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I’ll always be partial to the Roman inspired beauty of early American art and architecture; especially John Trumble, 🤩🤩🤩 but I enjoy all kinds of art from all over the world!!!
I would love to try this out on myself and friends, did you use a program or app to get the different styles? Could you share your secret with us? I loved the 1700s version of you
In the 1600s, a German prince received a portrait of his intended bride from the country’s ambassador. After examining the image, he remarked, "It's a lovely painting, but her nose seems larger, her cheeks less rounded, and her lips fuller." The ambassador was taken aback and asked, "Have you met her?" The prince replied, "No, but I understand how court painters work."
Now I know that instead of actresses looking out of place in historical dramas because they "look like they've seen an iphone", it's much more likely that they just haven't been edited to fit the beauty standard at the time. It was a really interesting video, and something I've never really thought about before
Said it before, say it again: Great, highly entertaining work. Your channel won by the fact, that you appear in person on the screen showing your passion and likeability fitting your really beautiful speaking voice.
The body proportions sometimes were off - arms too big or long, head too small for the body. I think this was because the painters sometimes used a camera obscura and traced sections of the body. But they did it at different times or without adjusting for position of the camera - so body parts came out different sizes.
This is probably a Victorian era coverup. They did this to a lot of older portraits and took away their individuality bc it wasn’t aesthetically pleasing enough. Yes, court painters could make you look a little bit better, but you can clearly see it in the art style, it’s a Victorian coverup.
Not the Ancient Rome busts. I always in awe how they look very modern. Facial fair, haircut, aging lines. In some of the emperors, I saw my neighbor, my brother, and my husband lookalikes. Amazing realistic art!
I have definitely noticed the trend in historic portraits to make women's eyes enormous, to the point where they look almost googly. This reflects human nature -- one of the things we find subconsciously endearing in children and even animals is the size of their eyes relative to the rest of their faces. I think that part of the talent of these portrait painters was to capture their subjects in the way the subjects themselves preferred to look. Having a gifted and renowned artist paint you in a flattering manner would have been the ultimate validation. Anything less would have been dangerous for the painter.
Great video! I've always wondered if ancient people looked like their portraits, but never thought about it this way. It's obvious that men and women from previous centuries wanted to look "better" and asked the painter to modify their appearance, to match their centuries beauty standards!
This was such an intriguing video! First off, you are absolutely stunning and would be a beauty in any century!! It's so interesting how throughout time it's just been a thing for us to edit and adjust how we look on photos/paintings. Great video as always! ❤
Subtext is so important! I have a history degree and am an artist myself and even though I paint abstracts I absolutely love that your videos are so art history focused! YOu are one of my favorite youtube channels!
This is an incredible video. A fascinating topic, beautifully demonstrated and explained, and so detailed. Well done! I would love to see a part two with more periods, if possible!
So great to see the lovely face behind the voice in these most interesting videos. The concept of beauty is certainly something that has evolved and continues to change over the years. Thank you for the wonderful work and research you do. Your videos are amazing and very much appreciated!
Really enjoyed this one - especially seeing how different eras would "filter" their portraiture. Using your own face to demonstrate this was an inspired choice!
Wow! You keep finding unique ways to teach me about history! Thanks for sharing what you learned from your work! This was wonderful. Looking forward to the next video!
Amazing work. I really enjoyed this one. After you explained the different eras and beauty standards I was actually able to look at the portraits in a different way. Thank you.
Another great video 😊 Interesting and informative like always. Loved that you used yourself to showcase how portraits, depending on the era, altered features to convey beauty standards of that era.
Great video! I always thought that the painters surely used some kind of "filter" to make them look better. Like Holbein's famous portrait of Henry 8. At that time he wasn't as healthy as portrayed. Great idea to use your pretty face to show us the difference. Thank you for your effort 🙏
That's really eye-opening video. I've always wondered why exactly historical portraits look a little off and now I know. It's very interesting especially with Tudors that even with their portraits they could look a lot different in real life. I can't wait for more videos like this! 🤩☺️
Excellent video, and very educational! That is so true. Even before painters restored pictures, the painters painted the subjects in the times’ beauty standards. For example, Elizabeth I had scarred skin from smallpox, blackened rotting teeth from sugar consumption (which gave her a receding mouth from missing teeth), and wrinkling skin as she aged. Yet the painters always painted her with perfect, smooth porcelain skin. Only one painter was brave enough to paint her how she really looked toward the end of her life.
While I could see the obvious trends of portraiture, I couldn't tell you what the trend was. Thank you for such an informative video. I think that I would look best in the early modern era (or at least hope that I would look the best!)
I love that you used the gorgeous Katherine Parr as reference for you in the Tudor era! It's such a fascinating thing seeing in real time using Photoshop the idea of editing persisting throughout history, how variations were created and changed so much, et al. I really love the portrait of Queen Anne though, I think she must have been attractive in her youth before her health deteriorated so poorly. (Also, Beca, you're just lovely!) I really love seeing you/hearing from you more, like talking to a fellow history/art nerd friend :-)
You went backwards! I love it! I appreciate the translation of styles into real faces you already do, but it’s really cool to take a modern face and translate it to different styles. Love!
This was so informative. Thank you for illuminating the different styles and their idiosyncrasies. I now have a greater appreciation for the work you do!
This may be my all time FAVORITE. TH-cam. VIDEO. EVER. Omg pleaseee make a series out of this concept/do this with more periods of portraiture! A comprehensive history of western oil portraiture is IMPOSSIBLE to find on TH-cam and I absolutely love hearing you talk about it. THANK YOU for this incredible vid!!!
I was going to make the same comment. This one is my favorite, especially since previously I had only known her voice. She looks pretty in every era, IMHO.
That was a fun video. It doesn't seem like much in some ways, but those changes had huge impacts to your face. We forget how often we see this with make up today, much less photography editing and cosmetic surgery.
Loving your new format. Makes it so much more personal, like I'm sitting in a classroom with a favorite teacher. This was a fascinating look into ancient photoshop! Oh, and you'd be beautiful in any era! 😊 Hopefully Andre will sit with you some day. Thank you for the work you both do!
Thank you for showing yourself in this video, Becca. Used to your captivating voice and narrative it is a treat to also be able to see your visual expressions during this insightful lecture. A feast for the ear, eye and mind.
This just goes to show how much beauty standards have changed over the years. Most would say Becca has attractive features, yet look how much she had to change them to fit various eras.
That was so fascinating! I think I love this video with all its insights into portraiture of the past the most- though I love them all. Thank you for taking us behind the scenes!
At one point, several hundred years ago, high foreheads were considered beautiful and fashionable ladies shaved their hairlines. To us, they look like they were balding. Standards of beauty were different centuries ago.
You have such a perfect, engaging narating voice that I thought was AI generated. Great to see a face to match your voice. Love the content by the way.
Excellent video! Thanks! So good to see you finally appear on screen in one of your videos ( like Stephanie on "Real Science" recently started doing!) 🙂
I really enjoyed this video! To see you portrayed in different types of beauty ideals was both fun and a very good way of showing what the different eras were considering to be beautiful. I have always been fascinated with the different ideals from different eras. Not only beauty and clothes, but also what was considered as being typical female and male behaviour, and what type of humour they had in different times, etc.
I LOVED this video. I watch every video you make. I love art from the past, and today you answered many questions for me. I must say you are beautiful, in every era. Thank you .
This is great, fantastic subject and well explained and demonstrated. Something I've always thought about and I love having the visual right there in front of me, keep up the good work!
I've watched many Royalty Now videos, and this one is by far my favorite. Very cool and informative. Air brushing and filters have always been a thing 🙂
Explains a lot about how the style of the time influences the art. The others comments re: your picture inserted into an era, are correct. You would have been a beauty regardless of the artist’s skill. Kudos to Andre for his usual expertise in the creation of the video.
I love that you use yourself as an example then did the alterations. I love that you ask that question because I've asked myself the same question every time I'm at an exhibition. How accurate are these picture we pay to see. I'm so glad you ahed some light on this question. ❤❤❤❤❤ My appreciation from Sydney Australia 🦘
You do such excellent research and wonderfully done modern versions of those famous from the past. And you are quite beautiful yourself! Thank you for sharing your work with us.
What a fun video! While I completely understand people's desire to look like a "better" version of themselves according to the standards of the time, I really appreciate the more honest style of the Romans. The busts and statues of that time are so life-like. I wish more portraiture was like that.
Excellent video. And now I have "Get Down" from Six the musical stuck in my head. "You, you said that I tricked ya. Cause I, I didn't look like my profile picture", sung by Anne of Cleves.
This was such a good video even though it was short! I am waiting for a part two. This explains in detail the way people filtered and photoshopped their looks through painting. Painters still do this today on request of the client.
This was so fascinating! As an art teacher, I find this very helpful. I love the late 1600s and 1700s paintings the best. Thank you for trying something different, although I love all of your work!
I painted myself as Marie Antoinette on canvas and I did have to make a few corrections to myself, such as graying my hair a bit to look powdered, contouring my jaw to be slimmer, curving out my face to look less masculine, and using the hair to reshape my face as I was too droopy on my cheeks and needed to look more elegant.
I love your channel and watch all of your videos, and I am just offering this as a way to bring in new viewers for you… I think it would be really cool to do what you did with your own face with celebrities who currently Photoshop themselves anyway lol… Basically, if you could get your hands on l pictures of what they look like with and without Photoshop and also take the original photo and stylize it for different eras, u think people would really enjoy it and learn a lot about art and history!
What is your favorite era of portraiture? How do you think they would have stylized you??
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I’ll always be partial to the Roman inspired beauty of early American art and architecture; especially John Trumble, 🤩🤩🤩 but I enjoy all kinds of art from all over the world!!!
New subscriber!❤thank you !
Great video!
I would love to try this out on myself and friends, did you use a program or app to get the different styles? Could you share your secret with us? I loved the 1700s version of you
In the 1600s, a German prince received a portrait of his intended bride from the country’s ambassador. After examining the image, he remarked, "It's a lovely painting, but her nose seems larger, her cheeks less rounded, and her lips fuller." The ambassador was taken aback and asked, "Have you met her?" The prince replied, "No, but I understand how court painters work."
😂😂
Smart man! 😁
Who was the prince?
@lilburrellbaby no idea whether it is a story or history
@@ThisisRubbishlohaha. If only Henry viii knew a painting might not be accurate .
Now I know that instead of actresses looking out of place in historical dramas because they "look like they've seen an iphone", it's much more likely that they just haven't been edited to fit the beauty standard at the time. It was a really interesting video, and something I've never really thought about before
Said it before, say it again: Great, highly entertaining work. Your channel won by the fact, that you appear in person on the screen showing your passion and likeability fitting your really beautiful speaking voice.
Thank you ❤️❤️
@@RoyaltyNowStudios I just state the obvious.
Couldn’t have said it better 🏴🇬🇧
Great breakdown of art styles. When I see an historical portrait again, I'll be looking it with a different view.
What a good idea to show the differences in the styles! So interesting to see.
We’re so glad you enjoyed it :)
The last portrait of you was absolutely STUNNING!
Very interesting, I always thought the proportions were off in old paintings and why we look so different now, now I know why.
The body proportions sometimes were off - arms too big or long, head too small for the body. I think this was because the painters sometimes used a camera obscura and traced sections of the body. But they did it at different times or without adjusting for position of the camera - so body parts came out different sizes.
It really makes it difficult to picture how someone would really look to me. That’s why I love the videos translating the styles into real faces.
This is probably a Victorian era coverup. They did this to a lot of older portraits and took away their individuality bc it wasn’t aesthetically pleasing enough. Yes, court painters could make you look a little bit better, but you can clearly see it in the art style, it’s a Victorian coverup.
Not the Ancient Rome busts. I always in awe how they look very modern. Facial fair, haircut, aging lines. In some of the emperors, I saw my neighbor, my brother, and my husband lookalikes. Amazing realistic art!
I have definitely noticed the trend in historic portraits to make women's eyes enormous, to the point where they look almost googly. This reflects human nature -- one of the things we find subconsciously endearing in children and even animals is the size of their eyes relative to the rest of their faces. I think that part of the talent of these portrait painters was to capture their subjects in the way the subjects themselves preferred to look. Having a gifted and renowned artist paint you in a flattering manner would have been the ultimate validation. Anything less would have been dangerous for the painter.
I've always thought they had serious thyroid issues.
i have enormous googly eyes in real life no portrait. i wouldve been the hottest gal in the kingdom no doubt
Great video! I've always wondered if ancient people looked like their portraits, but never thought about it this way. It's obvious that men and women from previous centuries wanted to look "better" and asked the painter to modify their appearance, to match their centuries beauty standards!
I have been wanting a visual explanation of this subject for decades. Well done. Thank you.
So great to see the face behind the voice. Thanks for all that research. Amazing presentation!
Very different Video From all of the other's. But also fascinating, and the fact that every Century or Decade had their own Beauty standard's.
Élizabeth Vigée le Brun and her amazing artistry could be the subject of several videos. Her portraits are stunning!
Literally! I saw her portrait of Madame du Barry in person and my breath was taken away!
I totally agree!!
This was such an intriguing video! First off, you are absolutely stunning and would be a beauty in any century!! It's so interesting how throughout time it's just been a thing for us to edit and adjust how we look on photos/paintings. Great video as always! ❤
Subtext is so important! I have a history degree and am an artist myself and even though I paint abstracts I absolutely love that your videos are so art history focused! YOu are one of my favorite youtube channels!
This is an incredible video. A fascinating topic, beautifully demonstrated and explained, and so detailed. Well done! I would love to see a part two with more periods, if possible!
So great to see the lovely face behind the voice in these most interesting videos. The concept of beauty is certainly something that has evolved and continues to change over the years. Thank you for the wonderful work and research you do. Your videos are amazing and very much appreciated!
Really enjoyed this one - especially seeing how different eras would "filter" their portraiture. Using your own face to demonstrate this was an inspired choice!
Wow! You keep finding unique ways to teach me about history! Thanks for sharing what you learned from your work! This was wonderful. Looking forward to the next video!
I like all your work but this one was great! It is so eye opening to question what reality verses spin looks like.
Amazing work. I really enjoyed this one. After you explained the different eras and beauty standards I was actually able to look at the portraits in a different way. Thank you.
Another great video 😊 Interesting and informative like always. Loved that you used yourself to showcase how portraits, depending on the era, altered features to convey beauty standards of that era.
Oh my gosh- I learned so much about art history here! Thanks as always for all your hard work!!
Great video! I always thought that the painters surely used some kind of "filter" to make them look better. Like Holbein's famous portrait of Henry 8. At that time he wasn't as healthy as portrayed. Great idea to use your pretty face to show us the difference. Thank you for your effort 🙏
It’s wonderful seeing your face and hearing your voice. Better, still, is you in each era of art. Thank you!
That's really eye-opening video. I've always wondered why exactly historical portraits look a little off and now I know. It's very interesting especially with Tudors that even with their portraits they could look a lot different in real life. I can't wait for more videos like this! 🤩☺️
Excellent video, and very educational! That is so true. Even before painters restored pictures, the painters painted the subjects in the times’ beauty standards. For example, Elizabeth I had scarred skin from smallpox, blackened rotting teeth from sugar consumption (which gave her a receding mouth from missing teeth), and wrinkling skin as she aged. Yet the painters always painted her with perfect, smooth porcelain skin. Only one painter was brave enough to paint her how she really looked toward the end of her life.
While I could see the obvious trends of portraiture, I couldn't tell you what the trend was. Thank you for such an informative video. I think that I would look best in the early modern era (or at least hope that I would look the best!)
I love that you used the gorgeous Katherine Parr as reference for you in the Tudor era! It's such a fascinating thing seeing in real time using Photoshop the idea of editing persisting throughout history, how variations were created and changed so much, et al. I really love the portrait of Queen Anne though, I think she must have been attractive in her youth before her health deteriorated so poorly. (Also, Beca, you're just lovely!) I really love seeing you/hearing from you more, like talking to a fellow history/art nerd friend :-)
Brilliant! Loved the creativity and historical context behind the art.
You went backwards! I love it! I appreciate the translation of styles into real faces you already do, but it’s really cool to take a modern face and translate it to different styles.
Love!
This was so informative. Thank you for illuminating the different styles and their idiosyncrasies. I now have a greater appreciation for the work you do!
This may be my all time FAVORITE. TH-cam. VIDEO. EVER. Omg pleaseee make a series out of this concept/do this with more periods of portraiture! A comprehensive history of western oil portraiture is IMPOSSIBLE to find on TH-cam and I absolutely love hearing you talk about it. THANK YOU for this incredible vid!!!
I agree!
I was going to make the same comment. This one is my favorite, especially since previously I had only known her voice. She looks pretty in every era, IMHO.
This might be my favorite video so far😁
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That was a fun video. It doesn't seem like much in some ways, but those changes had huge impacts to your face.
We forget how often we see this with make up today, much less photography editing and cosmetic surgery.
That was absolutely brilliant!! ❤😊
Thank you for watching ❤️❤️❤️
Loving your new format. Makes it so much more personal, like I'm sitting in a classroom with a favorite teacher. This was a fascinating look into ancient photoshop! Oh, and you'd be beautiful in any era! 😊 Hopefully Andre will sit with you some day. Thank you for the work you both do!
Thank you for showing yourself in this video, Becca. Used to your captivating voice and narrative it is a treat to also be able to see your visual expressions during this insightful lecture. A feast for the ear, eye and mind.
This just goes to show how much beauty standards have changed over the years. Most would say Becca has attractive features, yet look how much she had to change them to fit various eras.
That was so fascinating! I think I love this video with all its insights into portraiture of the past the most- though I love them all. Thank you for taking us behind the scenes!
I liked the format of this video it was very pleasant to watch!
This was so fun! Thank you for another amazing video! ♥️♥️♥️
At one point, several hundred years ago, high foreheads were considered beautiful and fashionable ladies shaved their hairlines. To us, they look like they were balding. Standards of beauty were different centuries ago.
You have such a perfect, engaging narating voice that I thought was AI generated. Great to see a face to match your voice. Love the content by the way.
Love your channel! You are so talented and informative ❤❤
Excellent video! Thanks! So good to see you finally appear on screen in one of your videos ( like Stephanie on "Real Science" recently started doing!) 🙂
I’m so happy you show yourself now. You’re stunning
I really enjoyed this video!
To see you portrayed in different types of beauty ideals was both fun and a very good way of showing what the different eras were considering to be beautiful.
I have always been fascinated with the different ideals from different eras. Not only beauty and clothes, but also what was considered as being typical female and male behaviour, and what type of humour they had in different times, etc.
i really enjoy your work, the way you tell the story only makes it more captivating ☺️
I LOVED this video. I watch every video you make. I love art from the past, and today you answered many questions for me. I must say you are beautiful, in every era. Thank you .
This is one of the coolest videos I've seen in a long time Thanks so much!! ❤
Love your work, Becca, it is always something new to learn for me ❤
This is great, fantastic subject and well explained and demonstrated. Something I've always thought about and I love having the visual right there in front of me, keep up the good work!
Nice to see the artist / creator on a channel like this! Especially an articulate and creative woman!
So interesting! Thank you!
I've watched many Royalty Now videos, and this one is by far my favorite. Very cool and informative. Air brushing and filters have always been a thing 🙂
Great concept and execution! Loved seeing the different eras. Really well explained as always.
Your videos are awesome. What a cool idea. It really showed how they airbrushed themselves back in the day! Thank you to you and your husband!
Explains a lot about how the style of the time influences the art. The others comments re: your picture inserted into an era, are correct. You would have been a beauty regardless of the artist’s skill. Kudos to Andre for his usual expertise in the creation of the video.
This is such a great video! Really shows how we have to take every portrait with a grain of salt.
I love that you use yourself as an example then did the alterations. I love that you ask that question because I've asked myself the same question every time I'm at an exhibition. How accurate are these picture we pay to see. I'm so glad you ahed some light on this question. ❤❤❤❤❤ My appreciation from Sydney Australia 🦘
Eye opening, and very talented.
Its nice to finally see the face behind the voice. Happy to say that both are beautiful! 😊
You do such excellent research and wonderfully done modern versions of those famous from the past. And you are quite beautiful yourself! Thank you for sharing your work with us.
Fascinating! I know nothing about art, but found your video easy to follow and captivating. Thank you so much!
This video is magistral. Brava!
What a fun video! While I completely understand people's desire to look like a "better" version of themselves according to the standards of the time, I really appreciate the more honest style of the Romans. The busts and statues of that time are so life-like. I wish more portraiture was like that.
I love this video concept this was so informative and interesting!
Its been cool to see your face recently too!
Excellent video. And now I have "Get Down" from Six the musical stuck in my head. "You, you said that I tricked ya. Cause I, I didn't look like my profile picture", sung by Anne of Cleves.
Thanks!
Thank you so much!!
I love love love your content and try to watch every video you make!!
This was such a good video even though it was short! I am waiting for a part two. This explains in detail the way people filtered and photoshopped their looks through painting. Painters still do this today on request of the client.
This was so fascinating! As an art teacher, I find this very helpful. I love the late 1600s and 1700s paintings the best. Thank you for trying something different, although I love all of your work!
Beatiful job and amazing Styles congratulations from Chile,i liked video greetings here "Kiwi Peter "👌👍🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱
Very Interesting!
This is a really interesting channel.
This is so incredible interesting & something I have been thinking after binge watching your videos!
This explains a lot. Happy you are feeling well again❤
I love all your videos but this one was so much fun to see!
Thank you for enlightening us.
New subscriber here! Thank you for this insightful and entertaining content. Really enjoyed watching this.
Welcome!! Thank you!
Fascinating, thank you for putting this together 👏🏻
I really do think that all of the beautiful ladies of the Renaissance are a gift to mankind, & I do wish that I could have lived when they lived
I'm so glad I discovered this channel ❤
I painted myself as Marie Antoinette on canvas and I did have to make a few corrections to myself, such as graying my hair a bit to look powdered, contouring my jaw to be slimmer, curving out my face to look less masculine, and using the hair to reshape my face as I was too droopy on my cheeks and needed to look more elegant.
Wow that is so fascinating! Thank you for the education ❤
This is an amazing video! Thank you! You are so talented and knowledgeable.
This was one of my favorites!! Thank you!!❤
Fascinating! I really enjoyed this one.
Thanking God that you are using your gifts I truly enjoy them.😊
This was really interesting and enjoyable. I'll be looking at historical portraits differently from now on.
This was beautifully made
Thank you. Fascinating. I love the 18th century aesthetic, too!
That was really informative, thank you ⭐️
This was so informative and thought-provoking! Thank you for another amazing video, @RoyaltyNowStudios 💚
I love your channel and watch all of your videos, and I am just offering this as a way to bring in new viewers for you… I think it would be really cool to do what you did with your own face with celebrities who currently Photoshop themselves anyway lol… Basically, if you could get your hands on l pictures of what they look like with and without Photoshop and also take the original photo and stylize it for different eras, u think people would really enjoy it and learn a lot about art and history!
Oh I love your voice. So nice to see your face. I do think you make all your recreations a little to pretty and perfect
Wonderful facial recreations, which i find fascinating. Thank you so much. ❤
Thanks for this mini course on the subject.