How Matisse Revolutionized Color In Art

[@Atraira]

i love your work and i respect the hustle but i gotta say watching a video essay about matisse followed by the words "cutting edge AI technology to unlock your strongest creative potential" coming out of your mouth gave me some serious whiplash

[@nintendude794]

Lmao

[@Zaftique]

yeah, what the hell... :\

[@nattdal88]

I really hope he's better than ai "art", it's just theft

[@oreganillo]

Using AI to contribute to a website design is not the same as creating AI art

[@dhess34]

I LOVE how anti-“AI” the art world is 😂 If a machine can do something better than you can, you should do something else. And the using the word “theft” regarding AI has been debunked ad nauseam: either further your understanding of the topic, or at least make an attempt to keep up with current Art philosophy.

[@JimTaulman]

I took a trip earlier this year to NY for work and stopped in MoMA to go see Starry Night. I left MoMA puzzled by Matisse. It was all I could think about when I left, because I just had like a violent emotional reaction to his paintings for some reason, I just did not “get it.” I went back to my hotel and started reading up on Matisse, I’ve looked at a lot of his other paintings and read a lot of what you’ve just said. This video was wonderful. Thank you for the b&w comparisons - for making me wield my imagination against itself and finally pit my expectations against the realities of these paintings. Even having seen the paintings before it was easy to fill the black and white versions in with more traditional colors in my head and see why people would have hated the vibrant versions of them. Filling in the colors with what I thought they should be and then seeing them fill in with these vibrant colors that just did not fit made a lot more click for me. Love your videos, funny to see one come out about an artist I’ve currently been consumed with. Keep it up ❤

[@simplyheen1150]

This might be a bit off topic but to convert a picture to black and white, I'd really recommend you to directly change the colour space to b&w instead of reducing saturation. In a nutshell, because how different colours have different brightness at max chroma, using the saturation slider for B&W will change the brightness of some colours instead of keeping it (e.g. red).

[@jogennotsuki]

You're right - it's totally off topic!

[@peterdahlvestergaard22]

@@jogennotsuki Well - isn't it literally on topic?

[@Arkholt2]

Your mention of divisionism is interesting. The idea of dots being seen from far away blending together is basically how halftone printing works, and both divisionism, pointillism, and halftone printing were developed around the same time. I wonder if the inventors of these things had any influence on each other.

[@zoulzopan]

Wow that's super interesting.

[@antoinepetrov]

Maybe the halftone printing developers learnt from Signac's extensive studies of colour

[@kingchillcali]

That’s a really interesting idea and I think the newspaper may have been the inspiration. This lead me down a rabbit hole where I found a pic of the first newspaper that was printed in color from 1855. It’s kind of wild to think someone managed to save a copy for over 150 years

[@alexturtwig5029]

The painting videos continue to be my favorite videos on KZbin. I go to the Met at least once a year now. Thank you, nerd writer!

[@al-karimwissanji1040]

Thank you, not only was that a lesson on Matisse, but history of words describing painting periods, styles, and evolution of art. Job very well done. Thank you again.

[@TheRockerX]

Took me a minute to realize the only reason I "guessed" the color of the painting correctly was because you used the same painting as the video's thumbnail.

[@robertterrell3065]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO! :) Because Matisse is my hero. At this stage of life, he might be "The Man." Different people have their idols, or not. I've loved Matisse for decades. He was a little bit down from the very top of Mount Olympus for me growing up because he didn't paint "abstract art" but I've looked at his amazing work and thought about his paintings a lot for the last... well, since College Art School. That's been 50 years now. Amazing how time has passed by. And I'm still contemplating art, especially painting!! Matisse has grown in my estimation, which is hard to believe, but he has. What a fantastic artist. He WAS AN Abstract Artist, really. It's right there. Such a solid foundation to his work. Thank you for what you accomplished Professor Henri Matisse. You give me something to aspire to. Working as hard as I can to continue to grow and expand as an artist!! SMH, so amazing, Henri Matisse!!!

[@sheren_b]

A great summation of matisse's influence and work, i remember learning about fauvism in high school and how it really puts color usage in perspective. I love the tie-in with pointillism and the cameo of gertrude stein of course lol.

[@sauravchaudhary997]

Damn where do I learn this stuff?? Any resources you can suggest?

[@margaretsmith9637]

Did you notice in the dancers the red of the body vibrates the same off of the dark blue as it does off the lighter slightly greyed green. No wonder it took him a year and a half to get those colors right Marvelous!

[@iissamiam]

This is the first time I’ve understood pointillism. Thank you.

[@7inline]

still the best art essays on youtube! thanks for continuing to put these out

[@MartijnPennings]

You should also check out Great Art Explained!

[@protector7886]

Ok, I haven’t watched it yet but I can’t tell you how happy I was to see another painting video.❤

[@TheMRXUTIK]

i love every single video essay of yours, thank you

[@SabineCedor]

These are some of my favorite art pieces and style

[@RTKdarling]

Loving your book! My wife and I take turns reading chapters to each other.

[@daalimbe]

thorgy voice: loove Matisse

[@Girlwhoeatsart]

phenomenal video per usual

[@ريّان-ذ4ت]

I love Dance so much, I saw a recreation of it in Amsterdam's Stedilijk museum but it was incomplete, missing the fifth figure on the right, as the painter didn't have a big enough canvas. I absolutely loved it still, but I crave to see the original in person.

[@helloweeny]

Thanks for giving me some perspective on Matisse, definitely been guilty of dismissing him as a bit of a hack but good to get the context of what his vision was.

[@ginemginem]

Honestly? My mind wasn't changed one bit. If I were to accept that this is his subjective emotional experience put to canvas - I would have to find his perspective shallow and lacking, and his thought processes lazy and underdeveloped.

[@helloweeny]

​@@ginemginem that's fine, but I think my cursory opinion of Matisse and his art has changed knowing that he was trying to just forge his own path based on what came before, and was around him at the time. I'll always respect someone who works so hard to make a unique contribution when it would have been easy to just imitate the great artists surrounding him from that era.

[@ginemginem]

@@helloweeny That's totally valid.

[@thedrunkenmaster6757]

@@ginemginem But why exactly? His Fauvism is very influential

[@ginemginem]

@@thedrunkenmaster6757 Well, so was Paris Hilton. I know, not the most charitable example, but it's the first thing that came to mind. It is important for art history; but the way I see it, and you can disagree, it just led to this post-modern commodisation of art where art is seen as an asset to be speculated on and not enjoyed. Mind you, I was a bit of a conservative fogey ever since childhood and never was able to change my mind as much as I tried. The expresivnes kinda peaked with impressionism, and after that everything felt too self indulgent with no compassion for the viewer. A bit too masturbatory. I'm not stating this as an absolute truth, it's just that I never was able to see art as a completely subjective thing. To me, art should hit upon a shared human experience - and I guess stuff like this doesn't feel like it crosses that treshold from masturbation to love making. It just doesn't transcend its connection to the artist Here's a thought experiment: If a future civilisation of humans were to dig this up without any historical or cultural context, would they even percieve it as art? If so, would they find it remarkable, or impactful?

[@-xirx-]

I absolutely adore Matisse's work. Thank you

[@davidci]

Oh to have this mastery over color values

[@jackmiller1209]

Beautiful! A perfect introduction to the work of a master.

[@raphaferrari7361]

Excellent video, as usual 👏👏👏👏👏

[@akimorait]

What's the name of the font at 1:47? It's just so nice.

[@leonelpowers5979]

While I didn't dig some of his work, I love the dance. It somehow feels like a middle point between human and nature. Motion and emotion, but within the cultural representation of art, and within a painting.

[@sandfang]

This is great and comes at exactly the right time, since there is an exhibition about Matisse in Basel, Switzerland at the moment!

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thank you, Evan! 🎨🖌

[@TheGaze]

I love your art videos so much. Thank you. ❤

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Wonderful!

[@bluesque9687]

Beautifully done, mate! And, Matisse ❤

[@ingeborg-anne]

Funny thing is that I *didn't* expect that colour because it was so dull and I expected the sharp, pure expression of Matisse's later works!

[@motiondesignberlin10243]

love your way of talking about his work.

[@awykus]

Amazing work, thank you so much ❤

[@Vikashpatel007]

RETURN OF THE KING. Matisse was the first painter to make me have a novel thought about art at age 6.

[@jackmcphaden3964]

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[@miramerali5807]

Great video, it just reinforced my love for The Dance mural

[@Xeronimo74]

Great video again! Nb. Please also post on Threads!

[@zacharywong483]

Absolutely terrific script here!

[@davidbusby2550]

Good to see you're OK.

[@OrlaStevens]

fantastic video, thank you!

[@Vince1986]

Great video - shockingly concise! Thank you!

[@thethoughtchapter]

Beautiful analysis as always ❤💙💚

[@JJTMStudio]

Matisse is my favorite modern artist.

[@jadechan8673]

wonderful essay. Thank you!

[@nealpeterson]

well done - love your art videos

[@Gwydda]

Another great video!

[@chelseashurmantine8153]

We made fauvism self portraits in high school and I love it

[@aroefilms]

Excellence, as always

[@LaurianeG.]

It really seems like a very common thing for audience and critics to dismiss whenever artists move further and further from realism. I was recently thinking again about Speed Racer, one of my favourite films of all time, and one that I consider an absolute masterpiece and has earned it's status as a cult classic and appreciated for it's bold impressionistic and experimental approach, yet at the time was derided for it's cartoon style. And - all proportions kept, you saw a few years earlier Wind Waker being derided by audiences for it's cel shaded visuals yet it's now applauded as being one of the most beautiful video games ever made. Sometimes you just need some time to pass.

[@Vontonone]

Color is used in two ways in paintings one which is, from the west, used to capture “reality” and the other way which is from east originally in art history, used by however the artist wants to capture that.

[@trezenx]

as always, thank you for this

[@ahmedelbeiti]

Great video! Anyone know the name of the font used in the title? it's beautiful.

[@retrofuturist7]

Another banger from Nerdwriter, lovely video❤❤ Also was wondering what is that beautiful font you’re using?

[@funnythatsmyname]

Love these videos on art analysis, as so much meaning can be mined from a still image, but SLOW DOWN. It sounds like you’re zipping through these at breakneck speed.

[@BeastMasterNeil]

Thanks for a great video

[@hurrBl]

I like your content so much I tried to subscribe when I already am suscribed, amazing

[@keinanfry7682]

My favorite artist. Matisse is a master in my opinion.

[@stellalwaysdown1]

I go to see his work in Basel 🇨🇭Can wait ❤️

[@coyote4237]

Thank you.

[@5h3nn0ng]

Personally, Ive been more of a fan on his work with Paper cutouts in the later years, but learning about how flexible Matisse used colors in his work should be appreciated too Also I can’t be the only one who sees that the Arms in “Dance” make a Heart, right?

[@maxspencer6763]

I feel the home where I wanna spend the rest of my life in Luxembourg garden

[@traumatizedcritic8679]

Babe! Wake up!!! NerdWriter has released another banger of a video essay!!!!!

[@alideep9656]

Thank you

[@PeepingUkulele]

Wonderful video!

[@floodo1]

I would have been one of the people in the crowd mocking his paintings (-8 Video is really well done

[@Jenthura]

Yes, I expected those colors because you used that painting in your thumbnail that I clicked on.

[@corlissmedia2.0]

Thank you for another intelligent video.

[@ignaciomaino2281]

great video

[@daytrip_films]

So funny imagining people being up in arms about this. The pretty colours! So violent! Foul beast! Like lol dudes chill out

[@Ciuin_Sam]

"A completely 'personalised' website" ... minus the "person" :/ An interesting video marred by the encroachment of Plagiarised Information Synthesis System. I just don't trust AI tools to not include stolen materials, artwork, and our own personal writing and photographs. I love your videos on the world of art history and I've learned to respect these artists and their thought, practice, and pioneering imagination more than I had before. Part of respecting their work is standing against its misuse and the subsequent downfall of public art literacy. I'm not directing all of my ire at this video, or Ivan, but this is an important topic for all of us art lovers to consider seriously.

[@Dutchy80]

I guess the thing you have to remember is Critics opinions are just that, opinions. Pay no heed and do what you feel.

[@primtones]

"The Sun" by Edvard Munch (1909) got red and blue rays. Check it out

[@arnorrian1]

Marvelous!

[@msbaby1358]

i love this video omg

[@livtupi]

Matisse was like if you get it you get it, if you don't you don't, and if you don't im soo sorry for you

[@balls261]

It's people like you that drive people away from art. How about instead of twisting your specific tastes into some sort of weird brag or condescension, you help people understand - or even just simply recognize that people not liking a certain style or artist doesn't make them stupider or lesser. It's so obnoxious. The entire reason so many people don't care for modern art or fine art in general is because there's always some pseudo intellectual loser like you ready to call them stupid for "not getting it." Stop. Art is for everyone.

[@saraharaujo3020]

Amei a seleção ❤

[@mkf628]

I just put a single black dot on a white A4 sheet.. it contains all the colours and all the possible geometric shapes within it.. whooooooaaaaaaaaa. For sale, if anyone wants it. Taking six fig + bids. Thank you.

[@rorifree]

I love Matisse

[@nikshmenga]

good one

[@gritcrit4385]

I remember some of it when I was in kindergarten, they seemed alien and distant. Maybe because the colors were unexpected and kinda unnatural

[@tomirendo]

I always considered Matisse to be a con-man. "La Danse" was already commissioned, and Matisse didn't paint any part of it for almost a year, then painted "Dance (1)" in a few days in 1909. Realizing he could get away with it, he painted it again, now with the people in red. The young talented artist with great technical skill, became a lazy grifter

[@aherprasad]

if a painting got that amount of trash talking in the 1900s, these people wouldn't last 1hour on twitter 0:52

[@ericcarabetta1161]

Offended by colors? Seems some people never change.

[@gabrieldemetz622]

That joke is underated

[@christianbauer1960]

wow! Sehr interessant!

[@louiselua3905]

I mean... either that or... The emperor is really just naked.

[@antoinepetrov]

The sad thing is that I couldn't experience the beginning of the video since I already knew the colours of the paintings.

[@ognjengaric2687]

Great video, I've always been a fan of Matisse, Luxe, Calme et Volupte and Le Bonheur de Vivre are among the best paintings I've ever seen! 😊

[@pactolus]

Appalling lack of taste. Matisse paints at the level of a schoolchild.

[@etreacy]

My art teacher named her son 'Matisse'. Back then, I thought it was pretentious. Only now, years later, do I realise that yeah it's still pretentious but at least he was a great artist

[@austinbaker8042]

You really should do an analysis of famously bad stupid worthless art like this 6:45, I would love to know the argument and meaning behind it.

[@noahh9355]

nice video

[@andreynikolaev5802]

Very St Tropez

[@thedrunkenmaster6757]

Matisse is one of the oldest artists who still appears to have a bunch of haters in the comments?

[@lucasnunes2453]

Matisse without the colors

[@171QA]

Wow.

[@T_Dot94]

I love your videos but they are so short I worry I am never gonna retain any of this information and that I am only getting a very shallow education on art.

[@sebastiaum1377]

I feel like these art people can be sold anything given a rich family says it's great.

[@soapimpressions]

drop font 🙏

[@canevrenol]

I’ll just go nd get a Nerdwriter1 tattoo

[@felixvilleneuve8293]

God, your writing is so good mmm

[@lorettaavery1498]

hearing you promote AI was seriously embarrassing

[@namedone2210]

Why lol? Are we all gonna pretend it doesn’t exist in this world? Lol

[@Artist_of_Imagination]

@@namedone2210 This is like saying we should promote gambling just because it is a thing

[@namedone2210]

@@Artist_of_Imagination Literally not the same thing. Relating AI to gambling. Did you think that response was clever?