I am so impressed with the British Museum reaching out into the world via the internet to expose, not only it's self to future museum goers but also to expose to the world the beautiful contents and treasures to people who otherwise would never see them. And all this presented by curators who clearly have knowledge and passion for their work. Many thanks to The British Museum.
@LordInter3 жыл бұрын
tbh the museum has so much stuff I live about 20 minutes away and wouldn't get to see it all in 1,000,000 trips 😊
@JustReadable5 жыл бұрын
What is so refreshing and attractive by all these curators is their combination of knowledge, dilligence and joy in learning about and presenting wonderful things.
@barirwin85593 жыл бұрын
And their youth
@Hope-Truth-Light3 жыл бұрын
I feel the same way
@censusgary5 жыл бұрын
In “Woman Sleeping” drawing, it’s amazing how much information Rembrandt conveys in so few brushstrokes. It’s truly the work of a master.
@huw38515 жыл бұрын
I liked that one as well. To my ignorant eye there was something elegantly Japanese about it.
@nelsonx53264 жыл бұрын
And the thick black line on the lower left only there to balance the image.
@edgeeffect3 жыл бұрын
@@huw3851 yes, I was thinking it was almost oriental in it's minimalism.
@ingeborg-anne6 жыл бұрын
More people need to see these videos. They're so good! Thanks as always, British Museum folks
@briane36575 жыл бұрын
When I first saw "Woman Sleeping", it made me wonder if Rembrandt had seen any Japanese watercolors and/or prints. I was lucky to be in London this last July when they were exhibiting many of Rembrandt's drawings and etchings for a few weeks for the public to enjoy.
@paulmanson2534 жыл бұрын
Hmm. Funny how memory works. Just had one surface. Charles II was sent a matched set of samurai swords by whoever was the leading daimyo of Japan. Now that would have been many years later than mentioned here,but the Dutch were the chosen traders for Chinese silk and other imported goods. So your guesstimate has validity. No reason why not. A Dutch merchant bringing home rare but lightweight prints ? Rembrandt being given access to examples ? He was known to be fascinated with textures,and curiosities. A completely different artistic convention ? He would have been fascinated by that alone. So sure,why not ? When did the Dutch successfully contact the Japanese islands ? No doubt Wiki has a listing. Must have a look at that.
@somedutchguy75824 жыл бұрын
@@paulmanson253 The Dutch had been trading with Japan since the early 1600's, so it is very likely Rembrandt would have been exposed to, possibly even posessed, some Japanese art. Whether in the form of woodprints, laquerwork or porcelain I couldn't tell, but I'll check next time I visit his house.
@paulmanson2534 жыл бұрын
@@somedutchguy7582 Please do. I read a biography of him,many years ago. He had a bankruptcy, I thought. He had filled his house with curiosities and things with different textures,many expensive. How much of the contents is actual to him ?
@somedutchguy75824 жыл бұрын
@@paulmanson253 Yes, he did indeed go bankrupt. Which is fortunate for us, because a complete inventory of his house was made. This inventory survived and was used to restore and refurbish the house to a state as close to the situation in Rembrandt's days. Visit their website: rembrandthuis.nl They also have a KZbin channel: kzbin.infovideos
@anomalyp85845 жыл бұрын
This actually is so cleverly thought up. It's the next step to keep musea alive! I applaud this channel!
@arsaeterna42855 жыл бұрын
she speaks VERY clearly, I really enjoyed listening how often do you get a distillation of years of someone's study
@msjoanofthearc5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so very much Olenka for such a lovely and detailed history of these fascinating treasures. I was hooked immediately by your pesentation!
@peterlewerin42134 жыл бұрын
Artists are liars, but the "Woman Sleeping" seems to express so much affection. One night I came home after working a late shift, and my girlfriend was sleeping. She had left some lights on so that I could move around, and in the soft light she was so precious. I forgot how tired I was, and sat down and made a drawing of her, the best drawing I've ever made. I am to Rembrandt like a sneeze to a hurricane, but in trying to interpret into lines on paper the sanctity and mundanity of a loved one's resting body we are colleagues.
@michellebeissel39376 жыл бұрын
Excellent content and presentation. I will watch again several times to make sure I didn't miss any goodies. I loved how your passion and warmth waxed throughout. Thank you.
@airingcupboard5 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. One of the best videos so far. The second drawing is one of my favourite drawings. The economy and suggestive feel for the subject is incredible. Thanks so much.
@tudormiller88984 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video, very informative. Thanks Olenka. Watching from London.
@PatMcDonald416 жыл бұрын
Beautifully presented. Thank you.
@Syrkyth6 жыл бұрын
Rembrandt's study for the Drunkenness of Lot is one of my favourites. Just by itself, stripped of title or story, it's an incredible depiction of humanity. It's a shame the finished work was lost.
@trcooperiv2 жыл бұрын
I could listen to her talk about Rembrandt for hours. Great piece :)
@cumulus8886 жыл бұрын
Very nice. Enjoy very much and appreciate your explanation of the art.
@AgnesLupumpkinee6 жыл бұрын
Like the second drawing of the sleeping woman!!! Simple brush strokes!!!
@forestdwellerresearch65934 жыл бұрын
Thanks for explaining. I never knew much about Rembrand but simplicity in that work is obvious. ....as in most beatiful things i guess.
@MerricMaker6 жыл бұрын
As I'm watching all these videos I start to realize how young these curators are... and now I'm old.
@thekingsdaughter42335 жыл бұрын
Now that you mention it... where have the years gone, and what did I do with my life? 😭
@semperludens92416 жыл бұрын
I am trying to admire Rembrandt's women but I can't help but stare at alternate universe curator Jean Grey
@sergiogrima83314 жыл бұрын
@JV Harbin And a really prepared and capable professional, as it seems. Years of study and research and she gets that kind of comments. I guess other sites will better cater to your needs, Mr Harbin.
@MrMAC89643 жыл бұрын
@@sergiogrima8331 lighten up curator groupie , i`m sure she wouldnt care .
@YourCrazyOverlord3 жыл бұрын
@@MrMAC8964 Because unasked for catcalling is DEFINITELY cool and not at all creepy. /s
@hyacinthlynch8433 жыл бұрын
@@sergiogrima8331 Agreed. Ms Horbatsch's expertise in her field is what truly matters to those who have a genuine interest to learn.
@heatherrose38634 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! I very much enjoyed this ep.
@iaincaillte33565 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Olenka. Excellent explanations and a fine choice of selections. Hope to see more from you.
@sparks27495 жыл бұрын
Kudos to the museum for sharing,... as a student of art all my life (so far, I'm 61) and a graduate of CalArts, I have had the opportunity to study up close the masters of light and shadow, Rembrandt being one of my fav's. However, when I hear people "Gushing accolades" about the detail and economy of strokes to convey a figure, I am shocked these words are not tempered with a side note that there were actually MANY who were doing the exact same quality of art. Back then, and today. Yes he was a pioneer, but so were many others, many today in fact (those who step away from the digital world) and utilize a pencil and a nice sheet of vellum could counted among the masters.
@pansepot14905 жыл бұрын
Masters get always blindly praised rather than objectively assessed, especially by critics and people who don’t have a clue about the technical aspects of art. Rembrandt was actually criticized by his contemporaries for his lack of skill in drawing figures, especially when he couldn’t use live subjects.
@chegeny5 жыл бұрын
I love how the hand of Curator Olenka Horbatsch describes the lines of Rembrandt's Diana, as only someone who has surrounded themselves with this exquisite art.
@steve154life5 жыл бұрын
What beautiful drawings. Makes me want to keep drawing myself,
@athenassigil58205 жыл бұрын
This is what the world needs more of....beauty and its appreciation.
@flamencoprof5 жыл бұрын
In '96 I toured Europe and its galleries. Rembrandt and Velasquez were my favourites.
@user-nt2vy8vr5b6 жыл бұрын
Great video, enjoy this kind of presentation. Nether know that story about small elephant;) I'm the real fan of the Curator' Corner.
@seamusoluasigh92965 жыл бұрын
Beautifully presented, great series.
@CraigSpannier5 жыл бұрын
I think something that's interesting about Rembrandt's Adam and Eve is that they look as if they could be most people parents.
@men_del124 жыл бұрын
Lol they are.
@itscoffeeoclocksomewhere30755 жыл бұрын
There is something so attractive from an intelligent woman such as this lovely curator Mrs. Horbatsch. Respects from the other side of the world.
@josearamirez20186 жыл бұрын
Thank you, best Rembrandt class ever!
@vinzent19925 жыл бұрын
Wow now I understand why Rembrandt is such a well-known name, his genius is obvious even to someone like me who's not an art expert.
@censusgary5 жыл бұрын
During that introduction, I was pretty impressed with how clearly Ms. Horbatsch can speak without opening her mouth or moving her lips.
@nickoforesta57883 жыл бұрын
I love these videos and have such admiration for the people who present them. They are all so bright and insightful.
@cynnx75005 жыл бұрын
her voice
@jimflammer93702 жыл бұрын
Wonderful explanations.
@mueffe13575 жыл бұрын
Everyone: Draws depictions of handsome and beautiful Adam & Eve figures Rembrandt: Draws Adam & Eve like normies. Rembrandt was doing historical revisionism before it was cool.
@patricksaucier12033 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I am a KZbin surfing dilettante and I am very glad to happen upon your video. I am hooked, the drawings you selected as examples are amazing.
@syzer39216 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Now I wanna hear more about Rembrants work.
@lynnblack64932 жыл бұрын
My sister created an "Eve" in clay many years ago. She definitely would not have been trying to replicate Rembrandt! Great minds...
@chris92S6 жыл бұрын
This was awesome nice job I love these British museum videos :D
@josefx13895 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Thank you.
@jaffasholva77383 жыл бұрын
Mesmerizing. Those pictures are pretty cool too.
@clayz15 жыл бұрын
I touched The Night Watch when I was six years old. Decades ago. More than half a century.
@rafaelcarvalho39285 жыл бұрын
Great vídeo. Thank you for your dedicated work!
@jimmyclendenin35534 жыл бұрын
Wow thank you much for the video 😻😻😻
@stevepartridge29594 жыл бұрын
Wonderful presentation, superb presenter.
@gretelisbibalo91366 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video about Rembrants women...
@cuentosdemedianoche24086 жыл бұрын
Amazing explanation, Literature and Art sure go hand in hand at times and I needed to know more about Rembrandt for my class. Thank you!
@ubik4596 жыл бұрын
Ty for your work....beautiful drawings.
@user-ug7pq7to8p3 жыл бұрын
Оленка, було дуже цікаво, дякую!
@julyol1196 жыл бұрын
That was very pleasant to watch and interesting information :)
@DumbledoreMcCracken2 жыл бұрын
Horbatsch provided a fantastic analysis
@KarlaJTanner6 жыл бұрын
Great job!
@ScoriacTears5 жыл бұрын
I imagine this picture influenced Goya's Dreamer drawing.
@LordInter3 жыл бұрын
this is so cool! I didn't know you guys had a load of his works!
@Persphonefallen5 жыл бұрын
I always found his works ugly beautiful. One thing the subjects are detail but not in a flattering way. Maybe more realistic and un ashamed. Yet always thrown in shadows so their is this hidden part. Neat how he saw the world.
@MrGyges6 жыл бұрын
Well done
@WillN2Go15 жыл бұрын
When discussing the drawings or sketches of a particular artist, or a particular work: How is it similar to the work of their contemporaries (or antecedents)? Next, obviously, what's different? More remarkable, or less so? Less so is also important. What does a working sketch of Ingres's furniture arrangement plan look like? Maybe he completely lacked a conceptual spatial view, but could draw like a camera.) What's similar to and different from a painting by the same artist? Here in Adam and Eve facial expressions are clear and understandable, as they are in many of Rembrandt's best portraits. Adam's lecturing; Eve's clearly about to tell him the part he's missed. Or maybe she's afraid. (Paul Ekman could probably say a great deal about Rembrandt's work. ) Anybody can wax about this and that, a little more breathless, some hyperbole and voila you've created a tautological masterpiece. It's a masterpiece because it's spectacular! It's spectacular because it's by a master! No one's learned anything. The result is crowds trying to get a selfie with the Mona Lisa, while two galleries over is the much more amazing Rembrandt portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels all alone. Third, where does the context of the period, the culture and artist interact? Did Rembrandt decide to draw a pudgy Eve, for theological reasons or was he so enamored of Saskia, and later Hendrickje Stoffels that they would always be his Eve? Was Botticelli more conventional, or just obsessed with a different person? Kenneth Clark and all that aside, a lot of naked art is the porn of its day. So much of it is submissive, as is scripted in many male sexual fantasies. But take Rembrandt's Eve, she's got some moxie. She's giving as good as he's trying to give her. Whether she's arguing or fearful, she is not going to say, 'yes, husband,' nor is she going to stupidly violate the lease, she's his equal. I think this is why this depiction of Adam and Eve is special.
@lorisutherland77284 жыл бұрын
How did they do so small of pictures in those times on the rings
@dmoats86955 жыл бұрын
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@dennismason37403 жыл бұрын
The wash sketch of his wife is weepy good.
@josephskiles5 жыл бұрын
really love these videos, she has a lot of interesting things to say I only wish ahe could have cut back on saying umm so frequently ( it's a habbit I had to break myself of and still have to focus on when speaking to keep from doing).
@steve154life5 жыл бұрын
Wat is tha name of elephant again.
@merindymorgenson31844 жыл бұрын
That second drawing of the woman sleeping looks to me like a forerunner of Impressionism.
@OVTraveller4 жыл бұрын
Visited the Rembrand Museum last year and asked to be admitted without charge as my mother's maiden name was Van Rijn. Was told the artist died
@OVTraveller4 жыл бұрын
in great debt and would I please pay twice the usual charge. Who said the Dutch lack a sense of humour?
@fleetingmoment5 жыл бұрын
His representation of women may have elicited fierce criticism, but Rembrandt will still be remembered when his critics are long forgotten.
@steve154life5 жыл бұрын
It iz amazing they haft survived through da century s
@paulmanson2536 жыл бұрын
This woman gets paid money to study images created by Rembrandt . Not bad,not bad at all. Good for her.
@prouteric13605 жыл бұрын
Rembrandt, Sargent and Monet the best to EVER do it.
@7ajhubbell5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this interesting information. Avoiding the verbal pauses in the future will improve the efficacy of such messages. Thank you.
@trojanette83455 жыл бұрын
Where would Rembrandt have been during the last years of his life? Curious to know if there are / were any surviving paintings that he did during the time of the Great Fire of London? The reason why I ask is that I once read in an account regarding the "Great Fire" that, the flames from the fire were so prolific and so intense that there were parts of Europe that could see the fire from certain other countries.
@jannetteberends87304 жыл бұрын
Rembrandt is Dutch. He lived in Amsterdam.
@alison26494 жыл бұрын
Hey! She’s American! ♥️☺️
@RainbowRanchFarms4 жыл бұрын
She's Canadian.
@matthewhuttle54456 жыл бұрын
Well, shit....I just fell in love again. Her voice, her passion, I’m done in. 😍😍😍😍
@retepish6 жыл бұрын
I would ask her out if I could. She would say no I would expect, but still...
@chambzors15 жыл бұрын
I find her voice annoying and fake. I couldnt even watch the whole video
@williambeaumont13124 жыл бұрын
We don’t know what the conversation was between them but Rembrandt has Adam telling Eve, “I told you, we’re not supposed to eat of it. Never mind what the serpent told you.”
@Bonzulac5 жыл бұрын
I'm also a keen observer of the everyday. You overtweeze. This may sound like an attempt to shame, but it's good advice.
@katiekat44574 жыл бұрын
In the 1st one of Diana taking a bath, I just can’t see the tree with hanging bones in the background. I see there is a sketching there but it doesn’t look like a tree and bones hanging to me. 2:20 does everyone else see it very easily? I’m usually good at seeing things like that but not this time.
@aleaparicio32844 жыл бұрын
It's a bow and quiver
@jayawilder38355 жыл бұрын
What was it about Rembrandt's depiction of women that people of his day didn't like?
@zeroman6145 жыл бұрын
jaya wilder it was too realistic. Idealism was the fashion.
@jayawilder38355 жыл бұрын
@@zeroman614 Well, yeah. Same old, same old. Rembrandt's personal taste in women seemed to be for "Real Women", warts and all (or if not actually warts, at least wobbly bits.) The love he had for podgy Hendrickje Stoffels glows from the canvas of "Woman Bathing in a Stream." Makes me cry, it is so beautiful.
@gerardtrigo3805 жыл бұрын
I notice that he fell on the omphalos side of the argument about Adam and Eve.
@TheSaneHatter6 жыл бұрын
I feel that the text is misleading: while this video provides an overview of several of rembrandt's works, it does not explain why they caused controversy, but only mentions it in passing.
@lordilluminati58365 жыл бұрын
why are al these curators cute!?
@MrMAC89643 жыл бұрын
Because the big cheese boss curator is a middle aged man.
@antipodesman4 жыл бұрын
I thought I recognized a Canadian voice. Did a google search and sure enough.
@lancemanly25335 жыл бұрын
the British museum has some damn fine curators if I may say so!
@NeonsStyleHD6 жыл бұрын
Sublime: I see an opportunity for education here. Do a series talking about the top 25 most important paintings in History and why they are so important. Most people don't get exposed to this, and just see art as something they like or dislike, and you have an opportunity here to pour knowledge into that ignorance.
@petrfrizen60786 жыл бұрын
26 most important paintings?.. Or 27?.. Or: 28 most important works of fine art?..
@NeonsStyleHD6 жыл бұрын
Paintings or sculptures. Not interested in installations.
@CanalTremocos5 жыл бұрын
The internet doesn't have enough top 25 lists. It also needs more pornography.
@Qwayeasn Жыл бұрын
Imagine you're drawing people, and it doesn't turn out great, and you go like "oh well" and put it away... and then 400 years later some art critics are like OMFG THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER BECAUSE HE DREW THEM SO UGLY!!1 lol
@JiveDadson3 жыл бұрын
Rembrandt's women all look alike. Saskia was definitely his type.
@mackenziedrake6 жыл бұрын
The realistic elephant is beautiful as well as a medieval symbol of Adam and Eve before the Fall. Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
@SabraMagdalena4 жыл бұрын
She looks like she stepped out of a Wes Anderson movie
@aaronjaben79133 жыл бұрын
Olenka ❤️
@blurgle91856 жыл бұрын
Not really comprehending why the elephant was so significant to the last painting. Rembrandt put it there because he for brief or longer spell was an elephant aficionado? "Hmmm, well into this painting, I think what I really wanted to paint was a wee and little Hansken right here…. just so" It's a great little elephant though, aside from its artistic function. I enjoyed it.
@klausolekristiansen29605 жыл бұрын
Hansken came to Amsterdam in the 1640s. This drawing is from 1638.
@leftyfourguns5 жыл бұрын
The elephant is significant to the painting because it's in the painting. If it wasn't a significant addition it wouldn't be there in the first place. Obviously we can only speculate as to WHY Rembrandt put it there. Either way it's a sort of hidden Easter egg you might not have normally noticed which the curator was pointing out.
@somedutchguy75824 жыл бұрын
@@klausolekristiansen2960 nonsense, she arrived in The Netherlands in 1633.
@patchesohoolihan6665 жыл бұрын
10/10 would take apple if offered
@rogier1515 жыл бұрын
She's so pretty.
@pansepot14905 жыл бұрын
Interesting to see these drawings but the commentary is more laudatory than accurate. For instance the fact that Rembrandt draws an arrow quiver to identify the naked woman as Diana not only is not remarkable but is the established convention. Naked women (then as today) were a popular subject but it was socially accepted only when the nude was disguised as mythological (Venus, Diana, etc.) or biblical (Eve, Susannah bathing, etc.)
@petrfrizen60786 жыл бұрын
…Voluptuous, precise, graphic et con amour…
@BobMarley-vl5gl2 жыл бұрын
Clearly a man who likes his distilled woman
@TraitorVek5 жыл бұрын
Red Hair - Very Observed
@grcfrank4 жыл бұрын
Humans have endless lines of curvature that hide the beauty of the body.
@_artorical_6 жыл бұрын
Misspelling of surname in description: “Horbatsch“
@trinelangohr66614 жыл бұрын
This Adam and Eve picture is so cool. They look a bit like Neanderthals. Or definitely generic cavepeople. And Eve's sly expression of "but I wanna eat it and I'm going to!" is hilarious (I see it every day in my toddler...).