Rococo Exposed: The Path to Madness (Waldemar Januszczak) | Perspective

Waldemar Januszczak explores the Rococo's descent into madness. When you spend as much time as the Rococo did having fun and escaping reality, madness soon sets in. The 18th century is seen as the era of frivolity and enjoyment, but in an age of such decadence there was also the brutish satire of Hogarth, the mysterious masked figures of Longhi, the anguish of Messerschmidt and the depths of Goya's macabre genius.
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Oooh, I thought I'd seen all of Waldemar's documentaries. But nope. I haven't seen this one! And it seems he'll cover one of my favorite artists of all time--Francisco Goya. He was gloomy, he was macabre, he was morbid, he was violent. But his paintings are quite amazing things to see and analyze. What a delight!

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A feast again. Thank You! Greetings from Poland.

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Thank you Waldy.. Your shows are so interesting!

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Fantastic journey into the depths of rococo by a fantastic narrator. Mad love for anything Waldemar Januszczak.

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These docuseries are fantastic. Thank you!

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It's finally here!!! I have been waiting for the third installment of this series for a long while now, thank you so much for finally uploading it!

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Waldemar gave me yet another reason to re-visit Venice. The man is in love with that city. Any time he can shoehorn in a Venetian master painter in his many documentaries that don't cover the Impressionists or American artists, he will do so with glee. We've seen that with Tiepolo (father and son), Longhi, Canaletto, Titian, Giorgione, Tintoretto, Veronese. So it's time to start planning a return to La Serenissima to see these masterworks.

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I always checked out when I had a class that touched on Rococo or as I understood it, “fancy, girly baroque” art. This is such an awesome series and he makes the style far more within the continuity of the madness of European art that’s always struck me as the main constant lol

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[@davidescozzi9885]

The way art it was conceived in Italy, it has a unique flavour. Longhi's it was a remarkable painter, just like many others, the Rococo', pronounced with a final accent in the end, it was an art orgasm, a unique moment, that left us so much to admire, and that leaves us still, amazed and delighted.

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Marvellous!

[@rjj-52]

Thank you for your in depth review and explanation of the Rococo age. Throughout each section of your program, I saw clearly the parallels we are currently living that resemble a second coming of the Rococo. But it's not coming; it's already here. We are so deep into its darkest side now that we are currently bordering on world collapse. Narcissism has come a long way from yesterday's greedy and incestuous royal families to today's corrupt governments and industries. When are we going to learn from the past so that we can stop repeating our deadly histories? The direction we are headed in today -- with our technical and scientific advances -- has made it possible for the cowardly, criminally-minded, narcissistic elites to kill every living thing on this planet. And their madness is so great that they don't care.

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Great!

[@michaelenglekingjr.8715]

I was wondering when this episode was going to be put up on your channel. The Rococo series is my favorite by far of Waldemar’s docuseries on art and it was bothering me that you had both the first and second episodes on here for a long while and not this one so thank you very much.

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When you think to know enough about past centuries art then Waldemar's films pop out and you understand how much more you need to know. Even if you know the artists such as Goya you get a total different point of view.

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Waldemar, you’re doing art about art.

[@2Hot2]

Netflix is entertaining for an hour or so but this knowledge stays with you for the rest of your life.

[@misstoujoursplus]

When Waldemar talks about heavy make-up loaded with toxic metals, he surely knows that the 18th century was at the peak of the smallpox epidemic all over the world. At this time, 1 of 5 infected people died and the survivers were plagued with ugly scars. If those could have looked manly on a gentleman's face, it was another story for women. So, those heavy powders were the ancestors of our modern concealers. Goya would have been very inspired by painting those smallpox faces, another testimony of the rococo madness :) By the way : Pierrot had a girlfriend named Pierrette, but the latter was indeed infatuated with Harlequin, so... Greetings from France😀

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By THE WAY,ik wil nergens iets of iemand afpakken wat niet van mij is en daarmee ergens verdriet veroorzaken en misschien ben ik pierrette

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Yes! I can see how you walk. 🦋

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Şahane! Nefes kesici!,,

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I'm an Art Lover till the day I die!!

[@MultiMimulus]

Thank you Waldemar for all these wonderful documentaries. I learn so much. Could it be possible to do one on Tiepolo ? I love his work. I would like to learn more about it from your point of view. Thank you

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The best , allways something ,ya know ? Bravos ! Godspeed an press on comrade ! ....just scrape the second best ,film, off the editing floors....mo mo more

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[@rebekahkrieger4412]

I’m making a series of ceramics inspired by Rocco. These videos offer several additional conversations to the pieces I am working on. Thank you

[@kimsherlock8969]

In a staged time. His art depicts to my senses a photograph of life he remembered clearly His paintings captured a moment of the eyes memory. The enlightenment allowed consorting with differing levels of experience . Opening doors Questioning Authority, power of Church's to have Authority , To dictate social norms of behaviour......... They took their power as Gentleman educated Eaton to go about things their own way . Hypocrisy in the church Hypocrisy in the Elite. I appreciate Hogarths etchings of life in Gin alley Depictions he drew from the times witnessed.

[@tnecklover]

It's thought that Goya's health problems resulted from mixing his lead -based paint with his bare hands and even getting it into his body (people weren't always assiduous in personal hygiene back them) by ingesting it!

[@kimsherlock8969]

J Benthem was an architect ahead of his century. The detail put into his multilayered structures put into Prisons and the dark Horror of Institutions . Schmitt would be appreciated in Japan His art was more than what I can express. In some ways the sculptures say life is full of emotionx our face cannot hide. Realism

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I am very grateful for your videos, as they show many aspects of art in an entertaining way. But - as an austrian - allow me to say: maria theresia never was an empress. Greeting from vienna!

[@massimosquecco8956]

Bravo For your perfect pronunciation of " Longhi", congratulations!

[@massimosquecco8956]

PS: but you still have work with "Ca Rezzonicco" pronunciation...

[@esbliss13]

I think the Rococo artists would really enjoy social media. Although, actually, they were the social media of their time. 😉

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I just love Waldemar...I could write paragraphs about why but I want to get back to watching his Art History videos on You Tube...also, my blathering opinions are boring bile...

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I was expecting a piece of cake from Waldemar with this one. Instead he served me a thick raw steak

[@MrKajithecat]

That Jeremy Bentham guy was rad. I'd totally give my corpse to an institution and have it used like a weird sideshow

[@patrickpierce1635]

I went to the top notch-iest of the top notch design schools in Paris, and New York; how have I never heard of Messerschmidt? I guess they werent so top-notch... I've found my new infatuation.

[@mikeschroepfer8956]

I'm not sure if you get rococo right. I mean the happyness thing When Jefferson penned that phrase, it was the persuit of,,,, it can never be abtained, always fleeting, elusive. I think the "persuit of happyness" meant something diffrent, as the persuit of excellance or virtue. Paul Revier was a silversmith, was he the best? As a painter, I mean the paint the best portrat as I can. That brings me happyess

[@honorladone8682]

They don't make them like they used to. No high drama in the art world 2022.

[@yaddahaysmarmalite4059]

Is it weird that I can relate to some of the subjects in this artwork?

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Hahaha Cheers! if you're ever in the PNW, look me up!!

[@jeff__w]

_Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness_ (2014) Original title: Rococo Before Bedtime Episode 1: The Ornate Excess Of The Rococo (Waldemar Januszczak Documentary) | Perspective Original title: Travel Episode 2: The Rococo Era: The Art Of Pleasure And Madness | Perspective Original title: Pleasure Episode 3: Rococo's Descent Into Madness (Waldemar Januszczak Documentary) | Episode 3 | Perspective Original title: Madness

[@deejayk5939]

So many examples in history of cosmetics killing women. How horrible, but a brilliant series. Thank you!

[@ronwalker4849]

TWO EXPONENTS OF THE ROCOCO OF IMPORTANCE ARE J.P. RAMEAU AND J-P BACH

[@toddjacksonpoetry]

Wouldn't William Blake be a likely candidate for the Rococo?

[@jazw4649]

Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer, Chancellor of the Exchequer William Hogarth (1697-1764) English Satirist Painter Venice Pietro Longhi (1701-1785) Island of Santo Stefano di Ventotene in the Tyrrhenian Sea Casanova Marquis de sade Jeremy Bentham - English philosopher - utilitarianism Panopticon - round prison surveillance Vienna 35:00 Franz Xaver Messerschmidt ( German Austrian 1736-1783) Hermes Trismegistus - occult God - Hermetic philosophy - As above so below France 40:00 Comedie de arte traveling Italian theatre Pierrot and Harlequin Art Jean-Antoine Watteau (1707-1721) Spain 46:00 Francisco Goya (1746-1828) Los Caprichos Etchings - monsters - Museo del Pado Venice - Napoleon 53:00 Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804) Pulchinella - hunchback

[@tiadiad]

Anybody else fancy some cocoa in the rrrrrrrra-cocoa?

[@nickwabd9877]

Maria gunning was the first of the 27 club

[@wctolliver]

Almost had a heart attack when they took that man's head out the damn box

[@joanhuffman2166]

Curious that the Comedia del Arte does not seem to have made it to the US. No Punch, no Judy. Never heard of the characters Pierro, Columbine or Harlequin. Punch and Judy is some strange British puppet show. Harlequin a minor sidekick of the Joker in Batman comics. The rest is unknown.

[@starkr111]

Goya.

[@reforest4fertility]

We need something new under the sun.

[@160rpm]

Sir Francis Dashwood is a real person? I always thought it was a joke name!

[@j.c.3800]

?

[@louisfaasen4511]

...yes, there was, your country man, Polish artist, Beksinski, although I don't think his art was inspired by over indulge in pleasure, but quite the opposite..

[@Iya_RPH]

Caravaggio was a visionary he actually saw himself, his reincarnation in the future particularly 2023. This was his vision on how he will look in😮 2023 the ladyboy, the look alike of of mois

[@Tlll123]

Trump has a good dose of Rococo spirit in him

[@sanniepstein4835]

He doesn't drink. The Clintons and Sniffer Joe come closer.

[@ruudvanveen428]

"ALL IS MENTAL" IS also a Hermetical Law, NOT a doctrine....

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ALL is mental = All is ment-Al ( is also a-Her-met-i-cal)De Heer ontmoet/ met / roept/ i ( i = je= ieder ( het eerste stukje kun je ook zeggen Her = Heer-meent/ bedoelt ieder ( ment-al ( meent / bedoelt allemaal ( Hermetical )

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

Amazing look inside the wacky, weird world of rococo. Perhaps the very weirdest thing about this age of excess and copious intricacy in art, architecture, fashion and garden design, etc, is that it drove or was driven by the same variety of insanity that would haunt minimalism two centuries later. Fascist orgies hidden by blank walls and empty, depressing rooms. And it's on fullest display in the crazy baroque and rococo churches, especially around Lake Constance in the heart of historically troubled Europe. I've heard rumors from reliable art enthusiasts that one such church and one hit of good acid are all you need to understand the human mind and what's wrong with it, but I've never yet taken the plunge. It's scary and gouty enough to observe with a clean palette. Maybe when I'm 70--not far off--and I've lived my allotted "threescore and ten..."

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[@tramasrarasoddplots]

"...in most countries he would be arrested...but in Rococo England, he was encouraged to enter politics..." I think he would also be encouraged in 2022 USA to ran for Congress...😂😂🤣

[@markthomas6703]

Nice documentary but this age is nauseating.

[@XZOTIKPOIZON]

Jeremy Bentham looks like former president Donald Trump! wow.

[@SonicPhonic]

Dashwood: drinker, excentric and a Tory; sounds like he should be on the Supreme Court.

[@alienglee]

a michael jackson vitilago joke in 2022 in bad taste? of couse its a brit saying it

[@lawdeedaw0803]

I'd love to watch this video, but the narration is SO incredibly annoying. Why is all that affectation necessary??

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cant take him seriously with his over the top cartoonish presentation. watching his programs are like comedy central.

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he is just funny, i love that over the top tone. but it looks like his episode on the image of marry magdalene is heavily censored. i saw the version where he repeats " mary is a mary" through the story, and now you can't see it any more, all that is edited out. what is left doesn't make much sense.

[@peakdelvalle197]

Could've done without that tacky Michael Jackson joke though :/

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Could’ve DONE that tacky ( kon( heeft gedaan that( dat tacky ( dat takje( zweig = Takje ( Tacky zegt men nog steeds in het Gronings dialect ( grappig hè 😅)vind het leuk om woorden te ontleden en dan te kijken wat het zegt of is het in een woord of kun je spreken van een zinnetje met een heel andere optie ervan 😊

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Joke( J-Oké 😂 🃏