If 'Where's Waldo?' Were A Painting...
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- This piece is called The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. This hyper-detailed painting leaves little to the imagination. But maybe you’re still wondering what is going on here.
Once upon a time in the far away land of Babylon, people decided to build a tower so tall, it would reach to the heavens. They wanted to be more like God. But God didn’t really like this at all and decided to turn their glorious tower into a crumbly lump. So God muddled their language so no one could understand each other. And this is how languages began and how this structure got the name The Tower of Babel.
This story is clearly rooted in a Christian perspective but is also based on Flavius Josephus’s Book Antiquities of the Jews that goes on to say that King Nimrod, the man to the left of the painting, was the visionary behind the construction of the tower of Babel. In fact, it’s believed that King Nimrod, dressed in Renaissance fashion, could be inspired by King Philip II. Both King’s had big plans that were destined to fail. While Nimrod’s tower was disrupted by the introduction of languages, Philip never learned to speak the languages of those in Antwerp in the first place, which only exacerbated religious tensions.
It’s possible that this painting is drawing a comparison between Babylon and Antwerp, the place the artist lived when he created this painting. Bruegel’s depiction of The Tower of Babel resembles the Colosseum in Rome, which may mean that he was drawing a comparison between Rome and Babylon.
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It was known as the Encyclopedic Style. You painted everything into the painting that should have been there, thus you might have a ship in the distant background on a river. If you looked very closely, you would see sailors climbing the rigging and barrels roped together on deck.
Nice!
Wow!
Hello, that is very interesting. I couldn't find more information about it. Could you help me a little? Any author?
@@marinieves9717 theres no such acknowledged style.
If you think Breughel is over-detailed, you should see anything by Hieronymous Bosch. Or "the Deluge", I forget who dud that one.
I really appreciate this channels perspective. Next semester I'm taking art history partly because this channel made me realize the complexity that art holds!
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It’s a visual history of man’s actions and thoughts!! Enjoy the class it will be fun I promise!
Is there something interesting you've learnt that you could share with us?
This was hilarious and so infotaining, thank you so much!
The ghost guy is not a ghost guy. White and yellow pigments tend to disappear at a molecular level, so white things go transparent and paintings with green (blue + yellow) get "blue-sickness".
That’s interesting. Is it true? You’d think an art expert would know that.
I'd love for her to comment on this, or even better, explore a painting where this has occurred on a grander scale.
It's quite generally known and to be honest I am starting to think our wonderful host also knows and was making a joke with the ghost thing 🙂 If you are looking for world famous cases of blue-sickness, Vermeer springs to mind. But even in this video you can establish it yourself; look at the linens the home makers are hanging up, they are see through as well. Once you see it, you see it everywhere in anything earlier than 1750.
Maybe it's Chiron, and the water that surrounds the tower is the river Styx!
@@SandyL0uise you can always learn from each other.I live in the city he possible lived,a buste of Breugel is nearly 600m of my house
YESSSS! Another *Art Deco* video!!
My day has just become infinitely better🤗
I love your channel! I'm from Germany btw and did not expect to hear a german sentence in your video! ❤
I feel so shallow ... but I cant help but snicker when I hear the name "Nimrod". Thanks, I always love your videos!
You’re meant to. It’s from King Nimrod where we get the term “nimrod”, which means “a foolish or inept person”.
I love love love your channel. Fantastically humorous way to educate on classic paintings. Your channel deserves many many more subscribers than what it has currently. It’s a great complementary channel to Great Art Explained, another equally fabulous and well researched channel.
Thank you for this video! I love this painting so much and I was so happy to see it at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna four years ago.
It wasn't that unusual to see biblical subjects depicted in contemporary dress/surroundings during the Medieval/Renaissance time period. Same for classical (Helenistic) narratives.
Yeah they did that so people could understand better what the subject was. Most people couldn't read so the only way they could experience the biblical or ancient greek stories was through the paintings. It doesn't do anyone any good if they are looking at a hyper historically accurate painting and they don't know what they are looking at.
I adore this channel and this particular video piqued my interest. The painting is dingy and precise. Using my imagination, I can smell the filth. 😅
Please do a video onThe Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch!! If you already did I can not find it and I’d love to see your take!
This presentation was amazing. Subscribed.
Enjoyed the video!!❤
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pls do "the last supper" next time, it's kind of interesting, many details and complex aspect
p/s: Your chanel is soo good, can't even say how much i love it
“Kinda like this 16th century version of where Waldo”
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When you used German for that bit about God’s punishment, I felt like I hacked the Tower of Babel for a second 😅
My favourite so far!! Thank you!!
thank you fo diz awesomazingness, art deco 🤩
forget da onsen, mama tachibana!!!
lez jus' take grandma and grandpa to da tower of babel.
grandpa can jus' poop anywhere.
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This is a superb video! 😍
It might be a good idea, though, to sometimes take pauses to let us digest what has just been said 😉
0:54 I GOT JUMPSCARED WHEN SUDDENLY IT STARTED SPEAKING MY NATIVE LANGUAGE
As a ghost guy myself doing ghost things is tiring
I have a 5000 piece puzzle of this painting in my closet that makes me think it will turn out about life size... It's my retirement project, but I may have to start it early. I can't wait to find the lil' pooping guy in the pieces. lol
Prophetic last statement. No society has survived empires over community’s.
Rome may have been seen as a symbol of decay, but it still exists.
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I love your videos!❤
Thank you so much for watching!
I remember why I follow this channel.
Lesson is : Don't build nanotube space elevators
Nice video! Maybe you can explain wth is going on in Les tresors de Satan by Jean Delville.
The Painting @3:54 is called, "The Crapping Peasant from Crappington upon Crap"
Interesting stuff!!! 🖌🎨🖼
dude in the red looks like a cabbage patch kid lol
The little tower ( and the lack of the dumper ) signifies, you can get more done if you don’t gotta leave a dump!¡ Depends diapers are efficient DUMP DUMPSTERS!!!¿¿¿
The guy was just crouching and that off-colored bit is the sole of his right foot, with his left firmly on the ground for stability. He’s not shitting. You’re welcome.
Great painting
To passada que foi em português! Gata tu arrasou! 😂❤
If en passant anyone's interested in Medieval and Rensaissance mindset, history and warfare I heartily recommend Schwerpunkt's videos series. He uses plenty of contemporary painting
If this channel has taught me anything it’s that a surprising amount of amazing art also has tiny dudes making poopsie.
Me, a portuguese speaker who knows english and german: you have no power here
Looks like a building in Brussels. Oh the irony.
lol "crumbly lump" is a wonderful coupling.
The Tower of Babel is a metaphor for humanism and its dependence and proclamation of knowledge as a be all and end all.
Love is the will of God.
Repent of sin, believe in and follow Jesus Christ and obey the will of our Heavenly Father and you will be saved, spared, of the impending end of all that is temporal.
Oh, shit yeah!
So the Earth’s population went from 8 to enough to build that tower in 3 generations…
People lived longer back then.
@@benjaminloyd6056 lol, back when?
They really did a lot of business, did they?
@@Game_Hero Back in the time of Noah. It is written in Numbers, how long each decendant lived. They were able to bear a lot more children because of their long lifespans. Dozens each.
@@benjaminloyd6056 You tell it like it's true
Engineer/Architect during ancient time be like. Building collapse .. God destroyed it.
when you got to go you got to go !
I cannot see Nimrod in the painting as a representation of King Philip II of Spain. For one thing, his unkempt beard totally obscures Philip II’s Habsburg jaw.
I always get my art education from Art Deco.
1st Amendment police need to be notified.
0:55 EU POSSO ENTENDER CARALHO!
God has nothing on me! 😂
I got so freaked out when at 00:53 my native language was suddenly spoken, then I got the joke and just cracked it lmao
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What did it say?
@@ExMeroMotu9 "he confused their language so that no one could understand them"
@GoodForWho Makes sense now. Thanks for your knowledge. Have a good rest of your day my friend.
sim hahah eu fiquei confusa sobre de onde tava saindo esse som
As a brazilian-portuguese speaker, I admit that my mind got extremely confused with the 0:55! Great to see a new video in your channel! Keep the great work!
Thank youuu!
Same!
German speaker here that got confused too 😂
I was freaking out for a second. Nice to hear Portuguese tho!
for a moment i tought something in my computer broke and it was trying to tell me lmao
Breugel is one of my favorite Northern Renaissance artists, he loved to show the candid side of humanity.
Bosch with a sense of humor.
I live in his city where previously he lived.
There is a statue in his honor 600m from my home
Have you been to Vienna yet? The Kunsthistorische Museum hast a big collection of his paintings. I spent hours in front of them when I was a kid.
@@agneskirsch8335 On my bucket list and certainly will visit it,thanks for the tip
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That would have been perfect!! 😂😂😂
I have this picture as a 9120 piece puzzle. Took over a year to finish. Framed it and it takes up a 5x7 foot wall space. Great conversation piece.
Is the pooping guy in it?
@@majorramsey3kof course he is!
The Great Tower of Babel is at the Art History Museum in Vienna, I've seen it irl a few times. If you ever go to Vienna this museum has to be on your list.
And the smaller one is in Rotterdam at the Boymans van Beuningen museum.
If my Art Humanities classes were as interesting as these videos, I would have paid more attention. 👍❤️
My moms an art history major/art dealer and I always recommend this channel to her ❤❤❤
Wow, thank you!
Nimrod was black ethiopian. You need to tell her that history too. Then go to carthage history.
@@HarvardArchaeology Not only is that a blatant lie as he is never depicted as being fair skinned, Nimrod isnt a real person
there is not a single historic non-biblical text or document that names him. which for a king, is almost entirely impossible. There is no evidence he exists, aside from the bible, which is largely agreed upon to be a fictional story about morals rather than a real, historical account of events.
I will never understand people like you who try to lie about historical figures being black, its so degrading and, frankly, racist, as if there were no famous historical black people (they do exist), so you have to re-write history to say "Look!! That famous guy from history was black!!".
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So much fun in one painting!
I love that the white stripe up the side of the building is where the lime (for the mortar) is being hauled up and the red is for the brick dust. Such wonderful attention to detail.
There are supposed to be over a thousand people in the painting!
I am not going to count them!
The detail is otherworldly! He’s like a artist AND an architect. Makes it hard to look away 😳
I love this painting because of the small details, but I've only ever saw it on a basic level. Now that i watched your video i realized i missed out on a lot, thank u for this informative video
Thank you so much 😀
Could probably look at it for hours & still miss plenty
Same. I watched it this summer and loved it, but missed so much detail. Art is so much better if you know the nuances and details!
"Nimrod was the great grandaon of Noah"
Along with everyone else in the world, I guess.
How true! 😂😂
Makes you wonder. Prob a parable but I find it hard to fathom that ppl that were much closer to like...Farming wouldn't know inbreeding bad.
OK FINE the pooper got me to click it 😂
Today, I learned Nimrod isn't just a random insult for a person who isn't very smart
Nimrod means mighty hunter. That's why Bugs Bunny frequently said, "What a nimrod!" ,referring sarcastically to Elmer Fudd.😊
Unrelated, but I was extremely proud of how I was able to understand both portuguese and german during your explanation of the tower of Babel, while being an Spanish native speaker 😅 Yay me!
Not to nag, but the Tower of Babel is in Genesis, a pre-Christian book.
As for the restful era of simple art, I recommend cave paintings.
Lots of medival and Renaissance painters depicted historical and mythological characters dresses in contemporary dresses cause they had pretty much no idea how like people dressed in the past.
That, and it brought the Bible stories closer to the contemporary viewer. It would still be an interesting technique - apostles in hoodies and sweatpants...
Babel and Nimrod were long before the Babalonian Empire and Babylon. Is there any real knowledge about culture and clothing that reaches that far back? Definitely calling it the Middle East is not correct. That is a modern term with modern cultural associations. By the way, as far as I understand, Nimrod was a Nephilim, which would explain why he would want to avenge the death of the other Nephilim, which was the point of the flood according to 1 Enoch. But how Nimrod survived and where the post flood Nephilim came from (like Goliath and the rest that God instructed Israel to wipe out in the land after Moses died), I haven't heard anyone having any firm ideas about that.
but they gave them quirky features that would set them apart from their own time... sandals for example, this inmediately said "classical period" and pagans were depicted with turbans (even if they were supposed to be germanic or celtic pagans) and were using scimitars instead of straight swords.... but those scimitars would usually be more like europeans curved blades than eastern ones
All of these little details truly bring painted works to life. It's not just a general capture of something cool or beautiful, but it's a detailed description of life back then (even if the details are made up because paintings aren't photographs)
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Breugel is like a humanist Bosch with an eye for the everyday (in my opinion, feel free to disagree!) Love his paintings and this video! Always enjoy your laidback but very informative style.
I love that early humans tried to make a skyscraper and god rewarded them with French, that is just so funny. I wonder if what actually happened (if it happened at all) was more akin to high altitude confusion that people sometimes get from low oxygen
From someone with an extreme fear of heights, I have to admit that I get a little nervous looking at the people a the top of the tower!
Maybe it's a metaphore...
It's a biblical legend, period.
So says you. Period.@@myriamickx7969
Most likely it was a just-so story--ancient people wondered why there were different languages and came up with this story to explain it.
It's pronounced Bay-bl.
Look, an ancient babylonian or aramean here to tell us!
@@Game_Hero It's accepted pronunciation. It's not Babble, it's Babel
Your videos are so good. And your style of talking. I love it.
Thank you so much!
I love this channel and it's presentation and delivery!! Makes it easy for average people like myself to understand and appreciate art especially the historical pieces. And the humor and real life scenarios behind them! Also I'm wondering how large this piece is in real life?! The details of this and many other pieces are really impressive!
four foot X five foot. It says, in the video.
@@londongael414awesome thanks I did look for the answer I promise but thanks for the reply. Now I can imagine it much better! Ahh I realize I didn't watch all the way thru first time. Even still much appreciated.
@@meanmommy77 You're welcome! 😊
It's 4 ft x 5 ft, which is roughly 1,20mt x 1,50mt
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How large is the painting?
Edit: 114 cm × 155 cm (45 in × 61 in) So several feet in each direction. I was wondering if it was small like a Dali painting.
approximately 4 ft x 5 ft. Pretty big!
So.. 11,4m x 15,5m ? Yep, big!!
@@HelgaCavoli it's 1,14 to 1,55 meters, as 100 cm = 10 dm = 1 m. You have it off by one digit.
@@mrocto329 Google has explained here to me that 1 feet = 12 inches. The original person would be a bit wrong then. Bit ok, 4x5 ft would be 48x60 in. And that would be 122 x 152 cm. Or 1,22 x 1,52 m.
Got it. Big, but not that big. Actually kinda small, I was expecting it to be "big" as in 2-3m big.
In the end the point is: wouldn't it be much practical if the conversion was already at the screen?
@@HelgaCavoli I don't know how to write this without seeming to be rude so I'll just ask: What country/language are you from where you use a comma instead of a decimal point?
When the little voice spoke Brazilian Portuguese I was proud (L) thank you
I love watching your videos, I study art history and know many things already but still learn some new things here and there in all of your videos or learn about new connections that I haven't thought of before! 🙂
Garden of Earthly Delights. I'm not gonna stop asking until you do it!
The Bruegel paintings are something else, like a where's waldo of different easter eggs.
the old version of sand castle
Holy cow. It looks just like a sand castle!
Metric measurements versus Imperial ones is a Babbel joke in itself.
The "where's Waldo?" comment. Art Deco is the best: always insightful and interesting but never without those smart funny moments.
I was just rewatching all of your videos - love your work ❤
Wow, thank you so much!
Amazing analysis as always. I think the entire description could pertain to today. Ah humans, we just never learn.
Yes! It pertains to today. A point I was hoping the narrator would have recognized. As Josephus said at 1:55, this is just what is happening today. But instead she took it as an opportunity to trash the Catholic king. So typical of the post modern art historian.
@@SandyL0uise Hmmm, I missed any trashing. She explains everything in the same tone. I think the whole video is a point out of how it pertains to today, personally.
I was thinking the same thing... Tower, Gold, crazy followers! All to find out it was a great biggly scam.
@@beckymiller6703 And everyone just a distracted worker bee.
@@catserver8577 Hello! She speculates that the tyrannical Nimrod was King Phillip II at 6:46.
I didn't know about this piece. As a Christian, I really appreciated your treatment of the original account. Well done. It gives such a big lesson about communication,. If we're not all speaking the same language, literally or symbolically, nothing can get accomplished (FYI: Not meant to be the conclusion of this account in the Bible, but just a thought that came to mind about how teams, staff, people are able to get things done when we're on the same page and understand each other).
Hmm. Are you sure that’s the lesson here? It was God after all who confused their language. And God being God knows what he’s doing and knows what’s best.
Thanks for your question. I wasn't trying to imply that that was the moral of the story or question God's judgment. There are many lessons you can glean from one story I'm sure.
That’s actually the real point of the story. God wasn’t worried that humans would reach Heaven, he was worried that we were working together and that that would make us like gods, and that’s why he made us speak different languages. Pretty evil and narcissistic, right?
@@88marome Not that it would make us like gods, but that we would think we were like God. Can’t you see the difference?
Insult God at your own risk. You’ve been warned.
@@SandyL0uise wouldn't that just prove him right? I mean if you're omnipotent and omniscient, can you really be that petty? And if you really are why don't you make your presence more obvious, not let your puppet-show speculate about you existance and jump to conclusions?
I want to know more about what the ghost guy was up to. I’m not satisfied with the explanation of ghost things.
I love that you inserted sonder into this analysis, it's great to see a new word being used. It's from the dictionary of obscure sorrows.
Real pleasure to see an upload! Thanks.
Thank you!
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The whole vibe, colors of the video makes me so comfy, combined with your voice, I wanna fall asleep to it.
I really enjoy these vids , I've never been into painting ,and I've been oh yeah pretty painting , but your vids has gotten me interested in them and realizing there is so much more of a story in each painting 😁
omg i love you. never ever in my life I interested about meanings behind paintings. When i first saw ur video, the way you explain is top notch
My Geography Teacher in 73 drew a copy of the Tower of babel in chalk on the blackboard, when he was warning us about the rush to Agenda 2030. You will all be caught up in it he said as he scanned the room, well most of you will, after his eyes had landed on the lad who had regular fits in class.
So excited when I saw new video today! 🎉 I could listen to your beautiful voice all day! This one is very timely, awesome work.
Huh. I always pronounced it BAY-bel.
Who knew calling someone a nimrod is an insult of biblical proportions 😅
Northern Renaissance is much my bias than High Renaissance because how the subjects are mostly ordinary people yet still has paintings of the nobles but the great attention to detail is impressive.❤
God: I promise to never drown you all again.
Babel: Ok but we're building a tower so tall you can't drown us again just in-case.
God: You can't do that!
Babel: Kwa nini hatuwezi kufanya hivyo?
Hieronymus Bosch has to be next. He originated Bruegel’s style. And he painted a music score on someone’s butt and it sounds haunting
I could spend the rest of my life studying every single inch of that painting. I love all kinds of hidden details. Easter eggs!
Fabulous video except the Tower of Babel isn’t so much Christian as Jewish since it appears in Genesis 11-9. Genesis being the first book of the Jewish Torah as Flavius Josephus says in his History of the Jewish people. Of course much later when the Christian religion bible was adopted Genesis became the first book of the Old Testament and everything that came after Jesus is the New Testament
Speaking of leaving nothing to the imagination, would love to see your take on The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, but that would take a lot of blurring or be age restricted.
Or some Dali pieces.