I just saw an exhibition at the New York Historical Society on Winold Reiss. Brilliant career amazing portraits of people especially the Black luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance. Plus design, architecture, posters, metal work... So much I had no idea about. He's is ripe for surveying and recognition. JS
As I learn about art (through your channel and other places) I have been making a list of artists that really impact me. Thomas Cole and the Hudson River school just got added to that list. Thank you so much for educating me and many others and congrats on such a wonderfully done doc. If I saw this on PBS or something I would not be surprised. Thank you x1000!
This means so much to us!! Thank you :) Cole was remarkable, and he also had so many extraordinary peers and successors-Frederic Church, Robert S. Duncanson, Martin Johnson Heade, Albert Bierstadt, George Inness, etc.-who are also very much worth looking into. We're so thrilled that you enjoyed the doc!
Every time I see Cole's work, a spark of electricity shoots up my spine. It is as if the spirit and godliness of a thousand cherubs, is smiling back at me from oblivion. The yearning for nature and the great beyond is so well suited to my tastes, that it makes me saddened to know such a kindred spirit departed so early. Bravo, Thomas. And bravo Rachel and Jason for your wonderful presentations.
Wow, this is such a step up from your guys' old content and that was already my favorite content on youtube, but this was fantastic! I didn't realize it was uploaded because of the thumbnail change though. (Side note:) Also the audio editor may want to grab a de-esser, the sibilance was kinda harsh on this episode.
Thank you!! We're so glad you found it - and enjoyed it! :) Believe it or not this is my voice carefully mastered with a de-esser - dialed up any more it starts to sound unnatural. I've got some powerful sibilance :/
Keep up the amazing work! American TV has never been as good as British tv when it comes to art history shows but I think you have really elevated the RU-vid originals with this episode!
If the Ancient Egyptians could see how their temple had been taken from their land and stuck into a Museum you can just imagine the rage and curses. Might make for an interesting movie where some Priests were revived with Egyptian mojo and they started to raid the artifacts and take them back. Could be a lot better that that awful Tom Cruise Mummy film.
Cole’s paintings are definitely beautiful & you really get the sense of majesty of nature. Follow the Artist looks like a start to a good series. Hope to see others.
cool document, cool host ... but I'd say that art historians are hugely overestimating artists. Being a draftsman myself I doubt that a professional artist has so much time for philosophy. I would say that efforts just to capture a scene with some potential to be sold and match competitors' performance are enough to exhaust artist's resources to the extent that there is no room for philosophy left. at most some contemplation after a successful business may occur over a bottle of wine ...
I think the same year Cole died Edgar Payne was born….and soon after or before Thomas Moran who was a result of Coles pursuits and probably my favorite of that school.. just as an artist..and Edgar Payne and the California impressionist movement which produced some of the great ones in my opinion…including Arthur Mathews who was all about the preservation of ruins in California and the US at large rather than building over and wiping history out…great doc….
Hello there! Can you please tell me if the painting Yhe Course of Empire Destruction is about an imaginary civilization or it's about the Fall of Rome 455A.D. ? I would really appreciate your answer
@@TheArtTourist Thank you! I asked about it because so many insist that it's the Fall of Rome! Now i will try to find about what year he had in mind that this destruction occurred! 🤔
Maybe you could make a short documentary about Nicola Samorì? I‘m a great admirer of his work and think he perfectly fits into your format. Maybe you can reach him for some questions. I‘m very thankful for your artist biographies. I can feel your passion for art through your presentations. It warms my heart. ❤
I was thinking of your channel the other day and hoping you'd put a new video out soon - this was spectacular! Such a well put together piece on a hugely inspiring artist. I loved the harp-filled soundtrack ❤️ You have such an elegant, lovely personal style too 😊 Would love to see more like this!
Yay!! Thank you so much for the kind words :) Isn't the harp magical? The soundtrack was performed for us by Esther Sibiude, an amazing NYC-based harpist and artist. We're so glad that you enjoyed the film - more to come!
Thank you for this phenomenal work. I especially enjoyed the reference to Burke. The sublime is one dimension of aesthetics that is in need of more attention; Kant and Burke are two thinkers who attempted to really capture the significance of the sublime. I think our own age is forgetting how “affective” nature can be; as there are too many distractions in modern life, and too many mediums keeping people blind, to the novelty of subjective experience, as well as the beauty of natural landscapes. When music and painting (in particular) can draw people back to the sublimity of experience and the enormity of nature, it can be transformative not only in how they interpret art, but life itself.
someone could make a serie of bluray disks with paintings in 4k or 8k. kind of as a present, in good performed box. modern 85-98" 4k 8k tvs can show them AWESOMELY so it is really make sence to do 🤗👍 kind of by themes, maybe by museums, or by peisages, author or so. i would definately bought full collection 😋 just lieing in bad, or sitting near fireplace at hall with whiskey and calmly watching all those emotions of mind expression 😇👍 awesome
I watch all your videos with interest and appreciation. I like the format of this one with you in natural environment. I hope you will do more of these. Thank you for your research and sharing your knowledge.
I very much enjoy how this channel honours the artists it documents, no matter what the lifestyle or beliefs of the artist may be. As far as I can tell, this channel tries not to overshadow the artist or twist their life and works to suit some hidden agenda the channel may have. It presents the artist as honestly and respectfully as possible; an admirable quality that is far too rare. Keep up the good work.
Do you have a source to buy art prints from per chance? I used to use artvee but they stopped doing classical art prints. I love your channel so much!!
"Fire, once a tool for survival and prosperity, is now weaponized" - Cole. Clearly he hadnt read much ancient and medival history, in which people are regulalry burnt alive as punishment for a variety of innocent offenses. People often idealize times before the industrial revolution
I wasn’t quoting Cole there. It’s a reference to the first painting in The Course of Empire, in which fire facilitates the development of early civilization.
The narrator bothers me. She is hard to watch talk because she moves her arms and head spontaneously and jaggedly. Her voice is not the prettiest. But, the information is great and the imagery is beautiful throughout this video!
