Art Cooking: Dutch and Flemish Still Life Painting

[@aaamandac]

I love how even today, we're still taking still life pictures of food - although instead of carefully arranging the food for a portrait, we're doing the same for a picture to be shared on instagram or social media. It'll be interesting to see years from now what the trends will be seen as from our time. Thanks for another amazing episode!

[@theartassignment]

Thanks for mentioning this. I kept thinking about this same idea while making this video, and I really should have made that link in the script. Humans CLEARLY love to look at pictures of food. And how we choose to represent it in different eras certainly reveals something about our time. What do those overhead, filtered shots of perfect meals on insta mean about us?

[@Udontkno7]

That's why I don't get the hate against post such as those. It's seemingly a part of human nature. Food had been painted for years upon years, in ancient frescos/pottery. It's quite common.

[@GetToKnowNature]

What a good point! I hadn't thought about it that way. I'm happy to have something to respond with the next time I hear some one complaining about people taking photos of their food.

[@jbtechcon7434]

I was in a restaurant once when the internet was down, and a hipster girl had to just carry her food around showing it to people.

[@coryman125]

I love the idea of a bunch of Dutch artists going to a dinner together, and one of them pulls out a canvas and goes "Sorry, just gotta take a quick still life before I eat"

[@marchabuyuan-llanes684]

This channel is just so offensively underrated.

[@PHlophe]

Jes, it is

[@ss-iy9wr]

Dark alternate timeline show me PBS arranging the dead birds still life

[@AlejandraEngelhardt]

"PFFFTTT" Butter and cheese on everything please!

[@theartassignment]

Yes! Nice revision.

[@loiscarlisle6035]

In the Netherlands, they also put special chocolate sprinkles on bread. I am very guilty of eating butter + cheese + sprinks. Devil may care!!

[@theartassignment]

@@loiscarlisle6035 Hagelslag!

[@sonikj5568]

I’m not being funny but I wish the narrator would narrate my life her voice is so soothing

[@estrellacasias]

Art cooking is my favourite series on this channel I love it.

[@ShesAaRebel]

Buzzfeed is doing their own version of this show. And while it's mildly interesting, there's just something about the quality that these videos are made in, as well as the way the information is presented, that makes me feel like I'm actually learning something, and becoming smarter. Whereas with Buzzfeed it just feels like a casual conversation. I suppose a good comparison would be journalism vs tabloids. Both are reporting something, and both require a similar skill set. It's just that one gives off a better impression in the end.

[@natashiagushue3889]

I love how the Art Assignment showcases women. I never got to learn about female artists in my art history classes

[@ricv64]

Weird. I took art history in the early 80's and learned about people like Kahlo , Jay DeFeo and Joan Brown .

[@wolfjeanne]

Actually nailed that Dutch pronunciation Sarah!

[@__malte]

anne sietsma Exactly! Most people can’t say the hard ‘g’ but Sarah did it perfectly.

[@lunayen]

@@__malte *Soft G* Most Anglo speaking countries use the hard g as a standard. In English, Gouda is pronounced as "Good-a"

[@KyPaMac]

Someone in the Green household has to be able to pronounce things.

[@myliminalelement7835]

Lol

[@Yoeri22]

As a Dutch man, i am very impressed by your pronounciation of Gouda. Chapeau

[@allthingsfascinating]

These videos are such visual asmrs.

[@ronnepony]

you are actually doing really well on the Gouda pronunciation that was cool to hear after the endless Goooda Americans usually do

[@theartassignment]

Thanks. As I said, I do my best (and sometimes fail spectacularly!).

[@manus5423]

the city ans cheese is written Gouda. and Amandas pronunciation was really good

[@ronnepony]

@@manus5423 i know it is i just can't type haha

[@saraserna9954]

Really interesting video! This genre of painting is called "naturaleza muerta" (literally dead nature) in Spanish and I had always seen it as a sad leftover of a magnificent party, a sad, gloomy depiction of those foods nobody wanted, yet you changed my view with the explanation of the context and the meaning of this paintings. I think I'll enjoy looking at those now! Thank you very much!! And greetings from Colombia :)

[@lorenabpv]

i've always found the name (in portuguese, natureza morta) gloomy, still life sounds less dark overall, so i agree with you and now have a different perspective too thanks to this video

[@berni1602]

This is simply wonderful, I loved not only the effort you made to recreate the painting, but the background narration explaining the elements, the context and all that.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

I love Dutch paintings so much- the details and idiosyncrasies of every artist speak to me.

[@MM-uw5tt]

I love that you tried speaking Dutch! I'm Polish and it's criminally common for people to mispronounce everything from names, words to cities in Polish. The fact that you put in effort to try to say Gouda the proper way - such care and effort. Love it

[@NoahOfTheArc]

Forget beautiful supermodels - beautiful stacks of cheese and pretzels is what really makes me happy to see.

[@bonbonbonbonbonbon6288]

Art Cooking is one of my favourite series on KZbin, thank you!

[@aleksanderk6765]

This really cheered me up! Keep up the good work Yeti!

[@EvlFlp]

Came back from a 'meh' date here in Amsterdam, saw this episode, watched it, happy again. Content, style, 'voice' and voice sooooo good again. Really enjoyed it. Also: heard "and yes that is My version of the Dutch pronunciation" and had to rewind to hear you say Gouda because you pronounced it so truely perfectly natural Dutch that I haddnt noticed that you as an American had diverted so far from the Americanenglish goooooodah haha. I actually know quite a lot about these subjects *Dutch art..history, food (and technology) but Still this was deeply interesting to watch. If you ever need a research volunteer here on the ground, let me know. But this was already such a well done video, again. Thanks

[@nutkja]

I’ve always been obsessed with these dutch still lifes! I love how amazingly detailed they are and the food looks delicious!

[@JohnKrill]

Terrific stuf. Didn't know talking about food still lifes could be so much fun. Later I just got hungry.

[@margaretguillory]

Delicious as always.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

I was familiar with the reflected self-portrait motif from Van Eyck, but I'm pleasantly surprised to see that Peeters used it extensively as well :)

[@JessieCarty]

The reflection how a photographic view is different from the still life is such a fascinating thing to reflect on!

[@emmawills7360]

Thank you so much for making this channel- it's really opened my eyes to how much incredible art exists in the world! Also thank you for how consistently undaunted and kind and respectful you are when people have negative comments, different opinions or are cynical about the topics you're covering. I now enjoy talking to my family and friends about art because I have an excellent role model for how to relish their differences in opinion :) This channel is one of my favourite things out of all of the things!

[@janicew9]

These videos cause me to think so much more than other art content I've found. Thank you for creating them!

[@wrayoflighttube]

I enjoyed the hidden portraits and that you pointed out the skill of conveying meaning in a still life.

[@safflower_s]

yay! my favorite area of the Hermitage museum is where Dutch still life paintings are displayed, and now I'm inspired to visit it again. and little self-portraits in the reflections? brilliant! thanks for the video!

[@inaweoftheworld]

I love the PBS Digital Studios channels, highly educational and entertaining. Love from Mexico.

[@JoaoPessoa86]

I wonder how Henry and Alice will feel about gouda after having so much of it in the house

[@theartassignment]

They still love it, but I imagine there will be a steep dip in the next few weeks. Will report back.

[@Toyon95]

Thank you for introducing me to a new artist I never knew about! And thank you for making me more interested in still life paintings.

[@karlharrelson1091]

As a student of history, I find these ‘windows on time’ simply riveting. I study every detail. Every roemer, bellarmine and berkmeyer. I try to identify every component. Like you, I will be attempting to recreate these paintings. But I have neither the time nor talent to paint them. So manipulated photography will have to suffice. I have amassed many of the necessary artifacts, or reasonable facsimiles. But the half wheel of cheese is out of my budget. So a smaller quantity on that one. Very fun project. Will get them printed on canvas to complete the process.

[@kkilinahe]

yesss. hawaiian bread, the most superior of breads (found in the US)

[@theartassignment]

We filmed this a week and a half ago, and I just cut a piece of what was left for breakfast this morning. Was impressed (and startled) to find it had aged not a bit. Must be some POWERFUL preservatives at work.

[@kkilinahe]

@@theartassignment i was born and raised in HI, they give elementary school kids this bread almost every day for lunch. might have some preservatives, but it's really good with chicken noodle soup, i can tell you that.

[@BubblewrapHighway]

Second only to Hokkaido milk bread.

[@AlthenaLuna]

I love gouda (which I've never heard pronounced any way but the Americanized way before, so neat) and seeing a wheel of it THAT big has me very jealous. The only kind I've ever seen in local stores is maybe 3.5"/9cm in diameter.

[@francis6489]

Being from Flanders myself, it's crazy how much of the plates, cutlery and decorations from ~300 years ago shown here, are still exactly the same today in many old people's houses. Like they were the last generation that existed in it's own cultural bubble, before foreign cultural influence took over.

[@TheyCallMeNewb]

I imagine that those tasked with taking mouth-watering pictures of fast food, would be comforted to learn that they in fact toil in a long tradition of art assignment. Excellent instalment!

[@JonathanDJCureton]

Hi Mrs. Urist Green, I was curious if you might make a video on art heists through the ages. I’ve been listening to the Boston Public Radio podcast “Last Seen,” and I’m curious about getting a broader perspective on art heists, and also one from someone on the art profession side, rather than just the investigative side of things. Have a wonderful Day! Thank You, Jonathan

[@theartassignment]

You know I've never found art heists that interesting. This doesn't mean that they aren't interesting. It just means that I don't tend to find them to reveal great truths or highlight what it is that I like about art in the first place. But I haven't listened to "Last Seen," and could very well be wrong. How am I wrong? (P.S., I did cover one art heist in our Mona Lisa video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haDdZKhvrpyDbas)

[@JonathanDJCureton]

@@theartassignment Well, to me the first thing I enjoy about art heists is how tantalizingly sensational they are. I enjoy them on a surface level for the same reason I enjoy an Agatha Christie novel: they're thrilling! As I listened to the podcast further, I considered what the "characters" thought of the art discussed more deeply. By listening to the federal agents' and mobsters' perspectives on the stolen artifacts, paintings, and sculptures, it occurred to me that not just the content of the work, but also the broader concept of the works of art themselves had a sort of iconography to them. The preferences of the greater public and the preferences of the thieves were also thought provoking to me. It made me stop and think about why these various pieces of art have the price tags they do (I greatly enjoyed the video you did on this subject). Another reason I am really enjoying "Last Seen" is that it gives the listener an inside look into a society of people at which a lot of people don't really get to look that closely. I suppose what I am really curious to hear from you is how a curator deals with and considers things like security and insurance, sort of how you did the video on how rich donors supply works for the collections of various galleries. Thanks! Have a Great Day!

[@theartassignment]

@@JonathanDJCureton Ok, I'm convinced. I will listen to "Last Seen." I am very interested in how the players involved in the heists do actually consider the work's iconography and meaning. And your comment also reminds me that I did enjoy Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch (although if I were here editor I would have cut 200 pages in the middle), which has a stolen (and very famous) artwork at it's core.

[@JonathanDJCureton]

The Art Assignment I have not read The Goldfinch, but I will certainly take the recommendation! Thank you!

[@danyaelkanzi9028]

Literally my favourite series of KZbin

[@Redrum420CF]

great episode, in the nerdfighter census when we had to rank the 13 shows the art assignment made my top 5. it was really hard to choose since even the ones i listed at the bottom i really liked. the other 4 in the top 5 where john and hanks books, vlogbrothers and scishow.

[@EugenioMenotti]

"We do our best". Me too. Greetings!!

[@erin3]

I will be thinking about this video as I scroll through my instagram feed. So much to consider in our love for food. These videos are so great and they really stay with me. Thanks for all the hard work!

[@midei]

Thank you! I’ve enjoyed this episode immensely

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

You can't go wrong with King's Hawaiian- how appropriate to pull that out around Thanksgiving!

[@lavibele]

As a Flmish person, I can say that your pronounciation of Clara Peeters and Gouda is quite good!!!

[@danielleshanti]

Beautifully done! I love that the artist put herself in the reflection. Clever. It feels so modern and cheeky. I wonder if I've seen paintings like that and not noticed...

[@Threetails]

3:00 that big pretzel loaf on the left's got my mouth watering. Kinda cool that most of the modern varieties of the pretzel would have been immediately recognizable to a 17th century Dutch artist. About the only new thing we've got is the ones stuffed with peanut butter and if such a thing had existed back then, I'm sure the Dutch would have devoured tons of them. Who knows? Maybe they had something kind of similar with cheese or chocolate in the middle. Damn, I'm hungry now. 🤤

[@wolfferoni]

This is so fascinating and also a great way to educate people because everyone's curious about food.

[@graphite2786]

Ye cats and little kittens! I've always considered the Dutch still life paintings....dull. They remind me of a foodie's Instagram and really, who is actually that interested in that. Then along comes Art Assignment with a whole new aspect, incorporating history, society and a DIY still life of enormous cheeses, butter and pretzels. Now I'm inspired to do my own research! Thanks Art Assignment, life's never dull with you lot around . ❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣

[@N3rdfightermom]

I really love this food and art series.

[@hinachansansensei]

I about spit my soda out in surprise when I saw the King's Hawaiian bread, was not expecting that as I'm watching from Hawaii. I love that you did your best trying to match the objects from the painting, but as an artist I'm goggling at the metallic and glass surfaces in the example still lifes throughout this video. It's not just the effect of light upon these surfaces, it's the symmetry also that's hard to keep consistent.

[@fugithegreat]

Another wonderful video! I think that still lifes of food are some of my favorite subject matter, and these are exquisite.

[@matthewcondon1985]

Wonderful video! I love cheese and butter and bread so much!!!

[@frogtoad4375]

One of my old art teachers liked showing his students a lot of these paintings at the beginning of his lessons because he knew the class was right around most people's lunch times as well. He would also compare them a lot to modern day instagram photos.

[@bigtiredniece]

I read about Peeters in Zing Tsjeng's Forgotten Women series and loved the detail of the self-portrait, so I got ridiculously excited when you started talking about that.

[@jeomasvogelbekdier]

I never really cared for still life paintings, but this was so interesting! Thanks Sarah!

[@GingerRootss]

LOVE THIS SERIES SO MUCH

[@MorRobots]

John buttering his pretzel... 🤣

[@anderblaine]

I LOVE ART COOKING!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!

[@susanshort6150]

I love your tea towels!!!

[@echoinsahara]

Thank you for producing the great contents!!!! Love it!

[@matthewcondon1985]

3:00 Forget the pretzels...look at that masterpiece of a loaf of bead in the lower right! I need to make that!!!

[@Elientjepientje.]

I love this so much! Your videos are so interesting and calming!

[@lillythai7939]

I recently went to a Dutch Golden Age exhibition in an attempt to broaden my horizon and learn about art, in particular, visual art. Now I want to return with Sarah's voice in the background because the audio guide did no justice to the artworks that you have mentioned here, artworks that actually were part of the exhibition. I want to go back and marvel at the cheeses and the fruit as well as the flowers in vases and pitchers.

[@leonorebelhani7862]

love this one soooooooo much, thanks for all those references!!

[@BrianHutzellMusic]

You have one of my favorite cheeses right there in Indianapolis: Tulip Tree Creamery’s Foxglove cheese is awesome! It’s a washed-rind cheese so strong that when you open it, people three blocks away complain, “Ugh! What’s the godawful smell?” It’s not a cheese for the faint of heart (If you like Kraft American Singles, Foxglove is your worst nightmare), but if you like your cheese with some funk, try it!

[@enycha22]

Love this episode!!

[@andyb6177]

damn, now I want some cheese.

[@thatjillgirl]

Glad you met a kind cheese monger.

[@Rotten.milchtuete]

just binge watched all of the videos

[@KannikCat]

1) I am glad I'm already eating while watching this, for I'd be hungry! 2) I learned a tonne about still lifes, history, world trade, and cheese, all fascinating 3) We need official AA merch that says "We do our best." :D 4) Love the dissolve at the end, nice recreation! Loved watching you tear into it with gusto. :)

[@miraymghayarwassouf337]

I had a wide smile when I saw the title.

[@emmetcameron1026]

I love Art Cooking. Have you ever thought of doing an episode about Mary Pratt? She's painted so much good food & would be such an interesting painter to talk about. I don't know how well known she is outside of Canada, but her works are some of my favourite to visit in our National Gallery.

[@love_tammy]

wow, I never noticed that artists put tiny self portraits in their still life paintings! now I really need to go to an art museum and see that for myself

[@rogerionagaoka2345]

PfffffffT! Loved it! Thankfully I've already dinned. otherwise I'd be hungry. Love you guys! Keep up the good work!

[@PoseidonXIII]

Your right! Pretzels are fancy and common at the same time.

[@ms.rstake_1211]

Love this channel.

[@Mehrnooshb]

Gosh Art Cooking videos always make me hungry lol

[@shreyamitragotri9750]

I thought those butter shavings were potato crisps at first! hahaha

[@00Linares00]

Cheese is great

[@theartassignment]

I hear this as a chant: CHEESE IS GREAT, CHEESE IS GREAT...

[@doorrraaaa]

It is not always that I am hungry after watching this series, but today I am. I have a thing with cheese.

[@cule189911]

have a happy thanksgiving!!!!!

[@laura987123]

These videos are always so fun and inspiring, I may have to try my hand at making some pretzels now :)

[@charliemcgee9803]

I love the dutch masters

[@elivalentine882]

more art cooking please !!!!

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

I'm so very excited; I've been studying my Brueghel as of late :)

[@theartassignment]

Yes! About halfway through sourcing images for this, I found myself wishing I'd made an Art Cooking: Brueghel. Perhaps in the future!

[@lorenabpv]

I don't really skip ads and before this video I got one for SF momas's channel, which is great, so I'm now on an art video rabbit hole

[@theartassignment]

You're welcome.

[@ricv64]

Sadly SF MOMA use to not be afraid of showcasing local artists . Not today

[@therawrpie]

I approve of your pronounciation of gouda! Go you!!

[@vote4anna]

With figs, include walnuts, so delicious eaten together

[@ly4everyi]

Sarah!!! Please do a series or something about Russian avant-garde, constructivism, suprematism, Malevich.....!! Please! Thanks!

[@Stigvandr]

What a cool concept and recreation! I noticed that the angle and perspective were changed between the original and the recreation, was that due to a concisus decision, or a technical limitation? Did you play around with other angles?

[@MyLifeInWonderland]

That PFFFFFT seriously made my day xD

[@nerd_alert927]

Thank you for teaching me how to pronounce Gouda. All around me, I've only heard it as gooda.

[@mjbuben]

I would very much like to get a copy of that exhibition catalogue. Do you have any tips on how to get one in the US?

[@barrykidwell7701]

ooo I have that exact plate along with a ton of other flow blue -i think that's what i was told it was when i was younger- in my mom's old antique cabinet right now, I've always been curious about them, i actually have a tattoo of one of the flowers

[@theartassignment]

The pattern, I learned, is called "Blue Onion": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Onion#cite_note-kovels-1

[@barrykidwell7701]

@@theartassignment Thanks for the reply! It's cool to finally be able to put a name to it, i can't wait to dig a little deeper

[@Fooglmog]

I'd love to hear your thoughts on how anyone could confuse Van Meegeren with Vermeer.

[@maxmccormick3376]

Heating the baking soda converts it from bicarbonate to carbonate, which is a stronger base

[@joebandura8822]

Really kind of what to know how those pretzels turned out.

[@elleh3495]

"Pffffff" 🤣🤣🤣🤣so Dutch. An expat in Amsterdam. I love this, its interesting for me, but also fun to see you talk about it, because you are not here. I would love to have sent you the items in this painting for your still life, as I live with an antiques collector. You'll just have to visit the Netherlands! ❌ ❌ ❌ 🌷

[@ythehunter755]

You pronounce Gouda perfect :) Zoute Krakeling translates to salty crunchie, which is also why the soft ones are just called pretzels here