Curator of Arms and Armour on Bermejo | National Gallery

Tobias Capwell is the Curator of Arms and Armour at the Wallace Collection. He is one of the world's leading authorities on medieval and Renaissance weapons and armour, with special emphasis on armour in England during the 15th Century.
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[@smiller6925]

Tobias Capwell did an AMAZING job in this lecture. Stunning

[@CurtHowland]

"It's my lecture so I'll say what I want." Thank you!

[@rembvanrijn]

Absolutely superb! For someone who knows nothing about armour, this opens up a whole field of art-historical study I didn’t even know existed. Brilliant.

[@robertracicot7232]

Long-bow's archers: Whom should we aim at? The commander: How 'bout the guy with golden armour?

[@stevenedwards4470]

That was truly special and illuminating in way not often encountered...even by people who are generally interested in art. Thank you for posting it and hosting the lecture.

[@johncrwarner]

What an interesting talk on a field I had not thought of as a topic of interest.

[@JesusRodriguez-hm1fs]

His real name is Bartolomé de Cárdenas. Bermejo or red as it was said in ancient Spanish, is a nickname after the color of his hair.

[@michaelbyrd7883]

This dude is awesome, he knows sh*t loads about armour, amazing! I can see why he's head of the class.

[@zizkazenit7885]

Always thumbs up for Capwell!

[@robbielu22]

This was GREAT. It also made me check out other books written by Tobias Capwell. for one I sent the video along to a friend who works 3d objects and another who works forging about his knives.

[@worldgeektube]

Fascinating. Wonderfully informative on a topic I'd never even thought about before.

[@vlisdero]

Interesting lecture, so detailed. Thank you. Please keep sharing.

[@PhilChavanne]

Brilliantly articulated. Thank you for this wonderfully educational lecture.

[@Emilia-os2vw]

Wonderful whimsical lecture, truly genius connecting art with armor! He did what the artist did, he connected something our worldly with the transcendent outer-worldly thing like art.

[@kimosabe6692]

Thank you.

[@aarsandijvie]

At 45,00 you can even see the reflection of an high medieval city in the gilded breastplate. Exquisite.

[@ninellrobinson4170]

Such an interesting talk, thank you!

[@cindy8994]

Wonderful and interesting lecture. Thank you.

[@gillesmeura3416]

It's great to hear Toby Capwell's enthusiasm: when he talks about "contemporary armour" (as opposed to Roman) it shows he is really living in the Middle Ages 😉

[@annehumphreys271]

Wow! So very interesting.

[@stinew358]

This is amazing. He should do a clip focusing on codpieces

[@magicknight13]

Such a fascinating and unique art historical focus! Interesting lecture and great examples

[@msb8287]

Happy to find this excellent lecture, thank you!

[@gabrieltomas8976]

Slendid, so many inputs. By the way, does anyone know who painted the other two St Michaels at 25:33 ? I would be immensely grateful!

[@carlosvagner5721]

I am Brazilian-art an educational religion!

[@marcogentile7292]

👏👏👏👏👏👏💕

[@jonrettich4579]

I was introduced to the Met when I was four also though in 1951 and tended more to the ancient Middle East and Egypt. I believe full plate without shields really doesn’t appear on the battlefield till close to 1400 and I can’t help but wonder if the reflection created was not a potential benefit in combat or that polishing did not help blows to glance off or that treating the surface did not help prevent erosion or was perceived. If one appreciates the “form follows function” credo I can’t imagine more beautiful and creative representations of this.

[@adriangunn]

What's the manuscript the artwork on the right at 32:47 comes from?

[@MartinLacko]

Book of hours?

[@gg2fan]

What is the word at 14:18? Jornea? In reference to the cape thing

[@peteannells4218]

Giornea ? A sideless overgown...according to google.

[@Tananjoh]

It's Giornea, or in French Journade

[@jonathanhemming]

Turn the subtitles on ;)

[@jcfp692]

The only real attempt to depict reality in these paintings are the reflections on the armoury. A real window into the past. Carpaccio is exceptionally good at it. Thank you for the wonderful lecture. Best regards. JCFP

[@philiprayner1772]

jousting should become and Olympic sport

[@MegaLivingIt]

Ok, We here in Transylvania don't agree 😄

[@random22026]

You do the public a disservice by failing to show the slides in their entirety. We don't need to see the lecturer: it is the imagery that is necessary to understand what is going on here.

[@perditachavez]

manage your audio better please !!!!