Dear school of life, do you plan on making a "music" section where you talk about classical or modern composers or musical styles and their effect on society or culture?
+The School of Life / Leo Ross That is a great idea. I've always felt I needed a hand, or an ear in appreciating music that hasn't been machined to be "easy" to listen to particularly classical music.
+Leo Ross They could do a section about cinema and director too... Not just Hollywood productions; but also, French movies or the Japonese masterpieces
+The School of Life I can see how that would be difficult. I've taken a course on music history and almost didn't pass. It was a lot of information for sure.
+The School of Life If ever that group needed an intern or something, I would absolutely be willing to apply :D . The lens through which this channel views other arts can help with understanding the deep and meaningful lessons that music can teach us, especially the works of the masters.
+Iesvilla Lucretius said it made the 'bitter draught' of important yet complex information go down easier. Granted, I think he was talking about using poetry at the time, but I think a calming, gentle voice has the same effect. Dr. Roxburgh and Alain de Botton have mastered this, in my opinion.
Palladio had this beautiful girl's voice in mind when creating calm, harmony and wonder in his architecture..and her face when building simple yet elegant facades.
I'm from Padua, and I grant you that this zone of Italy is filled with this kind of architecture: there are lots of "ville", holiday houses for the renaissance nobles or rich merchants who lived in Venice during the rest of the year to make business. If you want relaxing holidays in a sunny, calm place where you can see pieces of art like these, come visit us!
Man I love the voice of that lady, I could listen to it all day long. Besides the fact that the video is quite educational and enlightening, I think that the most beautiful thing this videos teach us is how to narrate, which is by its own merits very hard. Congrats the school of life, keep the magnificent work going!
I could listen to her for ages,she could literally talk about how wonderful are Donald Trump's views of the world and I would simply and sincerely just smile back...
Andrea Palladio (30 November 1508 - 19 August 1580) was an Italian architect active in the Republic of Venice. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily by Vitruvius, is widely considered to be the most influential individual in the history of architecture. All of his buildings are located in what was the Venetian Republic, but his teachings, summarized in the architectural treatise, The Four Books of Architecture, gained him wide recognition. The city of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Thank you for the excellent video. Can you give a reference for the statement: 'Palladio held views on architecture .... One of these ideas is that architecture has a clear purpose which is to help us be better people.'
Watching this beautiful lesson, I remembered that on his speech about him, John Armstrong said that Goethe had this need to search for soul mates from the cultural past. And one of his soul mates was Andrea Palladio. It was like having an "imaginary friend". So Goethe would have long conversations with him there inside his head. How very practical! This made me think that if we wanted to adapt Goethe's habit, Hannah would be a great imaginary friend for us too:-) An excellent teacher with such a beautiful mind and pure voice. In fact, probably as many of us do, I also remember the valuable insights of these lessons always with Hannah's voice. By the way, for all friends who are as ignorant as myself about architecture, I highly recommend Alain's great documentary " The Perfect Home", which you can find on his other youtube channel. Here is the line I loved the most from there: " Beauty is goodness written into matter."
Palladio was indeed one of the best architects ever lived, and created a positive influence on the built environment across the world. Thanks for the excellent video!!
It's interesting to notice that a polymath and an architecht Buckminster Fuller had a similar notion of purpose for architecture but he stated it more clarly. He said, that we need a revolution in design so that we can by its means transform humanity and survive the potential of extinction.
I would love to see an episode on any of the following: Tadao Ando, Peter Zumthor, Zaha Hadid, Renzo Piano, Santiago Calatrava, Louis Kahn, or I.M. Pei These were some of my favorite architects I studied in school. I'd love to hear your take on them! Thank you for the fantastic content!
OMG, this woman has such a soothing voice. If I have insomnia, I'm going to keep in mind to put this video on to doze off to slumberland. It's like cream butter to the ear...
It is great to see Dr. Hannah Roxburgh back - so many people want to understand art but don't and she does it in an informative and accessible way... Also. That voice! :D
Outstanding Hannah. It warms the heart to hear you say "a seductive portrait of our calmest and most dignified selves." The Four Books of Architecture are...well, hundreds of pages...and I'd love to hear you read every word.
IT IS MONUMENTAL in proportion though Andrea Palladio work destined to influence architecture up to the end of time… matter of simplicity, then symmetry form acquired its finest enriching upon the classic orders enactment. We shall call him The Tuscan Architect as he intentionally conspired with God to intermingle his divine inspiration through the very serenity of nature. Humane into highest impersonation of the self… heart and soul are taken into complete sublimation through invigorating thus harmonious habitat, where the observer is privileged to fool the passing of the ages through an imaginative arch of grandest statue and frescos designed to attain unlimited inventiveness and unimaginable rejuvenating living. Ramon D. Js.Polanco R.Santiago, DR28 May 2018
his architecture is like the human body and it's organs..everything is needed and fits with everything else seamlessly as if it was a singular organism.
Dear School of Life, I am writing in on behalf of my organisation, NUS Harmonica Orchestra, to ask for your kind permission to use your footages and photography for educational viewing. We would be using it during our concert screening to let our audiences learn about the geometry and symmetry in Palladio's architecture. Thank you very much for the helpful and informative video. We will be sure to give you due credit. Best wishes, Tiffany
This is in line with Jordan Peterson's ideas. He explains that Beauty generates an awe in humans that incentives us to try to imitate that Beauty, by becoming better and as worthy of it as we can.
+Augusto Griffi YES!!!! I immediatly told my Anthropology Professor of The School of Life when he made a class on Comte- i think their ideas somewhat resemble each other ( it's seems to me that De Botton mentioned him in some talks)
