The Harvesters: Who's in Charge? | AmorSciendi

[@timriehl1500]

Thank you for this video; I never cared much for Brueghel, but your explanation of the painting helps me appreciate it.

[@jeffjones6951]

Engaging video! I watched the video linked below then went directly to Wikipedia to learn about Pete the Elder & entire Brueghel clan. "The Harvesters" was new to me (though I've seen at least one of Brueghel's winter scenes and of course Icarus). This work, by comparison to B's other seasonal scenes, was much brighter and felt more idyllic. Once again, great thesis. You always seem to frame Art in the context of its era and societal significance. Much appreciated!

[@AmorSciendi]

Thanks!

[@belnick]

Such an amazing channel! Thank you so much for the reviews always waiting for the new one. Please, please keep up your great work. I would love to live in The Harvesters as well, live is about live: the good and the bad, and the only thing to pray and be grateful for is live is more good than bad

[@AmorSciendi]

Thank you!

[@arthistorystorytime]

I very much resonate with your way of wandering through a painting and gazing at it over and over finding new things with every gaze sesh. Thank you for the historical context and visually wandering through this one! Interesting bit about the rooster 😓

[@AmorSciendi]

Getting lost in a brueghel painting is one of my great joys in life

[@willemvandebeek]

Thank you for reviewing another Brueghel painting, I really enjoy these rare windows into the dark ages. I cannot find any videos on the work of Hieronymus Bosch. Could you do a video on one of his paintings sometime in the future too please? His art can be really wacky. :)

[@AmorSciendi]

@greatarrexplained has a video on Bosch. And I pre ordered a book about him recently.... so maybe I will :)

[@willemvandebeek]

@@AmorSciendi I looked it up and it was a 3 parter on 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' triptych. Wow, I had no idea Hieronymus was that traumatised, poor guy, I always thought of his work as very creative in its own bizarre way. Maybe I should have suggested another more happier Dutch painter like for example Jan Steen.. :-/

[@MonGraffito]

Brueghel is my favorite pre 20th century painter. There are many more who touched me with their art, technique and philosophy, if that's the right word to use when referring to "what they did and why they did it that way. However, Breughel gives me a feeling on intense casualness when he tells his stories. Just like you brilliantly described in your video, he says so much and yet he doesn't push his agenda. Think of his Icarus or The Blind Leading the Blind, so much conveyed, with so little effort. I got carried away, but your video is "to blame", you got my love for Breughel out of the box! I have Taschen's large Breughel book, brilliant to open on your lap, touch the good reproductions and read the text, which is also very good. But I do think you could have written a marvelous piece on him, to contribute to the edition. Thank you for the video!

[@AmorSciendi]

Thank you! That's so kind of you to say

[@a-8007]

Brueghel is very underrated

[@DrawingAndPaintingMeditations]

Hello, I’ve just discovered your great contents through a search for Fiona Rae. Thank you, it’s interesting, thought provoking, wide reaching and thorough.

[@AmorSciendi]

Wow. I love that you got here via Fiona Rae. Not a lot of people watch that one.

[@DrawingAndPaintingMeditations]

I love Fiona’s work and your video clarifies why. She’s free to break all the rules. Her work is complex and self expressed. And she’s technically skilled.

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

If my experience tells me anything, the guy laying on his back sound asleep, the landowner's son is the one in charge. He would be down in the field playing rock the cock with the other neighborhood kids, but watching people work all day has left him exhausted. That's his little brother in the tree, chasing butterflies and pretending he's a monkey.