Henry Ossawa Tanner......amazing! TY smarthisotry for your thought-provoking and amazing videos! I would say the Annunciation and the Thankful Poor are my favorites of his awesome works.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. March 1843 'The philosophers at Fruitlands' (utopian commune) - 'the poetry that is in man's life, the poorest pastoral clownish life; the light that shines on a man's hat, in a child's spoon, on every wave and on every mote of dust, they see not'
Happy New Year, Smarthistory. ❤❤ I am both thankful and poor (lol), so this image resonated with me immediately. Listening to this with earbuds was a mistake though, because Dr. Zucker's voice is even more melodious and smooth... I appreciated the much of the commentary (e.g. the compositional note about the boy being embraced from across the table, the place setting that may be for us, and the enjoyment of abstraction in representational pieces like this). I'm looking forward many more amazing videos in 2025.
@smarthistory-art-history That's great news! 😍 I see I haven't been receiving notifications for your new content, but I'll be more proactively checking for those. Smarthistory deserves its place in my routine.
The tablecloth is threadbare, it's not a play on artistic lighting!! There is no secret wonder in light or color, because when you're dirt poor you can't afford flowers or candles or new linen. There's no peace, only exhaustion. No comfort, aside from the basic meal. The empty plate is the mother's - who often went without because the man had to work and the child is her CHILD. There's no hidden message, only reality. It's art as journalism. It's showing the white art-loving middle class that 'they' also have table manners, pray to the same God, etc. But unlike them, 'they' ain't rich.
Those things can be true and the artist can also draw out elements through light and color and line, etc. All those things can be true at the same time.
I notice you mention racism and good discussion of abolition of slavery 'bleeding Kansas", especially as black history month is less than a month away!
What a knockout of a painting! Thanks so much for sharing it.
Henry Ossawa Tanner......amazing! TY smarthisotry for your thought-provoking and amazing videos! I would say the Annunciation and the Thankful Poor are my favorites of his awesome works.
just sharing that i really enjoyed this ~ thank you !
Beautiful
So sweet!
Ralph Waldo Emerson. March 1843
'The philosophers at Fruitlands' (utopian commune) - 'the poetry that is in man's life, the poorest pastoral clownish life; the light that shines on a man's hat, in a child's spoon, on every wave and on every mote of dust, they see not'
Happy New Year, Smarthistory. ❤❤
I am both thankful and poor (lol), so this image resonated with me immediately. Listening to this with earbuds was a mistake though, because Dr. Zucker's voice is even more melodious and smooth... I appreciated the much of the commentary (e.g. the compositional note about the boy being embraced from across the table, the place setting that may be for us, and the enjoyment of abstraction in representational pieces like this).
I'm looking forward many more amazing videos in 2025.
Looking at Tanner's work is always a treat. FYI - We have quite a few videos cued up for the next couple of weeks.
@smarthistory-art-history That's great news! 😍 I see I haven't been receiving notifications for your new content, but I'll be more proactively checking for those. Smarthistory deserves its place in my routine.
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The tablecloth is threadbare, it's not a play on artistic lighting!!
There is no secret wonder in light or color, because when you're dirt poor you can't afford flowers or candles or new linen.
There's no peace, only exhaustion.
No comfort, aside from the basic meal.
The empty plate is the mother's - who often went without because the man had to work and the child is her CHILD.
There's no hidden message, only reality. It's art as journalism.
It's showing the white art-loving middle class that 'they' also have table manners, pray to the same God, etc. But unlike them, 'they' ain't rich.
Those things can be true and the artist can also draw out elements through light and color and line, etc. All those things can be true at the same time.
I notice you mention racism and good discussion of abolition of slavery 'bleeding Kansas", especially as black history month is less than a month away!