His art is better than da Vinci Rembrandt or any of the other big name artist. He seems like a once jn a 100 year artist
@stephengriffin4612Күн бұрын
She had a fly on her head instead of a cantaloupe. They were out of season. Obvious explanation. Any other questions?
@papillon6122Күн бұрын
No mention of the use of optical aids, like concave mirror projections, that were readily available during the Renaissance. Wasn’t Botticelli aware of these techniques and if he was, why wouldn’t he use them?
@PleasantPricklesКүн бұрын
Could it just be a skillful artist showing off the great detail he or she is able to achieve? It’s a lovely piece, indeed.🪰
@alisonarmstrong8421Күн бұрын
She looks tired -- try having 15 children! and then the Madness of King George, the misbehavior of her oldest son who would become King geo. 4th...
@reaganwiles_artКүн бұрын
I would not have been able to like this as a young man myself, but now I think there are few better portraits.
@ginacrusco234Күн бұрын
This is a very riveting high-level discussion. I'm going to look at attribution material, because I have a suspicion that the portrait of Caravaggio is interpolated onto the canvas to make us believe the work is his.
@ginacrusco234Күн бұрын
What a clear, concise, insightful talk! I enjoyed it immensely.
@artroshi2 күн бұрын
Cezanne said if you would be a painter, you must avoid the literary spirit. Just from the start, you are getting a bunch of story lines being expressed as if he never said this. Just look and recieve without thought. You will begin to experience the music...
@janawaw82932 күн бұрын
Thank you , it was very interesting.
@janawaw82932 күн бұрын
Amazing curator for art 🙂, thank you. I love art history. Greetings from CZ.🌞
@Celestialkarma2 күн бұрын
Excellent Well explained Enjoyed God bless
@juliaru69182 күн бұрын
Artists who plant very realistic flies in their paintings continue the challenge launched not even by Giotto, but by the ancient Greek painters Zeuxis and Parrhasius. Their works have not reached us, but the legend of the competition that made them the kings of the trompe l’oeil genre (in other words, pictorial trompe l’oeil) is alive. The most famous in painting were two pairs of rivals: in the 5th century Zeuxis and Parrasius, in the 4th century Apelles and Protogenes. Zeuxis and Parrhasius argued about who would paint the picture better. People gathered, two rivals came out, each holding a painting under a blanket. Zeuxis pulled back the cover - in the picture there was a bunch of grapes, so similar that birds flocked to peck at it. The people applauded. “Now you pull back the covers!” - Zeuxis said to Parrhasius. “I can’t,” replied Parrhasius, “that’s what I drew.” Zeuxis bowed his head. “You’ve won! - he said. “I deceived the eyes of the birds, and you deceived the eye of the painter.” It was not for nothing that Zeuxis chose a bunch of grapes as the subject for his painting: he knew how to depict this like no one else. One day he painted a boy with a grape in his hands, and again the birds flew in and pecked at the berries, and the people applauded. Only Zeuxis himself was dissatisfied. He said: “So I wrote the boy poorly: if the boy were as good, the birds would be afraid to fly up to the berries.” (Mikhail Gasparov. Entertaining Greece)
@user-wk1mw9nj3i762 күн бұрын
Excellent. Very interesting and engaging. Thank you!
@bonniemagpie99603 күн бұрын
I think it looks very French.
@barbarajohnson14423 күн бұрын
Botticelli is better than any anti depressant! His lines are so comforting. Thank you for these wonderful insights to the revolutionary effects conjurred for engagement with this portrait. Wonderful talk🎉🎉🎉
@erikbroker41273 күн бұрын
Some English person once wrote Frans Hal's.
@TheWriterWalker3 күн бұрын
I love this commentary, and I'm not even an art person.
@aperson9003 күн бұрын
It is nice, but here is nothing special about the pond at Monet's home in Giverny. You have flowers, a little bridge, and an old rowboat in your town, too. You have a buggy, lily-choked pond somewhere near you from which mist rises early in the morning and across which shadows change all day. What you do not have is Monet, who left us beautiful, colorful paintings of the potential in the simple sights around us.
@poodle_soup2113 күн бұрын
Perhaps if there was more of a color hue in her clothing, she might have seen herself more in a better attitude?
@rustysnails3 күн бұрын
Without being facetious Constable's oeuvre best illustrates the findings of Komar and Melamid's mid-ninties findings of public taste, "Painting by Numbers: Komar and Melamid's scientific guide to art". One of the reasons I am "drawn" to Constable.
@lmb8883 күн бұрын
A very forward thinking... His own niche. Collectable.
@kensteffes67123 күн бұрын
Great art history
@AllisonMoon-SheWandersFeral4 күн бұрын
WHEN is it in London??
@nationalgallery3 күн бұрын
Hi Allison, 'The Wilton Diptych' is on display at the Ashmolean Museum until 1 September. Do keep an eye on the painting page for when it's back on display in the Gallery: www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/english-or-french-the-wilton-diptych
@user-wk1mw9nj3i764 күн бұрын
Outstanding and thought-provoking. I look forward to working my way through all of this video series. The presenter was divine. (Couldn’t resist the humor)
@user-wk1mw9nj3i764 күн бұрын
I’ve always wondered how the lapis lazuli was processed to get such a strong blue pigment as ultramarine, given the frequent impurities in the stone. Also, I never knew of the origins of the term “French Ultramarine.” Today painters often say that the difference between the French Ultramarine and Ultramarine paints has to do with the warmth of the hue; that is, one version is more reddish and the other is a bit cooler and perhaps less deep. I wonder if those are secondary characteristics from when synthetic ultramarine was invented, and thus are historical correlation rather than “French.” Certainly there are variations from brand to brand, and brand names for paint have sometimes been more about romantic marketing than scientific realities. Anyway, sorry to go on, but I hope a focus on pigments’ history will continue in NG videos. Thank you, and very well done!
@kidkique4 күн бұрын
she has endearing qualities - I like her
@user-wk1mw9nj3i764 күн бұрын
Excellent. Actually learned something about the painting. Well done, presenter.
@LilBrownieD4 күн бұрын
Oh wow, i first saw the skull subconsciously until comments pointed out for real. 👀 very creepy
@user-wk1mw9nj3i764 күн бұрын
20C modern with acid greens, but completely accessible to anyone. Thank you so very much for introducing us to a masterpiece which many of us have never seen before. Absolutely wonderful. ❤
@user-wk1mw9nj3i764 күн бұрын
I love 18C French pastel portraits! I enjoyed the introduction to the makers, but I wish more time was spent on the pastel painting, the artist and the family portrayed. I want to learn more, but as I live in the US Midwest, I will not be able to see this in person.
@user-wk1mw9nj3i764 күн бұрын
This was a most interesting talk about the painting. Very well done by the presenter, Nicholas Flory. Such a beautiful painting, exquisite.
@user-wk1mw9nj3i764 күн бұрын
I love not just the rich materials and craftsmanship, but the subject: the sweetness of the angels and Mary as they “endorse” this young slender king, who amazingly is backed by old stalwarts of the church. The viewer is easily compelled to also admire this king, which is rather good politics, of course. Imagine the thoughts of Richard II as he might contemplate himself portrayed as only one small step away from the holy personages. That’s such a different mindset from our contemporary one. Thank you for your discussion of the materials and the enormous care taken to make this devotional artwork.
@timeenoughforart4 күн бұрын
Amazing skill sets. I assume it was done by multiple craftsmen. These were produced in workshops where multiple different journeymen, masters, and apprentices worked. As a craftsman I am humbled. The anonymity of such a workshop reminds me of the cabinet shops I learned in. It would be wonderful to produce work with such artisans.
@judyodonoghue77155 күн бұрын
45 was old at that time, she looks beautiful for her age and the painting is indeed a master piece.
@gavinflorence94165 күн бұрын
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing this history!! I had no idea. Sir Thomas Lawrence a national Treasure!
@demetrapetrou85275 күн бұрын
🐝
@cuttwice39055 күн бұрын
I am partial to the Benjamin West's 1776 portrait. It was touched up to hide how worried she was about her husband's well being.
@adelaferreira45755 күн бұрын
The painting is a work of art,it shows the skilled painter ,I think is just beautiful !
@dalestaley56375 күн бұрын
It washes her out.
@ellaluna55145 күн бұрын
Why not?
@pinkpyjamas-ey6rw5 күн бұрын
I do hope they put this unique piece of art behind some kind of glass panel - there are too any idiots destroying priceless art works - the Ashmoleum cannot take any chances here.
@nycbigbear5 күн бұрын
But what about the other side?
@seppoe5 күн бұрын
E.g. At 11:18
@pumpthewater4195 күн бұрын
Davinci thought Michelangelo was a mediocre artist. Well he wasn’t wrong compared to himself.
@kathleenandrews81716 күн бұрын
Even super brainy art historians don't know how to use the word "unique" properly. I'm a grammar Nazi, I admit it. Trying to set all my pet peeves free, but dag nabbit! Unique means there is only one in all the world. Nothing can be "most unique" or "more unique" or even "so unique". If it's unique it's unique. There's no comparison. Ok; I'm done. Thanks for your patience with my wee rant. Super cool video, otherwise.
@tarmoutabiayre77586 күн бұрын
The lady didn't pay the artist, so he add the fly 😂
@KayInMaine6 күн бұрын
When I look at that painting, my first reaction is that the children are taunting the adults.
@Birgitte-jh9nv6 күн бұрын
This was so fascinating! I also read many of the comments by other subscribers here, some truly thought provoking thoughts about this painting are expressed there. I came back to the video and stopped where the painting was shown as large as possible in its entirety, I then went through every detail and now, I kid you not, this stunning portrait is solidly in my memory bank. Going to do some research about the 1470's era, fashion and Hofer family. Who knows what we can find there...
@philipmurphy26 күн бұрын
A great art/culture video by National Gallery
@alinc34916 күн бұрын
The fact that this color was used to paint the entire exterior of a church, Voronet monastery, in Bucovina, Romania, that is known as the "Sistine chapel of the East" is a testament of the richness of Moldova region in the past.