With my Louvre pass, I can invite a friend for free on Saturdays, and this is one of the works that I always talk about when I go with someone new... it is particularly interesting for my French friends. Of course I learned even more details from you here today, as I knew I would!! Many thanks Carel!! So many paintings in the Louvre are discoloured with age, like this one, and desperately need cleaning... the downside of having such a massively huge collection I guess!
@dinahnicest6525 Жыл бұрын
With my membership, I can visit the Toledo museum for free. That's where I learned about the distaff. I go there often, rarely for much more than an hour, and I never walk past this picture without stopping for yet another look. The story is briefly told on a card on the wall. It's a powerful picture.
@SuperGreatSphinx5 ай бұрын
May Peace Prevail On Earth
@dinahnicest6525 Жыл бұрын
The Toledo picture has an addition of a distaff at the feet of the women.
@bev9708 Жыл бұрын
Ohhh interesting!! Well spotted!!
@dinahnicest6525 Жыл бұрын
@@bev9708 It's posted on the wall in Toledo.
@dumoulin11 Жыл бұрын
I love the series of developing triangles that the legs make at the bottom of the picture, like a wave moving towards the right, cresting in the middle and then collapsing into the bent legs of the women.
@_Tyler-G9 ай бұрын
I have always loved this painting and he’s one of my favorite painters
@meenakshi6344 Жыл бұрын
The detour about the 'salute' was very interesting
@poratl8 ай бұрын
Fantastic, thank you
@Dino_Medici Жыл бұрын
Ahhhh man that Aurelius coin is my favvvvvvvv hahaha
@renater.540 Жыл бұрын
An other of your interesting and thoroughly detailed analyses. Learned more about the painting and the historic background than I did ages ago at university. Thank you so much for your insights! As an aside (and no offence intended): I find your "invitation" for liking and subscribing somewhat disturbing. The noise is so loud that it detracts attention from the text. If you 'd reduce it, one could follow your words more easily. And be sure: your community will follow you even without the regular reminder. It's the content that's inviting not the symbols and the clicks. Greetings from an Austrian art lover in Bavaria!
@storiesofart Жыл бұрын
Thank you for that. I will lower the click volume!
@renater.540 Жыл бұрын
@@storiesofart Thank you!
@cineast1980 Жыл бұрын
"So... Unsurprisingly the Nazis got it wrong because.. when did the Nazis ever get anything right.." Thank you! 🌈☀😊👍
@storiesofart Жыл бұрын
Glad you noticed that
@Dino_Medici Жыл бұрын
Exemplum Virtutis 🏛🏛🏛🏛🏛🏛 Dope channel dude looking forward to checking out more of your work!