It's a relief to listen and watch Waldemar's lectures, not only because he's brilliant, speaks well, and can actually pronounce words correctly in other languages, but also because he uses a marvelous sense of humor and is completely devoid of the atrocious hubris so staggering in most other presenters.
I know that all the rest of you also love the way Waldemar walks. His shoes. His penchant for filming his feet as he strides ponderously about the art world tickles me every time. I just love ZCZ.
Outstanding single episodes and amazing series. I don't know what category this would fall under, Oscar or Emmy awards. But it's should be considered a crime if this wasn't acknowledged with some prestige. It's also a master class in pedagogy. Even the most jaded student will find this solid gold. Thank you so much.
Another absolutely brilliant film by the art form himself. Any amateur or professional filmmaker here will see the work of a genius which Waldemar is. The storyline, the script, camera work, cutaways and editing are all superb.
"If I was an artist.." Waldy says when talking to the Roche pastel person. Yet, of course, he is an artist.. an artist of the mind. And possibly, in our times, a more profound and potentially influential artist (of the mind) than many of the great artists of the past. I have loved the great art all my life.. and that's becoming a long time now.. but yet in just a small amount of time I have learned so much from watching and absorbing Waldy's incredible insights about that great art. Further, I am sure there are many others like me experiencing this now. Wonderful!
Yes, absolutely, a great discovery> Another brilliant film by the art form himself. Any amateur or professional filmmakers here will see the work of a genius which Waldemar is. The story line, the script, camera work, cutaways and editing are all superb.
@Kat Harper here here, perfectly expressed. I’m in total agreement. Also, the original post just says it all too. I learn so much from Waldy and I adore his perspective on things.
I like Waldy, too, but let's settle on calling him a skilled and charming popularizer of art criticism. There have always been good popular critics, and he's one of the finest making accessible programs on art today. But he's not an artist, at least not in this capacity. There are great artists today - you're probably as likely to have heard of them as most people were to have heard of Degas during his lifetime . . .
Dear Mr. Januszczak, Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your knowledge and unique perspective about the Impressionism. I am your dedicated student, and your greatest fan. Your teachings bring great joy and happiness into my life. Thank You and your wonderful crew for creating these amazing documentaries!
Too bad he did not spend more time on Mary Cassatt. Her painting the homely girl ( “Girl Arranging Her Hair”) has an interesting backstory. Degas was famously cranky and chauvinistic. He did not like women painters and once told Cassatt “women know nothing about style.’ In answer to his challenge, she found the unattractive girl and painted her with elegance. When she exhibited it in the final Impressionist salon, Degas bought the painting and it hung in his home til the end of his life. When he bought it, he sent her a note that read, “What style.”
I teach art history and have for a very long time. Love the "Perspective" videos - they are great. I play them while I am grading digital papers (with COVID, that is OFTEN). Love it! Thank you!
Waldemar Januszczak - I love watching him! He is so entertaining with his charming confidence, knowledge and a bit of piss and vinegar. He makes me laugh often. Will watch anything he hosts that is written and produced well.
I'm deeply grateful to access Waldemar's videos. I have watched all of his episodes here on Perspective, and purchased copies of several other episodes. I'm suffering from severe bout of depression and PTSD, and when life gets tough, I escape into one of his videos. To say that they save my life is an understatement. Thank you, Waldemar and Perspective, from the bottom of my heart.
Photography invented blurry images and what a surprise to see movement before motion pictures. As shutter speeds increased artists used those action captures. Impressionist color took off where photography couldn’t go. Thanks WJ for your fresh insights.
I really enjoy watching Waldermar he brings a sense of fun and visualisation. I can picture things more clearly and he is very knowledgeable about the art movements of the past. I like the way he brings it up to date.
Thanks, Waldemar, for your expressive impression of Impressionism. Once again, you have explained the allegorical and physical connections of art, to the world, and to other art
Gosh, I absolutely love your videos! I learn so much more interesting facts from them than from books and other videos! PLEASE, PLEASE keep doing more videos!! 🙏
The pastel shop w clips of the nudes brought Degas to life. I feel as if he's alive.. Great interpretation of figures and horses' forms. What an adventure
These are so good. I love how the host is packing so much information about all these artists in these programs, and making it so interesting. I'm learning so much more than I ever learned in school or college about these amazing people. Not to throw shade on any of my former teachers or anything. I just didn't absorb what I am now. It might be my age and actual desire to know what I never knew before. I remember being focused on one artist (when I was younger) and, I guess, it gave me tunnel vision for the rest. Now, I want to know about all of them. lol.
Waldemar with his art knowledge, draws bdeople to learn and love art as well as appreciate art and gives us with his most enjoyable and entertaining manner as well as humor has done more for art for the general population than anyonne I know. An amazing man and wonderful love of art that is infectious to all watching his videos.❤ 6:02
I love only the videos hosted by Waldamere please give us more more more!!! You a amazing and amusing and hold my interest. I loved the Impressionists the most together and separately.❤️ what is the song I can’t understand the words “seven something “.? Love it my favourite . Keep it up Waldamere x
all your programs about art are gorgeous, really ingenious which conveys the feeling of a wonderful world that we receive new information and understanding about art. Thank you.
I have learned so much about art and artists and HISTORY from this series. I'm blown away! Waldemar has taught me to really look at the DETAILS of art! THANK YOU for this series!
Thanks for such a good documentary. I especially loved the parts about Caibotte and Mary Cassatt. I had the same impression that she seemed a little "too sweet," "too obviously feminine," but you taught me to see deeper.
Absolutely friends, becoming witnesses of a certain landscape, of a lifestyle, of fashion is suuuuper delightful, let's enjoy exploring the Past once again
Love this presenter, and the way the art styles, and history is analyzed. However Perspective really needs to number these series, its not clear which video to start with on any of the series. :)
I have to confess that I never knew of Gustave Caillebotte although I have visited so many galleries in a number of countries, and he addresses just the sorts of subjects and settings I find most interesting. Isn't Ford Madox Brown's "Working" an earlier painting of workmen? Although Brown's painting seems almost allegorical while Caillebotte's is a realistic portrayal of the actual. I can imagine an exhibition of the two Gustave's, Courbet and Caillebotte.
As a student of the History of Art I find your videos genuinely helpful. It's an earnest request if you please number these videos as 1, 2 etc so that it'd be helpful for us to know which to start or continue. Thank you
Caillebotte even painted the wedding ring of one of the woodworkers. He truly told the story of these men as humans with a back-story. Not just topless workers. And thank you so very much for celebrating female impressionists like Bracquemont as well. ♥️♥️♥️
I've really enjoyed this documentary, but when from 45:05 he says that the reason why he had dismissed Cassatt's work until he filmed it was because her paintings looked "too obviously feminine" I asked myself... what? Is that inherently wrong, thus "less artistic" compared to ...whatever it is? And what does being "too obviously feminine" mean, by the way? He absolutely means well, but that innocent remark speaks volumes on how baseless prejudice has been able to sideline female artists for centuries, not only in their time but also up until very recently.
Well, you have to take into account that the presenter is a male, and therefore IS already biased. A male's work is made in his perspective, not a female's, so it would make perfect sense if it resonated to him more.
What a fascinating video about impressionism - I will have to watch it several times - so many beautifull works of art - In Degas’ interpretation it seems that ballet et pastels are made for each other and the works of Gauguin are just amazing 💗🧡💛
The gripe some people have with Gauguin (myself included) isn't that he left his wife and kids behind, it's that he actually got himself _very_ young "mistresses" in Tahiti - as in, barely out of childhood ones.
A bit in his defense: he had been suicidal, had been kicked out of the family he loved. He turned to a life where he allowed himself to be wilder, less conventional. True, today we recognize ways in which men exploit women that were not recognized at all back then, and we feel bad for the women. But we do not know about the dynamics of those situations: perhaps those girls did not feel exploited at all. I don't know anything about their lives. Do you?
@@david203 well, I know you don't have sex with children or pubescent people. Doesn't matter if they feel exploited or not, the point is they're too young to have the maturity needed to make the decision if that is right or wrong. The _adult_ is supposed to know that's not right. That's why an adult giving oral sex to a child is a crime, even if the child thinks it feels good, and can't understand why that's the case. It's actually very alarming that you would say something like that. We have many cases of young people on the internet feeling good about themselves and even flattered because they're getting attention from predatory adults. They don't understand they're being exploited, and in fact feel instead appreciated. And yet, we all know those are sexual predators who would be thrown in jail immediately if they were ever caught. Just because it's "normalised" in some time periods of even cultures it doesn't mean it can be excused. Otherwise we'd all be fine with honour killings, public execution by stoning, with burning people at the stake or convicted prisoners bring drawn and quartered. All of this is shocking an ethically problematic, regardless of context.
@@Palmieres Well, I agree fully with every word. I was just pointing out some of the facts of Gauguin life and how he reacted to them. He was really searching for some sort of normalcy after his years of a really awful marriage. Unfortunately, his time in Tahiti was not at all normalcy, but acting out. He did take his own situation a bit better than his friend van Gogh dealt with his.
@@akschmidt2085 It certainly isn't. But if we are to ban artists and other contributors to society based on their abuse of others, then would not most such contributors be banned? Einstein was IMO the greatest physicist who ever lived, yet he treated the women close to him with great disregard, bordering on abuse. Should we ban the study of the giant segment of physics that Einstein developed? Should we ban the works of Frederick Delius and other composers who hurt their wives by visiting prostitutes and contracting syphilis? Let us understand the bad things that artists do and forgive them, as God does, so that what they created can be enjoyed by those whose life is improved by that enjoyment.
Yes this really is Monet and not Ibsen! That cracked me up! I have not heard a reference to the dreariness of Ibsen in years! Thank you for that laugh! :-)
I love his video that tells and related the reason why various masters select creativity and view objects differently. I've seen the carpenters scrapping the floor many years ago wandering how unique the angle of perspective is picked? Now, l got the answers to all my queries. Thanks so much!!!!
Yet another episode which is both entertaining and informative. I do love listening and watching Waldemar with his quite quirky style especially talking to camera over his shoulder. However I need to be picky and when he talks about the cabinet scraper at 39 minutes in and holds one and pushes it as if to show how it’s used but of course it’s pulled towards you not pushed. And the edge is not so much sharpened as turned over with a burr which produces a very effective tool to scrape surfaces smooth and remove surface layers or to smooth the wood down.