Art from 500 years ago can make modern people see differently. Studying art teaches us not only history but also invaluable analytical skills critical to so many fields today. Art makes you empathize and examine. Perhaps most importantly, it fosters curiosity and connection. It introduces you to the diversity of thinking, culture, and iconography, of ways of representation, of social values. That’s why we study art history: to see the power and potential of a work of art and to understand the meaning a work of art can have.
This series is intended to showcase those meanings and elucidate them. And I hope that in looking at these great works of art you can find your own meaning in them and in art history.
Written, produced, and presented by Weili Jin as an initiative of The Close Looking Project
Learn more about Narrative Art History and related initiatives at closelooking.org/ Inquiries: closelookingproject@gmail.com
In another video, it points out that the London Virgin of the rocks, has a penis formation of the rocks. Supposedly thats why the church rejected it, and also because he didnt add halos.
I discovered your channel and I love it. I am very grateful that you share with us your knowledge and your unique narrative form that helps us understand the paintings in a deeper way, the moment in which they were made and why they were made that way.
I was fortunate to live in Firenze for a year studying for my Post Baccalaureate certificate in Italian Renaissance art. It was one of my best life decisions to study there. ^^
This is the best video I've watched on the artist's of the Renaissance. It's so informative, intersecting and has explained things I didn't know . Could you not keep going through the centuries to the present day? 😀
Superb series! And I am thrilled for the 2nd. One of ny top 5 favorites on YT. Cant thank you enough. This is so beautifully done. It should be a high school course. Just really excellent!
I just finished watching all existing episodes and this is probably the best youtube channel there is! Thank you, Sir! Please, keep making more! I can't wait!
Spectactuclar topic done with mastery - portraiture influence between Italy and Low Countries/Flanders is absolutely facinating subject that has no end. Very interesting and not widely familiar works and your narrative is kind and moving.
You mention "there were extensive commercial connections between Italy and Flanders and paintings did travel..." Would you please elaborate on that process? How did paintings travel?
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--qfFCPBwzxg.htmlsi=EF_8B2AtWvrPVF4i I happened upon this video that provides an example of exactly what you're asking about.
Thank you, especially for showing the paintings without intruding yourself into the video. I also appreciate that you used punctuation in your speech so that it did not sound like gabbling! I enjoyed your researched commentary. My memory of the Ghent Altarpiece will be with me forever as the custodians had highlighted under a magnifying glass one of the exquisite plants - so beautiful.
Wrong: Brunelleschi only tapped the very end of the egg, he did not cut it in half. Your very good talk would be much improved by removing the music. It adds nothing, and is inappropriate to the period of which you speak. There is no evidence of Donatello's homosexuality. Why not just stick to facts? They a 'cells', not "prayer cells".
I like the music. It's calming, it adds interest to the video, and it helps to break up the speaking with some opportunity to reflect on the images we see in the video.
The image on the spoon depicts a dutch/flemish proverb. Als de vos de passie preekt, boer let op je ganzen. It roughly translates as a warning about strong men eulogizing peace and understanding. It has nothing to do with priests.
