Would have helped if you had read up on Faberge and his work before visiting Although what u called diamonds were actually rose cut diamonds on a lot of pieces as Faberge preferred to use these on everyday items cigarette cases and the like so they did not outshine the workmanship required for the enamelling and engraving and overshine the other stones used in the piece - as Brilliant cut diamonds would have done- he kept the brilliant cut for very special Imperial pieces !
Haaaah! I was just about to say the same thing. It was annoying, and I stopped watching about half way as the guy was just passing by all of the art like he was in a grocery store. (There are sooooo many stunning pieces of art there, I would have loved to have been there and spend a day or two just soaking it all in.)
I do wonder why these people went to the museum at all...such a cursory blasé way of looking at these masterpieces. The "switch blade" is actually a lorgnette
I got very excited seeing this but also a little confused - at the Museum, not at you, at 4:50, in the section with the strange animal dishes, on the left of that display case is a small gold sedan chair. If you go to this site andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fab/49/fab49.html it describes the Catherine the Great egg and the Sedan Chair it held inside, but strangely Wikipedia says the Sedan is lost - yet you show it plain as day in your great video, how can the Museum staff not know what it is and have it beside the Catherine the Great Egg, if they have that in their museum, need to know !!
Your video had the potential to be great, but you whizzed by everything without pausing to focus on what was important. I agree, you're not ready for museums yet.
What I really don't understand is how someone with such a high mind for art would spend the time to watch the video in the first place. If you have a schedule so open that your time is best spent critiquing some random person's video of their trip to a museum, then maybe you should rethink what you are doing in life. Clearly you belong to the top echelon of society so why waste your efforts on such trifle?
Speaking for just myself I watched your video for the opportunity to see some of the magnificent creations that were made in the Faberge workshops. Although I was able to see some of them and I thank you for taking the video of them it felt like a rushed experience. Perhaps if you would have gotten the audio tour headphones that others are seen wearing in the museum you would have actually know what items you were looking at. That would hopefully have enhanced your understanding of the items you were looking at as well as your ability to properly describe the items on your video. The works of Faberge are Russian national treasures and as such deserve a better synopsis than "that is a fancy expensive spoon" or "ha ha look, there is a pig" or "you should smash the case and reach in and take it." Way to stick to the stereotype of the lazy uninformed American tourist!
.That was embarrassing to watch if you don't know what you're talking about don't go it wasn't a chicken it was a bird also it's musical which is why it's on the top descendant
Not to be technical but chicken are birds and while the guy rushes through all exhibits he is right in identifying the bird mechanism as a chicken. Two eggs both in the form of clocks have chickens as their surprises, the Chanticleer egg and the imperial cockerel egg.
I enjoyed this survey of the museum, thank you for posting it. There's a great documentary of Faberge available on iTunes...if you're interested in digging further into the history of this craftsmanship, it's a really cool resource.
What a frustrating vid to try to watch. What was the point of going again? You and your “bros” were lucky enough to see these exquisite treasures in person and you didn’t even stop to notice what you were filming. Educate yourself on Faberge, if you have the interest and go back.
Stop hatin' on Chris! At least he and his buds suspected they were in a place with lots of art-iculate (:57) stuff displayed in a "most expensive room." Chris & his bros stumbled upon the ten or so Imperial Faberge Eggs that once formed the heart of the Malcolm Forbes Collection once seen at Forbes, Inc., headquarters on 5th Avenue in Manhattan.
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Would have helped if you had read up on Faberge and his work before visiting Although what u called diamonds were actually rose cut diamonds on a lot of pieces as Faberge preferred to use these on everyday items cigarette cases and the like so they did not outshine the workmanship required for the enamelling and engraving and overshine the other stones used in the piece - as Brilliant cut diamonds would have done- he kept the brilliant cut for very special Imperial pieces !
dont go to museums until you can appreciate their contents. That was almost painful ti watch.
Haaaah! I was just about to say the same thing. It was annoying, and I stopped watching about half way as the guy was just passing by all of the art like he was in a grocery store. (There are sooooo many stunning pieces of art there, I would have loved to have been there and spend a day or two just soaking it all in.)
At least a brief, fleeting look at a collection I will never get to see myself. But so sad to see what the American educational system produces.
This was all lovely but gee u needed to slow down so people could see things Faberge is an iconic Jeweller especially the eggs that u flew past lol
I do wonder why these people went to the museum at all...such a cursory blasé way of looking at these masterpieces. The "switch blade" is actually a lorgnette
That lorgnette was from Elizabeth, sister of the czarina Alexandra. She becama a nun after husband died but Faberge did that beautif lorgnette.
It was like a train passing by lol
I got very excited seeing this but also a little confused - at the Museum, not at you, at 4:50, in the section with the strange animal dishes, on the left of that display case is a small gold sedan chair. If you go to this site andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fab/49/fab49.html it describes the Catherine the Great egg and the Sedan Chair it held inside, but strangely Wikipedia says the Sedan is lost - yet you show it plain as day in your great video, how can the Museum staff not know what it is and have it beside the Catherine the Great Egg, if they have that in their museum, need to know !!
Your video had the potential to be great, but you whizzed by everything without pausing to focus on what was important. I agree, you're not ready for museums yet.
What I really don't understand is how someone with such a high mind for art would spend the time to watch the video in the first place. If you have a schedule so open that your time is best spent critiquing some random person's video of their trip to a museum, then maybe you should rethink what you are doing in life. Clearly you belong to the top echelon of society so why waste your efforts on such trifle?
Speaking for just myself I watched your video for the opportunity to see some of the magnificent creations that were made in the Faberge workshops. Although I was able to see some of them and I thank you for taking the video of them it felt like a rushed experience. Perhaps if you would have gotten the audio tour headphones that others are seen wearing in the museum you would have actually know what items you were looking at. That would hopefully have enhanced your understanding of the items you were looking at as well as your ability to properly describe the items on your video. The works of Faberge are Russian national treasures and as such deserve a better synopsis than "that is a fancy expensive spoon" or "ha ha look, there is a pig" or "you should smash the case and reach in and take it." Way to stick to the stereotype of the lazy uninformed American tourist!
Wrong filming! Please I can see the objects... And I can't! 😨
.That was embarrassing to watch if you don't know what you're talking about don't go it wasn't a chicken it was a bird also it's musical which is why it's on the top descendant
Not to be technical but chicken are birds and while the guy rushes through all exhibits he is right in identifying the bird mechanism as a chicken. Two eggs both in the form of clocks have chickens as their surprises, the Chanticleer egg and the imperial cockerel egg.
don't show your ignorance when considering the masterpieces you are viewing hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
El cronista no deja ver nada de las piezas.. :(
thank you for that video! good knowledge of russian, by the way:)
I enjoyed this survey of the museum, thank you for posting it. There's a great documentary of Faberge available on iTunes...if you're interested in digging further into the history of this craftsmanship, it's a really cool resource.
Icons are venerated in the Roman Catholic Church!
They are serving spoons lol
What a frustrating vid to try to watch. What was the point of going again? You and your “bros” were lucky enough to see these exquisite treasures in person and you didn’t even stop to notice what you were filming. Educate yourself on Faberge, if you have the interest and go back.
Stop hatin' on Chris! At least he and his buds suspected they were in a place with lots of art-iculate (:57) stuff displayed in a "most expensive room." Chris & his bros stumbled upon the ten or so Imperial Faberge Eggs that once formed the heart of the Malcolm Forbes Collection once seen at Forbes, Inc., headquarters on 5th Avenue in Manhattan.
heureusement que des musees etrangers ont conservé ces pièces d'origines françaises .
Très mal filmé trop rapide donne le tournis!!
Horrible