@@ArtVideos-og9dv Give me a break... Brian Sewell is like every other art critic, an effete fop who hands out stale platitudes . Waldemar Januszczak is the opposite. He is a regular person with a totally unique perspective. You like one you must hate the other.
Absolutely the best explanation of the seminal importance of El Greco to Picasso that I have ever heard. Thank you. I spent my childhood poring over my mother’s art books, and El Greco was always a puzzle and a weirdly entrancing painter. He made me feel uncomfortable, but I couldn’t stop looking at his work.
He and Tiepolo were the progenitors of fashion illustration today. The economy of line, the reduction and distillation of shadow, form, and shape. Absolutely incomparable. Breathtaking to see, every time.
@@juliarman most welcome- Let me know if you wish to see a documentary by Robert Hughes called the Mona Lisa curse, which was removed from the net, even though its the best one he made.
every time I look at his docs , the language he uses, the way he walks, I'm too late to go to my bed.This man is a real genius in making docs...Much thanks !
I took art history at university. I remember mannerism being described as a distorted style that grew out of the Renaissance period. This lecture explains it better. Thank you.
23:20 the horned lizard is distracting. "Horny toads" are a beloved* species in Texas, where they are indigenous to the more arid parts of the state; not in Europe, and never in swamps. If you wanted to show the plate seeming to come to life, why not use a species the artist actually would have had access to? *Horned lizards are very small and threaten nothing but insects. They are considered cute. Some Texans pay extra to get license plates featuring the horned lizard, with the proceeds going to environmental programs. Some sports teams are named after them.
It probably has to do with laws about native species being kept as pets. If I wanted to talk about turtles, I couldn't go to PetSmart and borrow a box turtle because it's not legal to sell box turtles in my state.
@@JJoy-bk8yr We have them in Arizona too. I saw them around our house back in the 1950s. The desert was down the street and a large highway today was a dirt road. As the city grew, the neighborhood horns toads left.
Mr. Januszczak can make anything and everything fascinating and " absolutely fabulous." His unique intellect/ personality supersedes the content of his documentaries.
"This isn't the handiwork of a particularly clever scientist, it's the handiwork of a particularly pessimistic visionary; in the mind of Leonardo da Vinci, exquisite knowledge had turned into exquisite despair." @ 12:51 Brilliant, Waldemar, simply brilliant!
Brilliant, but wrong I feel.. Da Vinci was almost certainly painting and drawing what he could see and experienced. He was recording history. Great show nonetheless 🙌🏽
I think he's seeing what he sees inside of himself. Art does this often. I don't interpret it as pessimism or despair. He's still interesting to listen to but I don't agree.
As a student of Medieval history, your works on art history of those times has enriched my understanding of religious complexities of the era. Thank you.
To some extent it also reveals the underlying fearfulness about sex of Catholic Christianity that continues to imbue much of todays most extremely “religious” Catholics.
This is so true. I took art history my first year of college & it was so hard to get thru I almost failed. I just dreaded sitting &watching slides on a projector while she essentially just read what the book said, esp when I realized the tests must have been from years before when she still cared & actually taught the class. I thought for years that I just "didn't get it" or wasn't smart/cultured enough to enjoy art but I love these videos.
to be honest..I can't get enough of his vlogs! I studied art history and became an architect, and a LOT of what he is telling me goes against the teachings I've been tough. How can no informed historian figure out that the Van Eyke was not a wedding contract... I love this guy
These aren't vlogs, this isn't Waldemar's channel or anything. These are old BBC documentaries reuploaded on to TH-cam. the channel might have a licence to be able to do it, I think.
@ 49:17 ~ "Mannerism wasn't a reaction, it was a continuation, an enlargement. Instead of looking down on it as a decline, we should be looking up at it as a fabulous climax!" **swoon** Oh, Waldemar, you and your honeyed words.
I tried listening to all the other "Perspective" videos on TH-cam. But, I can't!!! If it ain't got Waldemar, I just can not give a goll darn! I can only hope and pray that I will get more art docs from this great educator/critic/historian. An effing genius.
I found the deluge drawings when I was young and was so drawn to them, I would stare at them for hours. I viewed them as the world being destroyed by water and they really spoke to me. In 2012 when the same effect that he had drawn was strangely yet again repeated, I felt oddly comforted -it was literally the worst year of my life so it felt like it made sense. Thank you so much for including them! And Bosch! He is one of my first loves in art. I could not believe the precise, horrific perfection of his paintings. They still fascinate me.
I had a great art history teacher. He took us to Siena for one week to study roman, barbarian, medieval and Renaissance art. It made my life interesting. Thanks Sutter.
Thank you Waldemar for speaking up for poor reptiles (and actually holding them as well). They are my pet of choice, and as an artist I've always felt they were given a bad rap. You rock!
Fabulous! What a treat to see through Waldemar's eyes. His psychedelic (in the mind expanding sense) vision has been a joy to experience. And I've been introduced to artists that I've never had the pleasure to enjoy. Heartfelt thanks.
Brilliant. I was about to skip this segment because the Renaissance was my least favorite period in paintings. This narrator proved me wrong through his informative and thoroughly enjoyable narration, made more so by his wry, insightful commentary . Bravo, you’ve gained a new subscriber.
I’ve binged on this genius who studies geniuses! On top of all this wit and down to earth humor I find out he’s Polish!! I’m so proud to be Polish too and know that my ancestors came from the same place. I can’t wait to learn more about art from someone who belongs on real TV not just TH-cam
These are BBC tv shows that have been reuploaded by the person who made this channel. They were originally broadcast on television, and continue to be. It's good to have them on TH-cam too, but don't mistake it for this channel's work.
Great hour of art history. I can't help reflect it off my art history sessions as a freshman in college and this was premium. It also gives me so depth on the emotions that affected my Huguenot ancestors, some of which are still rather intense.
Waldemar, this was just brilliant! I, as an arts teacher and very into arts theory and art history, am surprised every time I see one of your episodes (love them all!) about the way you explain the worldview of a time period, which then condensates in art. I also love the way you show all the places and literally go there “where it has happened”. But especially in this series, I think you didn’t dig deep enough. There’s always been an underlying vibe of irrationality in Europe’s art after the age of antique Rome, maybe because the subjects were so much about imagining transcendent topics in religious works. Especially in the time around 1500, I think there was a huge change of the worldview, which made people (and artists) feel quite disoriented. There was the reformation, a whole system of belief got torn upside down, the plague raged in Europe, fear of the Apocalypse coming in 1500, the “Sacco di Roma”, a kind of “mini ice-age” led to famines, Christoph Columbus “discovered” America, Galileo Galilei replaced the earth with the sun as center of the solar system. You can find all these conflicts between traditional and new thinking in the work of Albrecht Dürer - a true Renaissance man in a lot of his paintings- but look at his Apocalypse prints: how gothic and middle-aged are these! Or Mathis Grünewald and his great altarpiece at Isenheim. Renaissance way of seeing the human being mixed with deeply middle-aged mysticism. And look at these colours! It’s obvious that Italian / Renaissance way of painting clashes there with a deep late-gothic mysticism and way of thinking. I loved you look at Tilmann Riemenschneider, and I’d really love you to look at Dürer and Grünewald. Please keep up your fabulous work - this really is a treasure for me and my pupils and it really is a pleasure to learn from you!
Many of these artworks have struck me as being surrealist, hundreds of years before Dali. I've seen some of them in art history books. Thanks for expanding my knowledge beyond that.
Waldemar is so good at this. Very enlightening video. Art does show what often, words alone cannot. Jesus speaks through artists. I know this as I am one of His artists. I live to love Him and to express my love for Him in art. A painting is worth MANY words. Thank you for this wonderful video! USA
I know it. Do you know it?Are you like me? Well...I'm addicted to Waldemar Januszczak's documentaries. Magnifico! Bravo! Bravo! How about you? I thought so!! You too, huh?!! Who could resist?! We can't...!! Give in peeps and watch!!
Art commentary for all! Are you not entertained? His captivating rhetoric is delivered in a grating timbre, full of charm and enticement, holding us in his Hitchcockian spell. How intoxicating, how inviting! How much of what he says is worth remembering?
I have learned more-and more enjoyably learned tidbits of Art which are so engaging, sharpening my desire to learn more and more. I put it all down to Waldemar's incredibly engaging teaching.
Again excellent (like all his documentaries). Waldemar Januszkzak with his explanation is the first one who let me have a glimpse of understanding of the smile of the Mona Lisa.
I’ve gone to the Met about once a month since 2002, but I’ve never seen The Opening of the Fifth Seal, since I’ve been daft or it’s been in storage for so long. This week the pre-1800 European painting galleries are open to the public after their long restoration, and this El Greco is hung right next to a Picasso (The Actor, from his rose period). It’s not MoMA’s Les Desmoiselles d’Avignons, but it’s a great art historical touch to link these two artists-Picasso doesn’t belong in these pre-1800 galleries-that I didn’t know until the first time I watched this series. I’m so excited to see this El Greco in person in two days, much more than if I’d never watched this again and again. Thanks!
I like how Waldemar truly seems to like what he is doing. He is very easy to watch. Well done. FYI.. before we had salt shakers you had salt cellars. You would have a master cellar and each place setting would have an individual salt cellar. You would pass the master around and spoon some into your salt cellar. They would have little spoons with them, matching sometimes. My mom's been collecting them since I can remember, I'm 55. Yep, lots and lots of salts. LOL
I am totally knackered ( if thats the right word ), because I have skipped a night sleep, but after seeing this fabulous program I'm inspired and tempted to continu working in my studio !! But my head tells me it would be wiser to go to bed now. . .
I know very little about art and I certainly appreciate these documentaries that further my knowledge. One artist that I have noted ever since I was about 16-17 (I'm 60 now) was Hieronymus Bosch. I remember the first time I saw one of his pieces and at that moment I honestly thought it was some 1960s hippie art I'd never seen before. This girl I barely knew saw me looking it over, she came over and in a quick moment told me who it was. For the next 20 min or so we looked it over inch by inch. I just wanted to say I find his work absolutley fascinating. Mind you, given the subject matter I'm actually quite surprised they didn't burn him at the stake for....oh I don't know.... something......I mean let's just say the man was pushing some pretty dangerous buttons in that day and age. Anyway cheers people, I hope you've had or have a nice day :)
love love love all of these Perspective videos! Leonardo, Bosch, Arcimboldo and my Palazzo Te! I am from Mantova and know that palace very well, I try to go there at least one/two times a year and it never ceases to amaze me, thanks so much!
Thank you so much, Waldemar. You are my favorite art historian presentator and Perspective is my favorite art history channel. Looking forward to your wonderful and humorous episodes.
The Deluge images should be addressed and discussed more often. The portraits and inventions and studies are of course great and deserve their attention, but these drawings are underrated.
When I look at these pictures that have the caves and mountains in the background and different subject matter in the foreground, I'm reminded of Queen's song called Bohemian Rhapsody. Allegedly, Freddie Mercury had three separate compositions he'd been working on for years and he finally put them all together, even though they were very different, in the one song. It makes since that a visual artist would do the same thing!
I am a big fan of Mr. Januszczak and I think everyone who enjoys art documentaries should watch all his. But I just want to mention Sister Wendy for anyone who has not watched Sister Wendy's story of painting series. They are all on youtube and they are really enjoyable.
How coincidental, I just watched an episode of a show that featured Rudolf II and his affinity for odd art and alchemy. I hadn't heard of him before that show, and now I learn even more about him shortly after!
I don''t know whether it's deliberate or not but right after he says he admires Mona Lisa most for not being a classic beauty they start playing "I'm a Barbie Girl, in a Barbie World" transcribed for lute at 5:40
The importance of this painting he was one of first that modeled the light on her body in graduated shading rather than outlining. A technique later called “Sfumato”.And used atmospheric perspective (dark to light) to evoke the distance.
😆 Of course some art history amature had to mention ‘sfumato’ to feel smart. ‘Sfumato’ is literally the least important thing about that painting and is completely irrelevant to this. You clearly didn’t understand what the documentary was about. 🤣🥴
@@themarquis336 lol i saw that too but dont make fun of him.. he's learning, thats all. I dont know which painting you guys are even talking about so i cant say anything really :/
He's made me go back to old college studies and papers that totally blew my mind very unapologetic take it or leave it and my art work has changed for it thanks Waldemar
Thank you! That was absolutely fabulous! I learned more from this presentation than I had from all the Art of the Renaissance programs I have seen! Well, mostly. But I am grateful for you perspective and looks at art of that period I had never seen or heard about. Thank you again.
He's hilarious. His Big Boy's ( American restaurant ) hairstyle is such a nice touch. Absolutely brilliant presentation Waldymyr. Resistance always struck me as an awakening. A questing of sorts. Religious talons loosening a bit in people's minds. El Greco, who lived in the most intolerant religious community of the time, España, captured the deep guilt & pain that was expected of it's inhabitants. The Inquisition was put into place to stop the very human propensity to ask why. Fear of torture & death usually does that. The artists captured these winds of change raining down on everyone & placed them on canvas. Imo anyway.
You are just brilliant,humorous and so explicit, you also bring in something new to think about. But I wonder why I never get notifications of your videos, have you stopped putting them on TH-cam ?
Brilliant...! Thankyou..., for me the other aspect this shows of the renaissance is a sense of mindsets shifting or perhaps perspectives looking to reinvent understanding in changing times... - cheers for this... 🍻🙏🦘
Superb insights. I thought I knew the Renaissance well (and particularly da Vinci), but Waldemar has revealed things of which I had no awareness whatsoever. Bravo, Waldemar!
Humanity did not walk erect into a new age of understanding and advancement. Humanity was dragged into it. Kicking and screaming the entire way. I own a shop and perform at a very famous Renaissance Festival. Actually knowing the history makes it a fun gig. I am a walking tome of almost useless lore, arcane knowledge and dance tunes. And - oh yes, love the dark side of art, it is alive and thriving at the fairs. The vulgar and shocking art is without an end. That's why many of us believe the Renaissance period never truly ended. It just adjusted to the times. The internet has only strengthened that point. Great video dude.
THE most extraordinary mind , the best teacher ever! I admire your ability to see beyond shapes and colors, deep in the meaning mater. I am forever grateful You shear your knowledge with us.
Bosch and drugs - to be honest, I think it quite possible that his style emerged from either: psychedelic tryptamines or psychosis. I despise the attribution of artistic vision to mundane causes, but in this case his visions are so distinctly characteristic of these states of consciousness and so divorced from any prevailing style of his time, that I wouldn't be at all shocked. Psilocybin mushrooms grow everywhere, and it is perfectly possible that a decent percentage of people over the course of history have accidentally eaten a whopping dose and had an experience never to be forgotten, one a member of an artistic family would find hugely valuable in creating his art. Likewise, psychosis, which can open up similar states, just for longer and in personally destructive ways, has been fairly common in all times and places. Bosch may have experienced periodic psychosis that in no way inhibited his ability to work as a successful artist. Neither of these routes to radical visions is somehow less authentic than any other mode of imagining. Exogenous neurotransmitters are no less real than the endogenous variety, and psychosis is no less legitimate a mode of perception - it merely mixes the interior and the exterior in ways that can be harmful to one's functioning in the world. Don't get me wrong, Waldy's cautious and thoughtful reading of the painting is an excellent corrective to silly speculations.
As an artist I'm always kind of turned down when people connect great surrealist or fantastical artists with the usage of drugs. That uncanny animals and beasts or landscapes can come from a creative and imaginative mind seems to be unthinkable for some people... it always has to be either drugs or mental illness.
The late 1400s were a period when the population of Europe was still recovering from a series of devastating plagues. The aristocracy's complacency and security had been rocked. Little wonder that the sponsors of art felt compelled to stare into the pit of despair. Despair was something everyone had faced. Insecurity was combined with the opportunity presented by the destruction of old social orders and improved regard for the poor, so few in number had they grown. The great compost heap that was society in the latter half of the 1400s could explain a lot of the deep desire to express turmoil and to acknowledge vulnerability.
"I once made a film with Leni Riefenstahl..." Hol up- I just met you dude, you can't open with how you once worked with the most famous Nazi propaganda filmmaker and not tell me that story. Now I have to go look that up before I can come back to this.
I can't stop watching. His videos are filled with art and ideas that are startlingly new. Januszczak is a genius.
I've always enjoyed his videos. He's very engaging.
Totally agree, I really enjoy watching him.
If he is fun, perhaps you will find Brian Sewell amusing to hear too.
@@ArtVideos-og9dv Give me a break... Brian Sewell is like every other art critic, an effete fop who hands out stale platitudes . Waldemar Januszczak is the opposite. He is a regular person with a totally unique perspective. You like one you must hate the other.
@@ArtVideos-og9dv I'll take a look! Thanks for the tip. :-)
Absolutely the best explanation of the seminal importance of El Greco to Picasso that I have ever heard. Thank you. I spent my childhood poring over my mother’s art books, and El Greco was always a puzzle and a weirdly entrancing painter. He made me feel uncomfortable, but I couldn’t stop looking at his work.
He and Tiepolo were the progenitors of fashion illustration today. The economy of line, the reduction and distillation of shadow, form, and shape. Absolutely incomparable. Breathtaking to see, every time.
I can watch Waldemar all day. I love it when they release a new film.
Love how dramatic this dude is about art. Makes me so hype
This is the second best thing that can happen on Saturday evening. Waldemar has opened my eyes to art better than anyone ever. He is an art god 🙏
Try Robert Hughes, a tad more intellectual and critical but nontheless timelessly poignant and relevant.
I've been hooked ever since he called Jackson Pollock "Jack the Dripper".
No, he's a good filmmaker.
@@MrHorus77 Thank you!
@@juliarman most welcome- Let me know if you wish to see a documentary by Robert Hughes called the Mona Lisa curse, which was removed from the net, even though its the best one he made.
every time I look at his docs , the language he uses, the way he walks, I'm too late to go to my bed.This man is a real genius in making docs...Much thanks !
Yes even the music is good. Sometimes I find a good speaker but they use dreadful music.
I am spoiled by Waldemar's documentaries. I add him to Mary Beard, Joann Fletcher and Tony Robinson.
I really like Waldemar. He is such a down to earth and sensible guy.
I took art history at university. I remember mannerism being described as a distorted style that grew out of the Renaissance period. This lecture explains it better. Thank you.
I hadn't compared it to Michelangelo before this, but it's true.
Waldemar on a Saturday afternoon. Perfect.
Right?!
How true, pure joy!
23:20 the horned lizard is distracting. "Horny toads" are a beloved* species in Texas, where they are indigenous to the more arid parts of the state; not in Europe, and never in swamps. If you wanted to show the plate seeming to come to life, why not use a species the artist actually would have had access to?
*Horned lizards are very small and threaten nothing but insects. They are considered cute. Some Texans pay extra to get license plates featuring the horned lizard, with the proceeds going to environmental programs. Some sports teams are named after them.
It probably has to do with laws about native species being kept as pets. If I wanted to talk about turtles, I couldn't go to PetSmart and borrow a box turtle because it's not legal to sell box turtles in my state.
@@JJoy-bk8yr We have them in Arizona too.
I saw them around our house back in the 1950s.
The desert was down the street and a large highway today was a dirt road. As the city grew, the neighborhood horns toads left.
Mr. Januszczak can make anything and everything fascinating and " absolutely fabulous." His unique intellect/ personality supersedes the content of his documentaries.
This docu is a great find for someone like me who's just gone back to art @ 63 years young!
"This isn't the handiwork of a particularly clever scientist, it's the handiwork of a particularly pessimistic visionary; in the mind of Leonardo da Vinci, exquisite knowledge had turned into exquisite despair." @ 12:51
Brilliant, Waldemar, simply brilliant!
Brilliant, but wrong I feel.. Da Vinci was almost certainly painting and drawing what he could see and experienced. He was recording history.
Great show nonetheless 🙌🏽
I think he's seeing what he sees inside of himself. Art does this often. I don't interpret it as pessimism or despair. He's still interesting to listen to but I don't agree.
Oh come on, these productions are overwhelmingly charming. Humorous, educational and exciting ! 👌
Or possibly even exciting.
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"....A Renaissance moment so naughty, even the DOG knows what's going on."
Easily one of my favorites of Waldemar's cynical observations.
These are the type of videos that are good enough to be saved for when I have peace and quiet
As a student of Medieval history, your works on art history of those times has enriched my understanding of religious complexities of the era. Thank you.
To some extent it also reveals the underlying fearfulness about sex of Catholic Christianity that continues to imbue much of todays most extremely “religious” Catholics.
@@Patriot1789 if I'm made afraid of sexuality, I'm being made afraid of life itself
Works are not a student.
Waldemar's narration is throughly enjoyable.
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If we had all had an art history teacher half as imaginative and exciting as Waldemar Janus., we would all appreciate and understand art so much more!
Not just art, life and perception.
This is so true. I took art history my first year of college & it was so hard to get thru I almost failed. I just dreaded sitting &watching slides on a projector while she essentially just read what the book said, esp when I realized the tests must have been from years before when she still cared & actually taught the class. I thought for years that I just "didn't get it" or wasn't smart/cultured enough to enjoy art but I love these videos.
He's the best storyteller, isn't he? I really regret that I slept through my 8:00 a.m. art history class in college.
he’s a clown
I had a great one, and I'm glad there's like 100s of hours of him on TH-cam.
to be honest..I can't get enough of his vlogs! I studied art history and became an architect, and a LOT of what he is telling me goes against the teachings I've been tough. How can no informed historian figure out that the Van Eyke was not a wedding contract... I love this guy
These aren't vlogs, this isn't Waldemar's channel or anything. These are old BBC documentaries reuploaded on to TH-cam. the channel might have a licence to be able to do it, I think.
@ 49:17 ~ "Mannerism wasn't a reaction, it was a continuation, an enlargement. Instead of looking down on it as a decline, we should be looking up at it as a fabulous climax!"
**swoon**
Oh, Waldemar, you and your honeyed words.
i could watch and listen to Waldemar for eternity. Bold, questioning, thoroughly engaging and bloody funny!
I tried listening to all the other "Perspective" videos on TH-cam. But, I can't!!! If it ain't got Waldemar, I just can not give a goll darn! I can only hope and pray that I will get more art docs from this great educator/critic/historian. An effing genius.
I found the deluge drawings when I was young and was so drawn to them, I would stare at them for hours. I viewed them as the world being destroyed by water and they really spoke to me. In 2012 when the same effect that he had drawn was strangely yet again repeated, I felt oddly comforted -it was literally the worst year of my life so it felt like it made sense. Thank you so much for including them! And Bosch! He is one of my first loves in art. I could not believe the precise, horrific perfection of his paintings. They still fascinate me.
Bravo for not bluring out the nudity in the artwork!! Thank god some people understand art for arts sake.
Only those with tiny, wee brains and nothing constructive to do blur things out.
It's actually TH-cam guidelines they're ridiculous and contradictory. Glad they were able to post it on this channel successfully . ❤
I am not only learning the classic arts, am also learning English from you. 👍
These docs are SO GOOD. So well done. Can't stop watching.
Same!!!
Amazing Waldemar... Merci !!!
Yes - he's a gift 🕶
I had a great art history teacher. He took us to Siena for one week to study roman, barbarian, medieval and Renaissance art. It made my life interesting. Thanks Sutter.
Thank you Waldemar for speaking up for poor reptiles (and actually holding them as well). They are my pet of choice, and as an artist I've always felt they were given a bad rap. You rock!
Fabulous! What a treat to see through Waldemar's eyes. His psychedelic (in the mind expanding sense) vision has been a joy to experience. And I've been introduced to artists that I've never had the pleasure to enjoy. Heartfelt thanks.
Brilliant. I was about to skip this segment because the Renaissance was my least favorite period in paintings. This narrator proved me wrong through his informative and thoroughly enjoyable narration, made more so by his wry, insightful commentary . Bravo, you’ve gained a new subscriber.
I’ve binged on this genius who studies geniuses! On top of all this wit and down to earth humor I find out he’s Polish!! I’m so proud to be Polish too and know that my ancestors came from the same place. I can’t wait to learn more about art from someone who belongs on real TV not just TH-cam
These are BBC tv shows that have been reuploaded by the person who made this channel. They were originally broadcast on television, and continue to be. It's good to have them on TH-cam too, but don't mistake it for this channel's work.
Great hour of art history. I can't help reflect it off my art history sessions as a freshman in college and this was premium. It also gives me so depth on the emotions that affected my Huguenot ancestors, some of which are still rather intense.
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Waldemar, this was just brilliant! I, as an arts teacher and very into arts theory and art history, am surprised every time I see one of your episodes (love them all!) about the way you explain the worldview of a time period, which then condensates in art. I also love the way you show all the places and literally go there “where it has happened”. But especially in this series, I think you didn’t dig deep enough. There’s always been an underlying vibe of irrationality in Europe’s art after the age of antique Rome, maybe because the subjects were so much about imagining transcendent topics in religious works. Especially in the time around 1500, I think there was a huge change of the worldview, which made people (and artists) feel quite disoriented. There was the reformation, a whole system of belief got torn upside down, the plague raged in Europe, fear of the Apocalypse coming in 1500, the “Sacco di Roma”, a kind of “mini ice-age” led to famines, Christoph Columbus “discovered” America, Galileo Galilei replaced the earth with the sun as center of the solar system. You can find all these conflicts between traditional and new thinking in the work of Albrecht Dürer - a true Renaissance man in a lot of his paintings- but look at his Apocalypse prints: how gothic and middle-aged are these! Or Mathis Grünewald and his great altarpiece at Isenheim. Renaissance way of seeing the human being mixed with deeply middle-aged mysticism. And look at these colours! It’s obvious that Italian / Renaissance way of painting clashes there with a deep late-gothic mysticism and way of thinking. I loved you look at Tilmann Riemenschneider, and I’d really love you to look at Dürer and Grünewald. Please keep up your fabulous work - this really is a treasure for me and my pupils and it really is a pleasure to learn from you!
Does Waldemar offer art history tours ?
@@laara1426 I wish...
Many of these artworks have struck me as being surrealist, hundreds of years before Dali. I've seen some of them in art history books. Thanks for expanding my knowledge beyond that.
That's what I was thinking too!
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was never really into art but listening to and watching Waldemar’s enthusiasm for a while now has me converted
Waldemar is so good at this. Very enlightening video. Art does show what often, words alone cannot. Jesus speaks through artists. I know this as I am one of His artists. I live to love Him and to express my love for Him in art. A painting is worth MANY words. Thank you for this wonderful video! USA
I know it. Do you know it?Are you like me? Well...I'm addicted to Waldemar Januszczak's documentaries. Magnifico! Bravo! Bravo! How about you? I thought so!! You too, huh?!! Who could resist?! We can't...!! Give in peeps and watch!!
Art commentary for all! Are you not entertained? His captivating rhetoric is delivered in a grating timbre, full of charm and enticement, holding us in his Hitchcockian spell. How intoxicating, how inviting!
How much of what he says is worth remembering?
What a beautiful series. I don`t believe it could be done better.
I have learned more-and more enjoyably learned tidbits of Art which are so engaging, sharpening my desire to learn more and more.
I put it all down to Waldemar's incredibly engaging teaching.
As always, very interesting and eyes opener. Thank you, пане Waldemar! Great series. Greetings from Ukraine.
Again excellent (like all his documentaries). Waldemar Januszkzak with his explanation is the first one who let me have a glimpse of understanding of the smile of the Mona Lisa.
I’ve gone to the Met about once a month since 2002, but I’ve never seen The Opening of the Fifth Seal, since I’ve been daft or it’s been in storage for so long. This week the pre-1800 European painting galleries are open to the public after their long restoration, and this El Greco is hung right next to a Picasso (The Actor, from his rose period). It’s not MoMA’s Les Desmoiselles d’Avignons, but it’s a great art historical touch to link these two artists-Picasso doesn’t belong in these pre-1800 galleries-that I didn’t know until the first time I watched this series. I’m so excited to see this El Greco in person in two days, much more than if I’d never watched this again and again. Thanks!
Waldemar strikes back! 10 points, 10 stars or whatever you want to call it. Call them like you see them Waldemar! Brilliant!
I like how Waldemar truly seems to like what he is doing. He is very easy to watch. Well done. FYI.. before we had salt shakers you had salt cellars. You would have a master cellar and each place setting would have an individual salt cellar. You would pass the master around and spoon some into your salt cellar. They would have little spoons with them, matching sometimes. My mom's been collecting them since I can remember, I'm 55. Yep, lots and lots of salts. LOL
I am totally knackered ( if thats the right word ), because I have skipped a night sleep, but after seeing this fabulous program I'm inspired and tempted to continu working in my studio !!
But my head tells me it would be wiser to go to bed now. . .
Waldemar, the crunching of your footsteps makes my hair on my back stand straight up.
I know very little about art and I certainly appreciate these documentaries that further my knowledge. One artist that I have noted ever since I was about 16-17 (I'm 60 now) was Hieronymus Bosch. I remember the first time I saw one of his pieces and at that moment I honestly thought it was some 1960s hippie art I'd never seen before. This girl I barely knew saw me looking it over, she came over and in a quick moment told me who it was. For the next 20 min or so we looked it over inch by inch. I just wanted to say I find his work absolutley fascinating. Mind you, given the subject matter I'm actually quite surprised they didn't burn him at the stake for....oh I don't know.... something......I mean let's just say the man was pushing some pretty dangerous buttons in that day and age. Anyway cheers people, I hope you've had or have a nice day :)
YES!!!!!
love love love all of these Perspective videos! Leonardo, Bosch, Arcimboldo and my Palazzo Te! I am from Mantova and know that palace very well, I try to go there at least one/two times a year and it never ceases to amaze me, thanks so much!
Thanks be to Waldemar for getting us through covid misery! 😍
Oh , spare us, Covid is a hysterical control adventure over by the New World order, and it obviously worked in your case.
@@paulscottfilms You, sir, are a phesticated penticle. Where's your chivalry, man! I.Q. rebels. Feh.
Thank you so much, Waldemar. You are my favorite art historian presentator and Perspective is my favorite art history channel. Looking forward to your wonderful and humorous episodes.
The host is fuuny. His perspective and the subjects he chooses are interesting. A really good watch.
Have no idea by what algorithm yt suggested this fascinating art tour.
But happy for it.
If only art was taught this way in schools, thank you!
Such an untrivial and captivating narration🙏 we are so lucky to have watched it
Excellent docu -- just wish the ending wasn't chopped off.
I know I was expecting for the answer
pretty sure we can guess what he will say because he repeats it all the way thro
His fantastic love of art forgives all things. it’s contagious if over interpreted.
Hooray!!
Love the analysis of Leonardo in the Mona Lisa and the landscape within...fascinating. Thank you.
I am thrilled to have stumbled upon Perspective!! Amazing, on every level. Thank you!!!
I can't stop watching them either. They are the best..learned so much!!!
Informative,educational,entertaining and knowledgeable. Also highly addictive. I wanted more of this from the first taste.
Excellent presentation, The mysticism of Mannerism nicely described. Every picture has a story and you are invited to make what you can of it.
Amazingly Done. Waldemar’s voice is right up their with David Attenborough! LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!!!
Excellent! Thank you for making art so entertaining and informative
The Deluge images should be addressed and discussed more often. The portraits and inventions and studies are of course great and deserve their attention, but these drawings are underrated.
This channel has such an Energy. He says everything with spite, delightful
When I look at these pictures that have the caves and mountains in the background and different subject matter in the foreground, I'm reminded of Queen's song called Bohemian Rhapsody. Allegedly, Freddie Mercury had three separate compositions he'd been working on for years and he finally put them all together, even though they were very different, in the one song. It makes since that a visual artist would do the same thing!
Omg, this guy makes art so much more fun and interesting. 💗 I would date him and I don't even date men.
He's married and with kids.
@@cherylhutchins-swenson320 oh, that makes me even happier. He's terrific and I'll bet he's a great family man.😊
With every episode I laugh out loud, look a little closer, and most importantly, rethink many ideas I've held all of my life.
I've gone through all Waldemar content on this website please upload more, more, more!
I am a big fan of Mr. Januszczak and I think everyone who enjoys art documentaries should watch all his. But I just want to mention Sister Wendy for anyone who has not watched Sister Wendy's story of painting series. They are all on youtube and they are really enjoyable.
Fearlessly, Bosch dove deep into the depths of imagination.
How coincidental, I just watched an episode of a show that featured Rudolf II and his affinity for odd art and alchemy. I hadn't heard of him before that show, and now I learn even more about him shortly after!
Such a wonderful series, thank you so much!
I don''t know whether it's deliberate or not but right after he says he admires Mona Lisa most for not being a classic beauty they start playing "I'm a Barbie Girl, in a Barbie World" transcribed for lute at 5:40
He is my hero. Watched over and over.just love his perspective
The importance of this painting he was one of first that modeled the light on her body in graduated shading rather than outlining.
A technique later called “Sfumato”.And used atmospheric perspective (dark to light) to evoke the distance.
😆 Of course some art history amature had to mention ‘sfumato’ to feel smart.
‘Sfumato’ is literally the least important thing about that painting and is completely irrelevant to this.
You clearly didn’t understand what the documentary was about. 🤣🥴
@@themarquis336 lol i saw that too but dont make fun of him.. he's learning, thats all. I dont know which painting you guys are even talking about so i cant say anything really :/
@@themarquis336 bully. And you're wrong.
He's made me go back to old college studies and papers that totally blew my mind very unapologetic take it or leave it and my art work has changed for it thanks Waldemar
We need more Waldemar Januszczak! Binch watching all of 'em ;)
Thank you! That was absolutely fabulous! I learned more from this presentation than I had from all the Art of the Renaissance programs I have seen! Well, mostly. But I am grateful for you perspective and looks at art of that period I had never seen or heard about. Thank you again.
Waldemar is THE best
He's hilarious.
His Big Boy's ( American restaurant ) hairstyle is such a nice touch.
Absolutely brilliant presentation Waldymyr.
Resistance always struck me as an awakening.
A questing of sorts.
Religious talons loosening a bit in people's minds.
El Greco, who lived in the most intolerant religious community of the time, España, captured the deep guilt & pain that was expected of it's inhabitants.
The Inquisition was put into place to stop the very human propensity to ask why.
Fear of torture & death usually does that.
The artists captured these winds of change raining down on everyone & placed them on canvas.
Imo anyway.
You are just brilliant,humorous and so explicit, you also bring in something new to think about. But I wonder why I never get notifications of your videos, have you stopped putting them on TH-cam ?
I love the tales you spin. They are wonderful.
Brilliant...! Thankyou..., for me the other aspect this shows of the renaissance is a sense of mindsets shifting or perhaps perspectives looking to reinvent understanding in changing times... - cheers for this... 🍻🙏🦘
Superb insights. I thought I knew the Renaissance well (and particularly da Vinci), but Waldemar has revealed things of which I had no awareness whatsoever. Bravo, Waldemar!
Was this "Mannerism" movement a momentary break in normal sanity itself? Feels like it. Lol!
Artfully presented and just as twisted as the artists themselves. Bravo!
Waldemar is even better when he’s had a few cocktails.
Pallisey in an art series.Never thought I would see the day.....
Humanity did not walk erect into a new age of understanding and advancement. Humanity was dragged into it. Kicking and screaming the entire way. I own a shop and perform at a very famous Renaissance Festival. Actually knowing the history makes it a fun gig. I am a walking tome of almost useless lore, arcane knowledge and dance tunes. And - oh yes, love the dark side of art, it is alive and thriving at the fairs. The vulgar and shocking art is without an end. That's why many of us believe the Renaissance period never truly ended. It just adjusted to the times. The internet has only strengthened that point. Great video dude.
Overwhelming informative , brilliant delivery, thank you.
THE most extraordinary mind , the best teacher ever! I admire your ability to see beyond shapes and colors, deep in the meaning mater. I am forever grateful You shear your knowledge with us.
Bosch and drugs - to be honest, I think it quite possible that his style emerged from either: psychedelic tryptamines or psychosis. I despise the attribution of artistic vision to mundane causes, but in this case his visions are so distinctly characteristic of these states of consciousness and so divorced from any prevailing style of his time, that I wouldn't be at all shocked. Psilocybin mushrooms grow everywhere, and it is perfectly possible that a decent percentage of people over the course of history have accidentally eaten a whopping dose and had an experience never to be forgotten, one a member of an artistic family would find hugely valuable in creating his art. Likewise, psychosis, which can open up similar states, just for longer and in personally destructive ways, has been fairly common in all times and places. Bosch may have experienced periodic psychosis that in no way inhibited his ability to work as a successful artist. Neither of these routes to radical visions is somehow less authentic than any other mode of imagining. Exogenous neurotransmitters are no less real than the endogenous variety, and psychosis is no less legitimate a mode of perception - it merely mixes the interior and the exterior in ways that can be harmful to one's functioning in the world.
Don't get me wrong, Waldy's cautious and thoughtful reading of the painting is an excellent corrective to silly speculations.
As an artist I'm always kind of turned down when people connect great surrealist or fantastical artists with the usage of drugs. That uncanny animals and beasts or landscapes can come from a creative and imaginative mind seems to be unthinkable for some people... it always has to be either drugs or mental illness.
Thank you for these wonderful documentaries - they are so educational, entertaining and utterly fascinating 🖌
The late 1400s were a period when the population of Europe was still recovering from a series of devastating plagues.
The aristocracy's complacency and security had been rocked.
Little wonder that the sponsors of art felt compelled to stare into the pit of despair. Despair was something everyone had faced.
Insecurity was combined with the opportunity presented by the destruction of old social orders and improved regard for the poor, so few in number had they grown.
The great compost heap that was society in the latter half of the 1400s could explain a lot of the deep desire to express turmoil and to acknowledge vulnerability.
When studying any type of history, art or otherwise, it's a good idea to have multiple knowledge sources.
"I once made a film with Leni Riefenstahl..." Hol up- I just met you dude, you can't open with how you once worked with the most famous Nazi propaganda filmmaker and not tell me that story. Now I have to go look that up before I can come back to this.
Waldemar is a work of art himself. Bravo!
This guy is top-notch, he needs to narrate all my documentaries videos I watch
you make art history interesting. i have been watching for days! thank you so much