their lighted ship -- sailing against the darkness of all that was yet to come."
beautiful, probrably staring in my next tatto.
Beautiful 🥰
I saw this comment just as he said that line
It truely sounds likeal an ending of a novel 🙂 Similar to the ending of "The Great Gatsby" in some way, though "pointing" on a different direction.
Nerdwriter is like the Vsauce of English class
true that
If I had nerdwriter as my English teacher and vsauce as my science teacher, I may have enjoyed middle school.
"may" have? - I would fucking never leave!! xD
Adrian lyacon and numberphile for math
i discovered both in 2016 and they are my favorite channels since.
i'm sort of pissed off at youtube for not recommending me this channel before now. I'm going to support you on Patreon now.
+Mason Brown Thanks, Mason. It's much appreciated. (I'd be pissed off at TH-cam too, if they hadn't invented a technology that turned out to be my calling.)
+Nerdwriter1 Your work is seriously appreciated, I swear it helped me improve my photography. It would be interesting to see a something on what makes a strong narrative, it would be really cool to see as a journalism student.
+Nerdwriter1 I very recently discovered your channel as well, and I'm already a huge fan. I particularly like that you cover a wide range of subjects for your analyses, discussing movies, paintings, technology, society etc. with equal insight.
Are you at all familiar with games like The Stanley Parable, The Beginner's Guide, Papers Please, Journey, Gone Home, or Antichamber? No doubt you already have a wealth of material you plan to cover in future videos, but it would be wonderful to hear your analysis on any of these particular games, or others that are similarly exploring, subverting, and expanding the capabilities of the video game medium as a unique and transformative artistic experience.
+redwarpaint Amen! He has a talent for studying this art which is something I love to do. And to analyze some of these games would be very nice.
I'm still wrapping my head around limbo. I made a whole flow chart and everything and I'm still scratching my head. I know there is something there, I think everyone felt it after completing the game. I just cant figure it out.
+Nerdwriter1 Well played!
Artist: Edward Hopper
Dimensions: 2′ 9″ x 5′ 0″
Location: Art Institute of Chicago Building
Created: 1942
I finally got to see this painting about 20 years ago. Hopper is one of my favorites.
I saw it in 2007 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston as part of a traveling exhibition of Hopper's work, and it was a more moving moment for me than when I saw the Mona Lisa.
was never into art and artists, but i think edward hopper would be my favourite artist!
Hopper's style reminds me of daydreaming and fantasizing. Just enough realism to root everything in coherence, but still completely fantastical when thought about in depth.
Similar to George Bellows.
That's a great description!
For some reason the characters in his paitings remind me of the characters in David Lynch movies.
@@pilouuuu Cause he is fan of edward hopper
Indeed
Before watching this video, literally the only thing I knew about this painting was that I loved it. Now I love it even more. Beautiful.
yeah he is remarkable
You're not alone on that. I kind of want a copy now.
He captured the poignant beauty in being alone.
I love this.
@tessa will you reply to your biggest fan
Subscribe, Tessa, he's this good every month. It's incredible.
Omg tessa violet???
I love you
Me 2
Hopper is my absolute favorite painter. I once read about him, particularly about his piece Automat, that his paintings evoke a sense of loneliness but not sadness; which I think best sums up his style. A very realist approach to Modern Americana, a study of how detached people are from each other but that detachment itself being a common thread between us.
The visual effects that you used to highlight and accentuate the painting were concise and really effective. Some of your best work yet. Thank you so much for being such a thoughtful and directed voice.
+HAL29209 Cheers! Glad you liked it.
this makes me think of a line from piano man, "They are sharing a drink they call loneliness, but it's better than drinking alone"
brilliant comment
"Son, can you play me a memory?”
“I'm not really sure how it goes?”
“But it's sad and it's sweet.”
“And I knew it complete.”
“When I wore a younger man's clothes."
The attachment to an idealised life in Billy Joel’s song does so deeply mirror the emotion evoked in this art work. They both talk of the bitter nostalgia that can trap a life and condemn it. I think that both Hopper and Joel both tried to say, “The answers do not lie here!”
Hopper said that the painting wasn’t about loneliness. It’s called “nighthawks.” It’s about predators in the night.
Yeees! Piano Man! ❤
@@janskeet1382 why do you think that's what their message was?
The ending music on your vids is so epic I always get chills.
+Id Anima Thanks! I like that song.
+Nerdwriter1 What's the name of the song?
+Koen Bosman Free Spirited by Dexter Britain.
+Nerdwriter1 Sweet, thanks! Great vid btw!
It is good, but once you've heard it a million times it loses its flavor
His art style is like recalling a dream. Nostalgic, sentimental.
There's something about Hopper's works that makes me feel incredibly lonely, but in a rather nostalgic sense? His paintings evoke this idea of loneliness as well as silence, for me. An incredibly peaceful environment, those singular moments we have very rarely in life when everything seems to stop, just for a few seconds - yet he grabs and immortalizes them in paintings that look so _gentle_. Moments of quiet contemplation amidst the madness of the modern world, which is probably why I feel kinda relaxed, in a way. His paintings that depict daytime are so effective that I can almost feel the gentle heat of the sun against my skin, in a quiet morning of spring.
Also, I've been subscribed to this channel roughly since this video was posted when you were reaching 100,000 subscribers, and less than two years later we're already at 1,6 million! My God. You definitely deserve this!
“People are feeling alone together, in their lighted ship against the darkness of all that was yet to come”, I found those particular words really beautiful.
This is so interesting for me. I never understood art that much, unless the message was clear and/or pointed out for me, so this show really helps me understand things, well at least when art is concerned. I'm looking forward to the next video, keep up the good work.
+Radovan Andjelic Thanks for the kind words, Radovan.
Hoppers paintings always give me a somehow cosy feeling, and I think the Video perfectly explains why. Thank you.
I think this might be the best Analysis Art you've made so far. I love how Hopper was seemingly too late for the impressionists like Renoir and too early for the post-war figurativists like John Brack. He bridges movements decades apart with his own stolid attachment to what he wanted to paint.
From 100k to almost 700k in one year! Truly deserved man! =)
And another 100k in just a month!
Three months later +400k
Red Sonton I just subbed!
From 700,000 to 1,700,000 in less than a year!
2M
It would be amazing if you did a case study on The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí.
That would be incredible.
My artworks have lately taken an interest in the mundane, inspired by my own bustling city where people's stories fade into the crowd and the lights. It was after this change that I learned of Hopper's works and fell in love. He truly captures the mundane, the private, the lonely, for what it is. However not faded, but in bright colours and with such high contrast, creating this interesting juxtaposition. Love his work. Amazing video!
Your work in itself is a piece of art, sir!
+Mikkel F. Lerche That's very kind.
How did that get likes? His videoes are great and cover various subjects.
very true! I also thought the same
I come from a background where visual art, specially western ones are not appreciated, even resisted. I saved pictures of the Nighthawks and another Hopper's painting in my phone at different times. I had no idea they were from the same painter, I just had a feeling to the paintings, a captivating feeling. I never had an opportunity to attend an art class. This short explanation is like hmm, like shining new lights to me, it is precious. Thank you!
i cried the way you explained it. your voice, the music, the story - it all came together so perfectly to evoke a great deal of sadness as well as euphoria in me
As a lifelong and trained artist, I agree. Such a wonderful take and interpretation
There is an interview where they ask Hopper about the lack of an exit or entrance to the diner and he just slams his hat on his knee, and says something along these lines: "Goddammit. I did it again. Fuck. Shit."
I love this anecdote
You'd think it was a joke but no
The entrance is obviously off camera to the right. Why is this a controversy?
@@RCAvhstape controversy is a strong word 😅
His light conditions are always so accurate-feeling. What a beautiful sense for light.
Also so glad you're hitting numbers that justify how much time you've always put into this! I've been around from almost the beginning, and it's awesome to see you finding a mode that works well!
+Ian Reed Love his lightwork.
"What is there to do in the face of great disquiet and doubt but to work and live on"
The way this hit me-
Just what my anxiety needs to hear in the middle of a pandemic
These videos scratch the itch I've had for TH-cam for a long time..
As a video creator myself, I just want to pay tribute not only to your content but your soothing style.
Everyone thinks viewers like to be bombarded with huge graphics and sounds and stuff. You know better. So impressive. Bravo sir.
Took TH-cam 5 years to recommend me this. It’s almost like it’s meant to be, because 5 years ago, 16 year old me wouldn’t have given a shit about any of this. Now I’m in love with this channel
I absolutely loved this video. I really appreciated the more optimistic and hopeful reading of the painting's "story". I always felt this strange pull towards this painting that I never really understood. Every analysis of the painting that I've read tells me that its themes are lonlieness and sorrow, but I never felt that looking at it. I've always looked at this painting and felt... good.
Hearing your thoughts and knowing the context of the WWII era New York that (probably) inspired the darkened world outside the shining beacon of the diner helped me finally give a voice to this feeling. As an introvert who's happiest when I'm alone, I know now why I've always felt kinship with this painting. It shows me that even in isolation, there can be hope.
Man, I found your videos a couple of days ago, and they are really good. Consistent high quality. You are doing good work.
I always liked Hopper's drawings. I know his paintings are the main event, but I really appreciate peeking behind the curtain at artists' sketches and drawings.
Your insight into art is so perceptive and they way you explain is almost artistic in itself. You break down in a way I feel like the artist would want it explained. It’s more than just technique, there’s emotion, and that’s the heart of great works. So happy you’ve been able to turn your passion into a profession and share your views with the world.
Great video! This is also one of my favorites. Inspired this poem:
"Encounter in Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks"
The midnight empty, urban eatery,
a bright pool in deserted dark,
recalls the advertisement that
chose my hat and suit, pledging:
"Our fashions arouse passions
of colorful desirables."
The fit seems smug.
Fluorescence lures certain hunger.
The lithesome, rose-red lovely,
cornered at the curving counter,
is lapelled on this same suit-
that other guy is wearing.
P. Szymkowicz 2002
The beauty of this video essay, the painting Nighthawks itself, and the thoughts it inspires give me chills-even having watched this multiple times. Love it.
7 years ago-a few hundred subscribers
3 years ago-100.000 subscribers
Now-2.5 mil CONGRATS MY DUDE! :D
This painting just got a whole lot more relatable. (because of COVID) I had this set as a desktop background for a year, going into 2020 I started to love this painting more and more. Hopper perfectly captures what we were all feeling at a particular time.
'What is there to do in the face of great disquiet and doubt but work and live on' - Nerdwriter1.
Tears came to my eyes, absolutely beautiful.
"I cried & cried & cried, just like the night when Elvis died"...(ROFL)
My gratitude for the fact that you respect art as you educate us. From the point of start to the end no advertisements of any such and keeping everything else after the end of the story. Hats off.
You deserve a million! You're videos are truly exceptional man ^_^
+Xplozhun85 Thanks. Million here we come.
Million here you are :D
2.6 million now, September 2019 :)
These videos have opened me up to a world of appreciating art in ways I never have before. I've always liked art, especially Renaissance painting, classical, and neoclassical painting, but this channel has shown me that the real beauty in paintings is in between the lines. I love it. This channel is amazing and these videos are absolutely beautiful. There's so much depth and life, there isn't words to describe just how elating of an experience learning about these paintings is. Maybe the way Nerdwriter analyzes a painting is in itself artistic and gives these works the life I often overlook. I don't know and I don't know if I care. These videos are honestly works of art in themselves and I couldn't be more grateful to be able to experience them. Thank you Nerdwriter. You show the world that life wouldn't be as sweet or as worthwhile if not for art.
searched this painting hoping for some history and further study about this painting since I didn’t know much, just liked it a lot and was NOT disappointed! Thanks for all the info.
Wow. I am blown away by the care and finesse that goes into each of your videos. Nighthawks is one of my favorite paintings, and now I believe Edward Hopper is one of my favorite painters. Hearing your thoughts on it and gaining some historical perspective allowed me to appreciate his work in a brand new way.
This is so weird. This painting was on a special edition Marlboro zippo lighter that my dad got over 25 years ago. It was my first introduction with art and there was something that I was drawn to with this painting. I never knew it was called Nighthawks until I watched this. This video just time traveled me back to my childhood. Kinda trippy.
The topics of the various artworks described in Nerdwrider are some of the very best I've seen online. They are incisive, instructive and enlightening, and educationally useful. I use them with a group of individuals who are now retired from their professional careers but still want to be instructed on the subject of Art. There is no better place to begin the Nerdwriter. Thank you so much for including your in-depth knowledge on this channel. It is much appreciated.
" boredom is exactly when we feel time and being the most acutely it can inspire a profound mood maybe that's what these people are feeling alone together in their lighted ship against the darkness and all that was yet to come"
amazing
I felt that way he described the paintings feeling like that nostalgic hit you get when you smell something you remember from your past. Feels like I've been there before
That's it. I can't in good conscience keep watching your video without donating. Pledged.
+Daniel Henry Silver You are awesome. Thanks!!!!
The understanding art series really presents such a great depth not often witnessed in a lot of the art that many of us have seen but hardly anyone has truely witnessed. It takes all of the pretentious buzz away from art and replaces it with a clear and crisp new understanding and appreciation.
For me, Hopper's paintings evoke music. This is one of my favorite paintings and you articulated the reasons why with the insight and sensitivity I've come to expect from your video essays. (BTW Nice use of music at the end of the video.)
100,000 subscribers. Well deserved. Well done.
Ever since I was a kid we used to drive pass this little coffee place that had this very painting on it. I always felt mesmerized by it for some reason and would always make stories up as to what was going on. Very powerful what a simple painting can convey. The darkness and loneliness of the shadows that surround the bright light really is powerful to me
I was never really into art until I started watching your case studies. Thank you, it's a lot of fun and interesting.
+Kurtis G-Herbold That's enough motivation to do this for a whole year.
+Kurtis G-Herbold I never had a formal introduction to art analysis as a whole, only literary analysis. These videos make so much sense to a complete newcomer, and also evoke a profound feeling by plumbing further into art than my untrained eye would have known to look before. Truly interesting stuff. Great production value.
yes, i feel the same. i was interested in art but he sparked my interest even more so than before
These videos by themselves are a work of art. Your voice emulates the exact emotions you are describing; the music complements the scene so beautifully that I don't notice it until the very end. Fantastic.
you always know how to inspire me and get my hairs standing up, as the video analysis draws to a conclusion.
+MrSniper9296 Endings are reallllllly important.
I’ve watched this more times than I can count. I love Hopper. I’ve studied art most of my 38 years, and only really came to appreciate Hopper in my mid 20s. Your description of Hopper’s feeling being aromatic and moody, is spot on. When I was younger, I was more hung up on technique of painters and visual artists, rather than the feeling and what they were trying to communicate. The Columbus Museum of Art has a Hopper, not my favorite, but I often go down to see every couple months just to stare at it for a while. Thanks for this. Love your work, it’s been a joy to discover your own work and art during this strange 2020 year. I will support you on patreon.
this is my favorite painting ever.
same
I've had Hopper's Nighthawks hanging over my head for years next to my desk. I never took the time to get a breakdown on the work. Thanks very much for the illumination.
you are so inspiring. congratulations on your impending 100k subscribers. it really ought to be several million, as what you are doing really is worthy of millions of views... keep up the great work
+ominousicity Cheers, ominousicity.
A brilliant painting. I really can't describe the isolation it conveys. It's like we all know, in the end, it's just us as individuals. But we hope, pray there's more.
“Boredom is when we feel time and being most acutely.." beautifully put...love all these vids man...thx 👍
Love that painting, I love the way it pulls you in to look,, like looking inside the cafe, and that round glass work in the Architecture of the building.
This is incredible.
Not only do I feel compelled to listen, but you have a great voice that is easy on the ears. Awesome content.
After watching numerous videos of yours I finally found a reason to continue.
I want to write, analyze, and contribute new ideas, but I have found myself lacking confidence and motivation. I always get lost in my word and what purpose I have.
I get lost in these videos and find myself feeling happy to learn. I hope your channel only grows.
I once saw a movie or series where two main characters went into a bar at night and the camera slowly exited the bar and in the end it faded into the painting. But I dont remember what movie or series it was
That 70s Show
that 70s
Pleasantville?
@@Thesmokeeffect yes that was it
That ending gave me goosebumps, I have had this painting as a wallpaper during some time without knowing anything about it, moved by some undefined attraction. The brilliance with which you analyze and put into words the meanings in the painting really struck me because you gave me thoughts and understandings I wouldn't be able to reach on my own. And that's what geniuses do, they give people ways of thinking and looking at the world. Thank you, keep up the amazing job you're doing.
You're my favorite human on TH-cam. Love your work soooo much!
Thank you for that lovely little documentary my friend.
I have always been drawn to this picture and I looked up
some more of his paintings and confirmed my admiration for his work.
You are doing such an important thing for our souls and in us discovering, through you, more artists new to us, and a better understanding of those that we already are aware of.
I wish you rainbows my friend.
"Boredom is exactly when time and being the most acutely."
How profound...
This comment has even more meaning during Covid-19
"...when we feel..." 5:45 It IS such a great line, isn't it??!!
If you look at the detail, you can see the clerk is speaking to the man with the cigarette, and that the man's cig is in fact unlit. Perhaps the man has just asked him for a light, and he’s saying sorry, hasn’t got one. Meanwhile, in the woman’s right hand she’s holding out something that looks very like a book of matches. Also her shoulders aren’t level-she’s leaning on her right elbow, leaving her left hand free to possibly slide across to his hand. Nice touches from Mr. Hopper.
Indeed a genius of the first water.
Great vid, thanks.
This channel is GOLD
I got this painting as a gift from a diner that is sadly closing before this year ends. The diner has been operating since 1940 but I’m grateful the owner gave me a piece of history to cherish and appreciate.
What I love about Hopper's work is that he manages to show the loneliness of life. In a modernizing world filled with color, the human connection becomes less and less.
your videos are absolutely perfect when I have a comedown/hangover. you have such a calm, soothing voice - which, for a few moments - makes me forget of the self inflicted pain I've brought myself.
Thank you, Nerdwriter1.
The painting is in the Art Institute of Chicago. It's one of my favorites.
I always figured that the woman in red was a "working girl."
It's amazing how this video resonated with me, in this strange times of confinement, because of the quarantine that me and my family is experiencing, even though it's from 2015. Thank you, Nerdwriter. Keep up the good work.
Now that we are social distancing, I understand what Hopper is trying to say. We are a lighted ship sailing through this darkness.
Hopper's paintings are of time. Light and shadow like a clock's hands.
Man, I just love 1:00.
These vids are incredible, you deserve it dude.
+Mestitia Cheers!!
Nerdwriter, I've only just found you. Nighthawks made me feel something I couldn't put into words when I tasked myself with studying his art at school. Now, as a much older man seeing your video, you described this mystery so profoundly. Thank you for that.
my god! Evan, your analysis never cease to amaze, always so well studied, worthy of a scholar ! Keep it up!
:)
+vatltatl Cheers. I will!
I like the name of the channel it made me giggle having created two nerds and marrying one too. I guess I have two Hoppers in my room ( not rabbits the poop a lot). I bought Nighthawks at Goodwill and have had the light house painting on my wall for many years. Now your life is fuller and richer for knowing this.
Keep up the good work never stop making videos :)
+baiico Ok.
I love these videos about artists and paintings so much, it really helps understand the conceps behind every piece, and also get to know different artists.
I miss these Essays, i would love to see more :D
Probably the best video I've ever seen on youtube. And these kind of paintings simply mesmerize a cinematographer also.
Polyphonic - sound
Nerd writer - sight
I'm never usually compelled to write comments on videos but I just had to tell you that, that ending was like poetry. I love these videos man you have a gift. It's Inspiring!
do nightcrawler please its awesome movie and very productive on production and scene writing .
+tabakos7 I enjoyed Nightcrawler.
I seriously love the simplicity of this painting because a lot of paintings have so much stuff going on and I feel so scattered but when I look at this one in particular I feel organized and focused and at ease not sure why but it's really interesting.
"Alone together in their lighted ship sailing against the darkness of all that was yet to come".
I chose to do an essay piece for my university class especially on Edward Hopper because of how indepth you made me think about this piece! I now love every single one of his pieces! thank you!
Congrats on 100,000 subs! Your video made my day :)
+Kate Marsh You comment made mine.
What I feel is a sense of loneliness at 1:00am with some quiet conversations and little laughter, the sound of coffee or beer being poured into a cup, hearing the light buzz because it’s quiet enough to hear, and hearing rain outside hitting the pavement (even though it’s not raining in the portrait)
Saw this painting as a young boy and it just strikes me more than any other painting. My favorite of all time.
His paintings told stories as if they were an entire movie.
5:38 The shadow work here is fantastic.
I always associate this painting with Hemingway's "Clean Well-lighted Place."
Saw it in person when I visited Chicago back in 2011. I still remember how it was surrounded by other fine art pieces of various themes but as soon as I saw it, I couldn't stop turning my head to look back at it. I only had to so much time to look at the other art but for some reason I wanted to spend it all with this painting. The dark background and the passing POV of my gaze into the life of a closing diner drew me in like a dream. It's the perfect piece to describe the word "sonder", the realization that other strangers you pass have just a complex life as you do. I could wonder about if those two at the table are married. I could wonder if that man with back turned is doing ok. It wouldn't make any difference but it does provide a nice comfort.
I want to enter this painting and sit at that counter, have a cup o' joe, chat with Sam the counter man,
and contemplate life.