ART/ARCHITECTURE - Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper spent his life painting alienated scenes that aren't depressing in the least to look at. They make us feel less alone. He used art therapeutically: to reconcile us to the isolation inside every one of us.
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I love this woman's voice...

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all cooper's mysteries dissolves through the weird and hypnotysing temperature of her voice !

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Not to disregard what she is saying, but her voice is just so calming and the way she puts her words together is elegantly placed as well.

[@khananasherov]

Well said. I don't know if this can be taught. Probably takes a lifetime.

[@ed-od9sd]

i like this girl's emotively explaining way to art which most people do it with so much pride and ego.

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[@Palace_Hi-Fi]

Girl PhD

[@jx4234]

Exactly. The art contents always seem unpleasant because the talker is so annoying.

[@D34DParadise]

I am always amazed at how art can articulate moods and emotions that I find so hard to explain in words. Art truly is one of things that makes life worth living.

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This lady's voice and face are so comforting. More of her in the future, please and thank you. :)

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***** I hope you or she or the powers that be ( ha a haiku?) at SOL will let us know when her book is available...

[@hessamous]

I discovered Hopper in Alain's book, "the art of travel." I'm very happy to my deepest emotions in paintings painted decades ago in a fascinating way.

[@SimplyMayaBeauty]

You guys are such a breath of fresh intellectual air in the KZbin sphere. Hannah is wonderful and I'd LOVE to see more videos featuring her calm presence and oozing intelligence. Not to mention, she's quite beautiful, though what keeps me watching intently is her voice and her insights.

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SimplyMayaBeauty *sigh*

[@mkt-7]

Her gaze and the way she walks are both lovely and refreshing to watch even though she talks about loneliness +1 video is informative and aesthetically pleasing

[@delljones2582]

I love the music playing in the background

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@delljones2582 have you found out the music in the background?

[@FatYellowDumbBird]

I'm so glad i found this channel. KZbin needs more channels like this, extremely well done. khyans editing talents really show in these videos

[@genedide4286]

The first time I watched it was learn about Hopper. I came back for the eyes.

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She is lovely. I could watch her talk about unclogging toilets.

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[@somethingtodiefor1]

I just absolutely love how you have deftly interspersed jazz music with gloomy pictures and I find them perfectly delicious... Would you be kind enough to let me know as to which piece of jazz this is.

[@tiwynlannister7373]

Darude sandstorm if I'm not mistaken

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[@anja3221]

this video was absolutely beautiful. You managed to create almost the same atmosphere Hopper did in his paintings through well-chosen background music, design and the hushed voice of this very intelligent woman. Your channel is a gift to this website, we can learn so much from you.

[@calska140]

You are absolutely right about sad and lonely art and it's ability to console our own personal sorrows. Alot of art that I like has been disparaged as bleak and depressing by friends and lovers but it actually makes me feel better. It's a visible manifestation of the thoughts and memories that plague me when I'm too weary to fend them off and being able to see that someone else has contended with similar feelings to such a great extent to be able to capture them on canvas gives me heart.

[@danielferrari4683]

Why don't you make a section for poetry?

[@weedntrips]

+Daniel Ferrari I think if they did I would understand its appeal, never even thought about art this way.

[@Bernardonogmo]

I love the way she reproduces the scenes of the paintings she's explaining.

[@Reggie_la]

That solitude in Hopper paintings that is not condemned... that's why I love them

[@littlepookie5362]

I could listen to this woman all day long

[@DCM30]

Beautiful and intelligent woman - an English rose!

[@jizhang2407]

Thank you for sharing so many illuminating insights from reading Hopper's art works.

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your voice is like asmr, i super-enjoyed this video.

[@BVRNERMVSIC]

I really enjoy watching your videos, thanks for sparking my interest in this form of art.

[@jonasktew6857]

thank you for yet another wonderful video!

[@SkyVeins]

This was so pleasing to watch, thank you.

[@kentan00]

This really is my favorite of the series. Please revive this i love the way you guys explain and discuss these painters and their work :D

[@MD0K]

I could gaze in to Hannah's eyes for hours on end whilst she talks about art.

[@Baskerville1000]

I have been a huge Hopper fan ever since I saw the light and shadow patterns in his landscape art and even more so when gazing at pictures like Summertime and Automat where the emotions of the depicted individuals shine from each spot of the canvas. This is very well done. I love your voice, inner and outer beauty and dedication.

[@popboy0]

She closes her speech with that exquisite Oscar Wilde's quote on Whistler and then does the paralel with Hopper work...... Absolutely brilliant. These few minutes make youtube worthy.... I've been enlighted. 🌠

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I just found this channel and I feel like it's the one I've always been looking for :) Thank you for all the hours of content you have put out there.

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I use this ambiently when I'm working or Reading. That voice plus smooth jazz is just great!

[@stephencook9727]

Thanks for a very interesting summary of Edward Hopper's life and art. I love his work.

[@JhoelSLC]

I just got an crush on her voice.

[@dinosaurfilms7425]

Interesting video but don't go overboard with these extreme close-up's. In my opinion they're just uncomfortable to watch in an interview setting (and also akward to be shot in). That type of shot originates from narrative film-making and is not very well suited for a regular conversation-type monologue since the focus is on what she says and not on the emotions on her face saying it. I know it's useful to have a shot to cutaway to for visual interest, just use different type of shot. Maybe start with a slighly wider medium shot. Dunno, just my subjective opinion.

[@prawny997]

I agree

[@thebil]

I disagree. Even if it is a methodologically incorrect way of shooting interviews, I think that this video benefits from this kind of close-ups. I think that it fits Hopper's art very well (the kind of closeness in loneliness kind of thing).

[@Palace_Hi-Fi]

Film school critique! Nice. Come back when you have 2.7 million subscribers.

[@Ram-lr6ud]

Agree. I think they distract. They are unnecessary. They are beautiful but unnecessary.

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fuck off with that trash. at least he has written well thought out critique. "CoMe BaCk WhEn YoU HaVe 2.7 MiLlIOn SuBsCrIbERs." Careful now, matthew beck. Your insecurities are showing. :(

[@billyk3933]

This is among my favorite KZbin videos. Thank you for the excellent art content.

[@gegori]

I've loved Edward Hopper since college. Thank you for the great retrospective on this great artist.

[@emune101]

wow I instantly love this guy's work

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I could watch these series nonstop. It's fresh, calm, beautiful, and important

[@Paladiesh]

I guess such comments are out of place here, but it seems that she's the kind of woman any intellectual could only dream of. One with beautiful yet modest features, simplistically elegant, well educated, introspective with a seeming tenderness and vulnerability. And there I go idealizing people I don't know again >_>

[@pattyfromtoledo]

Wow ~ I LOVE this video....I learned so much about Edward Hopper and love the term "Hopperesque"....Now I'm thinking this is my new term for understanding my love of all things Greyhound Bus related. Looking forward to hearing more Art and Architecture videos...the narrator is fantastic (she deserves a raise.)

[@robertohildago9850]

Thanks for this... always loved Hopper and his interpretation of modern urban life.

[@123ShaaaaN]

I watched this video many times over the last couple months, I love Edward hopper's art, but most of all I love this beautiful girl and the way she speaks, I've never been in love with someone from KZbin as much as her.

[@Lazylinepainter.]

Wow that was amazing had a lump in my throat by the end of it this was really what I needed to see today.

[@ACHWeddingFilms]

This was so powerful, thank you

[@magicknight13]

This is such an excellent video!

[@whichbrian]

I love the background music and the tone of her voice, I could listen to her all day.

[@hamletgiragosian6147]

There's more to Hopper's paintings than mere composition-I love his delightful representation of light.

[@KoneKonejo]

Music at the background is just brilliant. What is it?

[@danielfreeley5217]

To whom it may concern I want to wish a heartfelt thanks, I've long wanted to have a basic understanding of various philosophers and this page has offered me exactly that, it's easy to forget how powerful a tool the Internet can be for education, especially when used correctly! this is awesome

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Lovely Channel, thank you for making us more artistically literate

[@soulstealer29a]

Though I know much about literature and music I have never taken the time to truly embrace art and all of its masters. This video was very enjoyable and informative. Thank you.

[@welshriver]

He's the Raymond Carver of painting. Every painting unfolds into another painting. It's amazing!

[@inspiredidler]

Beautifully and eloquently presented ❤

[@SebastianDuto]

help me i'm drowning in the beauty of this woman

[@benkylo8015]

Edward Hopper is one of my favourite painters of all time. He perfectly captures that melancholic tone.

[@rajsingharora26]

Dear lady you are ART in yourself ...... i have seen this video twice just to hear your voice & that BEAUTIFUL FACE.

[@somethingtodiefor1]

It's cold and dark where I am seated... there's enough light to paint the world that I see in its dazzling mundane life. There's something about Hopperesque that pervades the atmosphere of everyday life; I have been a fan of his works post this incredible video by the school of life.

[@ritikalaw9494]

Amazing informative video, waiting for more.

[@PoisonedWineOfficial]

I understand his "loneliness" perfectly, and how gloomy my life is, just by admiring the eyes and the lips of the speaker. If Hopper could have painted me right now, I would be dying.

[@tennisatlive]

A truly excellent exponent of analysing art. This lady is very talented and gorgeous

[@Be8Bit]

Absolutely amazing!

[@SgtFoster]

Dr Hannah Roxburgh is absolutely wonderful. These classes are fabulous. Please give us much more of both.

[@RogeriusRex]

The host is so charming and her voice is captivating. How refreshing!

[@wesleymorton7878]

So enjoyed this. I like Hopper's paintings and what they represent. Very useful to have this video, the atmosphere, this woman to translate and narrate Hopper's significance. Interesting paradox that through articulating the solitary gloom feel of certain modern spaces it helps connect us, have a kind of shared community in these moments.

[@theowilliams7188]

Great video, beautifully said

[@TheErikrust]

I’ve always felt that Edward Hopper’s work is the penultimate display of the “bittersweet.” Those moments.

[@SirSpinach]

Can anyone tell me the song playing in the background?

[@CJ-ft9yo]

Discovered Hopper yesterday, Nighthawks is gorgeous, the loneliness in that neon light, the day after the bombing in Pearl Harbour and blacked out windows, alienated couples like his marriage .. art deco style, beautiful

[@PatMcDonald41]

Beautifully done ...

[@jacobpetitta7038]

The soundtrack for the video is amazing

[@bertjanderuiter]

I just love her videos and her enthusiasm . Please ask her to come to Amsterdam soon. We have a School of Life and tons of art on show.

[@halcyon_distilled]

"oblivious island in a sea of people" "even when someone loves us very much, there's always an essential part of us that remains alone" I enjoyed this video on Hopper. The background music is melancholy. it went well with the theme of his art. very nice

[@michaelmartin6912]

Well , I guess a picture really is worth a thousand words. Love Hopper...

[@Steegro68]

In a word, Hannah is the bomb! Really enjoying her contributions to the site.

[@user-eq5we2iw7l]

Her narrative and voice is a perfect narration for Hopper's works

[@tihomircolic7656]

Amasing !!! breath of fresh and calm intellectual presentation. Well done Hannah

[@wolfgaenger]

Fantastic!

[@lucasbautista4705]

Beautiful. The video also.

[@georgianawhite412]

I would love to hear her response to just about any artist's work; she's mesmerizing!

[@dloindustries]

Thank you for this.

[@nik3193]

MORE OF SUCH VIDEOS PLEASE!!

[@stokelyepuente9946]

Among Hopper’s greatest paintings she evokes the first work of art humanity knew about, women, and she is truly a gorgeous intelligent woman. As many said before me (or perhaps a more proper word would be “wrote”) I could listen her talk all day long, without hesitation, and people, in the void of existence that is why art is so important to humanity.

[@DaniFromnStyle]

thank you hannah for this great video. Ive been waiting for one of yours. I wish you all the best! cheers and goodbye from switzerland daniel

[@myrillionissilly]

beautiful!

[@somethingtodiefor1]

I love your Art/Architecture section and I must confess that I have seen this video several times already. I just have one more request - Please upload more videos on Art and at the same time, could you do a few on architecture?

[@weedntrips]

Does anyone else find that slight lisp incredibly attractive?

[@khananasherov]

I do.

[@allencurry256]

Afraid not. I found the lisp so distracting I frequently missed what was being said. It might be fetching in a one-on-one conversation, but detracts from her message. (I am now preparing for the flames coming my way.)

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Fascinating!

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Love she voice! She would be excellent at ASMR!

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This channel gives me hope.

[@michaelransom820]

I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you for this entire series. It is series like this that can genuinely make a difference by introducing those like myself to the importance of these mediums in a manner that is not overwhelming, easy to digest and free from pretension. Somehow, most likely due to the overarching culture of entertainment and self gratification, I had always felt that art was boring and uninteresting. Ultimately this was honestly only because i did not understand what art truly was, and i suspect that the same could be said for most of the population at large. However, as i am discovering, the arts are more pertinent now than ever. As our world becomes ever smaller and more connected, the insights into the human condition that these artists, writers and philosophers have gleaned are essential if we are to overcome the challenges ahead.

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those eyes

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Amazing!

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I love this so much :)

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Love it!

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Thanks for the subtitles !