The Italian Origins Of The Baroque Art Movement (Waldemar Januszczak) | Ep 1

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Series following art critic Waldemar Januszczak as he explores the Baroque tradition in many of its key locations. He begins at St Peter's in Rome and details the birth of Baroque.
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[@iasnaia-poliana]

This guy - Waldemar Januszczak - reaches out to art with such a vivid and sensual fashion he can make us feel his own sensations. The best historian & art critic ever seen on TV!

[@ferociousgumby]

Makes it clear without dumbing it down. And in plain English!

[@SIMKINYX]

Have you seen The Power of Art - Episode 2 Bernini by Simon Schama?

[@iasnaia-poliana]

@@SIMKINYX Actually no, but I will. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@iasnaia-poliana]

@Brenda Harper Thank you very much for this piece of advice Brenda.

[@SIMKINYX]

@Brenda Harper A point made so well! ...having tasted Simoin's dish, I'd skip Waldemar's all together.🤭

[@loisresnick1307]

He is a fantastic performer explaining the brilliance of Caravaggio. A joy to have as a teacher. I could listen to him all day

[@loisthiessen9134]

I'm so amazed at Waldemar's ability to bring art alive and teach at the same time. Brilliant!

[@christineesparza6404]

My husband and I have watched several of the documentaries from this series and they are absolutely the best art/history documentaries we have found. Fast moving and interesting.

[@thisissarmadd]

I’m gonna cry over such perfect content😩😩😩

[@ts3784]

i keep watching your videos over and over and every time feel i am seeing them for the first time

[@islandbirdw]

This series is one of the best art documentaries. Waldemar provides such incredible insight into Baroque period. He has a great sense of humor too! I believe this was a Timeline special originally. I’ve watched them all at least thrice.

[@WDeeGee1]

Yes, he's doing a really good job both in terms of content and presenting!

[@seangrexa4707]

Thrice is nice!

[@shellw1506]

Perhaps the most underrated channel on KZbin. I’ve really enjoyed this series. Thank you 🙏

[@richarddavis2107]

Fully agree.

[@jolivervendero8737]

Agree

[@Numischannel]

Genau

[@DizGuys]

great content ruined by excessive ads

[@wingshan2538]

@@DizGuys they need money to travel there :( forgive them please

[@danekata3916]

It’s been so long since I’ve seen someone showing this much love for the baroque. Thank you

[@ellendemarie3776]

I don’t watch HBO, Netflix, Showtime, Hulu, or prime I am 100% hooked on his videos

[@hovikazar9985]

He is brilliant.absolutely brilliant. Thank you Waldemar.

[@lamodernista]

"The baroque (pearl) is blobby, exuberant, misshapen, difficult to handle, and exciting in a deformed kind of way"...!!! How do I love this man's commentary and the PERSPECTIVE series? Let me count the ways...

[@TheKnitch]

I had the pleasure of visiting Italy some years ago. St Peter's was magnificent. The Sistine Chapel was awe-inspiring. To see these treasures in person is an experience I will never forget.

[@moribundmurdoch]

My grandmother loved this so much she cried tears joy - this is absolutely fantastic.

[@Alias_Attraction]

lol wtf. tell her calm down nd watch some tv lmao

[@Sam-gw5pl]

@@Alias_Attraction shut it

[@Alias_Attraction]

@@Sam-gw5pl ur name is uncle sam. you should shut it lmao

[@Sam-gw5pl]

@@Alias_Attraction f u incel

[@bruceweigle7597]

Waldemar Januszczak Thank you for sharing your passion for art in a way that is so insightful so informative and so emotionally powerful. This is THE BEST art documentary series I've ever watched:)

[@hollywilson1524]

AMEN (& I AM NOT CATHOLIC!)

[@mariecarie1]

"Rome might have been where Baroque was born, but Naples was where it learned to scream and howl." Wow, who knew Baroque was so metal

[@lorigoshert6667]

Check out some of Vivaldi's work! It's pretty metal.

[@jujuba5487]

Everybody in south and central europe know barroco is metal! 😉

[@ankhpom9296]

Scream and howl? Thank the cabal of Naples for that.

[@ShintyShinto]

Brilliant little doc. I really like that quote, "Architecture speaks to the body, not just the eyes." Baroque is my favourite architectural style!

[@craigvoigt5798]

This is the best of all the episodes so far I think. I"ve watched about 10 of them. So well done. Thank you Waldemar for these documentaries and your passion for art.

[@m.i.miller8008]

Waldemar Januszczak makes art history so exciting and enjoyable!!! Can't get enough of these. Hoping for a lot more in the future.

[@DrAlexVasquezICHNFM]

That was wonderful. Baroque is the grunge, Generation X, of beautiful art.

[@MrTorleon]

Another superior art documentary - it would never have occurred to me to signify two art movements by the differing shapes of two pearls !!!!!! Fabulous filming and stunning locations add to the clearly spoken commentary - brilliant, thank you.

[@Missangie827]

My compliments to the photographer/s ! & to Waldemer who deserves all the praise we heap on him as well!

[@alexandervanwyk7669]

Waldemar, I appreciate your tutorials on art. I rediscovered it now at the end of my life. Being retired, I found my passion, like a new life. TY (Thank You)

[@taketimeout2share]

He did the same for me. And when you read all the comments for many others too. Its great, is it not ? Exciting because there is so much to discover. I am in his debt.

[@mishumali]

I really hope to one day be able to go to all these places and see these works of art. Until then, thank you so much for taking us through it, for the incredible story telling and insight.

[@ioanjaja2650]

I am deeply impressed and fascinated by such a masterpiece.

[@egonkl3in212]

If it's Baroque, don't fix it!

[@TheArtenez3]

LOL. Or it cost so much you are "Baroque"

[@numberstationscartoon2689]

This was really fantastic. Very enlightening take on a ubiquitous movement in art history that deserves this contemporary look.

[@samminghampalace95]

This video has so little views? Anathema, anathema, anathema!

[@philipdavis6207]

Waldemar Januszczak has been for me one of the most brilliant art commentator and sociologist - I find myself , in a strange way , more awestruck at the architecture shown here than ever before - everything in Waldemar's presentations is done so expertly with great humor and impressive intellect - with much gratitude and admiration - I thank you , Mr Januszczak 😌

[@kerder8660]

One of the best videos on tube.. I just learned a lot... Thx now can go back & see all the marvels again with different view & loaded with info.. Yes that info was missing to fully understanding & appreciate what I was seeing.. Thx a lot

[@debrawhitney6587]

Deep,thought, fun, knowledgeable, what a picture he paints in our minds and soul. Good wishes to all that pass this way

[@TheArtenez3]

He Forgot to include Bernini's version of "David" which is also significant in Baroque Art to include when he talked about Bernini in comparison to Michaelanglo's version of "David" statue or sculpture.

[@antoniodalfonso]

thank you for this excellent docu!!

[@IssaL828]

Caravaggio is my favorite artist. His artistry is so breathtaking!!!!

[@alexandervanwyk7669]

Dear Sir, words can not describe how special is your talking through these incredible ancient treasures. Love it. Never stop, please.

[@djvelocity]

I loooove Januszczak!!! His documentary on American art was fantastic. Just watched the series last week 🤩🤩🤩

[@Xplorer228]

I'd love to see a quick cut compilation of all the times he taps, smacks, and punches that map.

[@bruceweber2361]

I never feel small when I look up at the universe, but when I look up at one of those Baroque ceilings, I feel small as a molecule.

[@geneklee7608]

It is architecture meant to both impress and intimidate.

[@susannezakooden8966]

The programs, I watched all of them, fantastic, I choose them every hour of the day. Waiting for the next one, thank you.

[@michaelburgess9707]

Great video. Borromini is the true architect of the Baldacchino in St. Peters and the Ecstasy of St Teresa of Avila was considered controversial in it's time also.

[@user-vn6vl8qe6c]

It's amazing. I was breathless watching it. Professionally done film, great art historian.

[@marmary85]

One of the Best shows on YT if not the one! There is more in to this life than materials and that is what this show is about the philosophy of life..

[@Omar-yi2mv]

He’s very passionate with his finger pointing oh my!

[@YellowPsych]

I like this a lot and I’m glad that we have documentaries made by passionate people like this, but I don’t know why he’s so willing to dismiss a lot of what people see in art because personally I think it’s important. For example, he dismisses the observations and critiques of the sculpture 33:13 being some sort of dirty and incorrect remark, but then he asks how you would show that kind of intense experience, pointing to the sculpture saying “that’s how”. I think it’s a testament to the power of Baroque art that the choice in how to convey that sort of experience is precisely the expression of an intense religious ecstasy being orgasmic and explicitly so. The associations here of intense violent pain, intense orgasmic pleasure, and intense divine ecstasy are totally valid and are precisely what makes it so impactful. To me it’s like “yeah duh, of course.”

[@deliafunk9810]

Such an amazing series!! Have learned SO much!! Thank you!

[@OnAxisMusic]

This is a valuable and ingenious documentary.

[@mackinnon2]

I have watched a few of these now. I am impressed and thanks to whom produced the montage of artists. Excellent and well done all the way around.

[@slappy8941]

What did we ever do to deserve a teacher like Waldemar?

[@ladykarry2755]

Waldemar, du bist echt super! Durch deine Art zu erzählen, die Kunst vorzuführen macht das Zuschauen und Hören sehr unterhaltsam, spannend und vielseitig. Macht immer Lust auf mehr!!!! Vielen Dank.

[@kenhymes4900]

We need a music history Waldemar. Baroque music is often heard by contemporary ears as mannered and fussy, or mathematically cold. Not to say it never exhibits those traits, to be sure, but the music like the art and the architecture is shot through with deadly wit and symbolic transgression. It's a language of signs and gestures, and the canvas is absolutely jammed with movement, contrast, color, light... and i think like the domes, in an odd way only just right when you listen from the right spot (mentally).

[@cleof1503]

YES!!

[@keepyourshoesathedoor]

Oof. I really love Baroque music. It’s amazing. I like Bach, Handel, and Scarlatti. I really like patterns and the figured bass. I don’t know about Waldemar, but there’s plenty of KZbin and documentaries that capture the Baroque Period kindly.

[@kaloarepo288]

@@keepyourshoesathedoor Trouble is that most of the composers that we think of as baroque -Bach,Handel etc are actually from the rococo and galant periods.True baroque composers are much less known.

[@context_curated]

That would be great! There’s also a trumpet piece in the episode I’m trying to place. Any thought?

[@Dvkpainter]

I was looking for a channel like this. Please do more.thank you so much!

[@michaelrexrode3759]

The Baroque is the rock and roll of art.

[@andyskelton7223]

Thank you Perspective an exceptional series I’ve really enjoyed this journey, and thanks also Waldemar you have tricked & cajoled me where lesser men have failed, you are a master in your field.

[@StephiSensei26]

Waldemar really knows how to serve up an "Antipasto" that only make your appetite grow and hunger for more. Mangia! Ti fa' di bene! (Eat! It's good for you!) Buon Appetito! Can't wait for the main course. Mmm, Yummy!

[@walterm.robertsiiiphd2157]

I will never in my life forget the moment -- literally -- that I discovered Baroque architecture. I was wandering around Madrid in the middle of the night, near midnight, and I turned a corner and BOOM: I was suddenly in a square that was entirely of that architectural style -- out of nowhere! Can anyone tell me where I was? I had no idea at the time because I was just wandering around idly but it lit me up like a carnival.

[@78aureM]

Wow I rediscovered Rome and baroque thanks to you ! I wish i could give you more likes

[@hollywilson1524]

Ditto!!

[@randyfernando4442]

Wow! Wow! Wow! Very informative 👍🏻👍🏻 thanks for this content! Now I understand more about Baroque which is I believe a part of my soul. Thank you sir. I hope to see all these someday. More power to you and your channel. Subscribed.

[@user-ef4jo1ek2g]

Hey dude I LOVE YOU! Not in any weird way, you're just cool. Thanks for the content.

[@blue-penmisty-dawn3682]

Intense. However, I've learned a great deal more than I understood before seeing this video. Well done! Thank you!❣

[@oggeeboggee]

This is the masterpiece... ❤️

[@joannameow]

Amazing as always!

[@Kathysart]

This is such a masterful presentation of masterful art.

[@mannymoseley4005]

Thank you so much showing me such beautiful 🥰 art 🎭. I also enjoy some of the music. It is so wonderful to see the lovely church es and museums also. Art adds such beauty to our lives 😍. WJ does a wonderful job as a teacher and commentator and art history teacher. I love this. It is done quite well and is also very entertaining and insightful. Some of my favorite artists are: Michael Angelo Leonardo de Vinci Vincent Van Gogh Paul Gauguin Pablo Picasso Monet Manet As for artists writers William Shakespeare Gustave Flaubert Ernest Hemingway Mary Higgins Clark Sandra Brown Agatha Christie David Baldacci John Grisham Ruth Rendell Nora Roberts Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Thank you so much for posting this, it inspires me to enjoy 🎨 art to create art. I appreciate it. God bless you.

[@trainrover]

This host's thrill just might be catchy 🍸

[@BikeVermont71]

I remember visiting the church of San Ignacio in Rome just after my conversion and still in college. I remember seeing the ceiling and coming back out of the church and wondering at the huge vault that I had just seen. Only later did I learn that it was an optical illusion, a flat ceiling. I wish we had some commentary on the music, especially the Pachelbel Canon that played in the Ignacio, gloriously appropriate.

[@erickaeckles4187]

Do you by any chance know what the piece of music is that starts around 13.22, it's so beautiful.

[@sasharaek]

A brilliant insight into baroque. I have never heard of Francesco Borromini and now would like to learn more about this tragic figure.

[@Kuessemir]

An inspiring and impressive series...it has seriously rekindled my interest in classical art.

[@encarnacionkarlsson4686]

I love 😍 watching you and listening 🎧 to your channel video on KZbin and you speak 👏 clearly. It is absolutely stunning and beautiful art statue and sculpture. Memories of the past that will never be forgotten. Thank 🙏 you for sharing this with us and telling us the story of the truth from the past. Well 👍 done and nice video!

[@da480]

Super series. I keep watching it and enjoying it.thank you.

[@bretnielsen5502]

When I seen the baldaccino in St Peter's I cried. The beauty is beyond words.

[@suveeshckumar]

Wonderful video with great music. I love baroque architecture. Great job.

[@dawncole551]

Love your series love ur passion - Thank you very much Sir 🙏

[@gregmeissner9960]

Thank you for changing the way I see Caravaggio.

[@stuartwatson3648]

Fantastic video. Really enjoyed it.

[@shellstars]

If I’m in a bad mood I watch the first 5 mins of this and it make me feel better.

[@gregedgerton3390]

I was there, only as a child. But it left an indelible impression on this child, now an old man. I've never seen it's like since, anywhere. Perhaps it was more than a small mind could take in. 'Overwhelmed' is not a word here, it's all that this 11 year old could feel; feelings that just had nowhere to go. They're lost within me still. Sometimes I wonder if true genius is lost.

[@keepyourshoesathedoor]

What are you talking about?

[@giovannimoriggi5833]

Where?

[@toddbonin6926]

Another brilliant episode!!!

[@evan7743]

The perfectly rounded pearl = Renaissance; the equally exquisite, yet irregularly formed - almost grotesque- pearl = Baroque…loved Mr. Januszczak’s use of the perfect simile to distinguish the two.

[@judithlauron2856]

LOVING WALDEMAR on everyone of his historical docs!!!!

[@zarathustra498]

If you ever visit Italy for Baroque add Turin as a stop. It is still not very touristy so you wont be lost in a sea of people, but it is incredibly charming with lots (and I mean LOTS) of Baroque architecture and painting. I always found it more beautiful when compared to (soulless) Milan

[@arianaashdown-pl4ti]

Milan is modernity (apart from Leonardo)... i hope you had some chocolate when in Turin...

[@ghadeer2348]

Amazing documentary

[@MzRedDear]

Gorgeous cinematography and exciting narration: -perfect !

[@jmitterii2]

I agree, I like his narrating style. And the photography is excellent!

[@erictko85]

Yes, it has to be said. Cinematography very good. Editing too.

[@MzRedDear]

@@erictko85 yip! splendid altogether.

[@joe18750]

Waldemar, you're an outstandingly good teacher. Thankyou.

[@Queendoobie]

Waldemar Januszczak how cool is this guy his passion for all this is awesome literally draws you in an totally captivates you an has you feeling yourself enthralled,,, i am now a fan Waldemar , 100% !!!!!

[@jj5962]

I love how this guy, Waldemar, presents: his voice, his accent, his passion, his intimate knowledge and opinions.; everything.

[@jj5962]

I wish art in college was this interesting!

[@philiphema2678]

I am not Catholic or Christian but when I visited Vatican City it certainly impressed me but also discomfitted me as well. It was so huge, so wealthy, so larger than life I found it hard to relate to. But it is certainly something to see and experience.

[@MM-pj4bl]

I really love the presenter in this documentary. Even though he’s not Catholic is so respectful and his personality is so interesting and engaging.

[@MegaBbones]

Thanks for making my Art Praxis easier to study for.

[@heather-vs9qe]

Beautiful explanation of the Baroque world of art, staggering exciting and astonishing , An amazing way of dining us away our way thru time, The total Baroque..

[@fortpilleddrainer5634]

Thank you for helping me through this project

[@skillz7119]

As an American it cracks me up every time he says "squaaaar" (square) Great series. Thanks for posting!

[@loudspeakers3469]

Absolutely mesmerizing. Baroque is my favorite movement. Also, I knew that the Ecstasy of St Teresa was amazing but those close-up shots left me in awe!!

[@annmariethomas9968]

This is a great introduction to the baroque period. Enjoyable.

[@loutowers6529]

Freakin' wow!

[@danielleboyd3070]

Fabulous! Thank you.

[@mariaholvoegouras936]

Fabulous!

[@stevenbrown6277]

Great documentary. Thank you.

[@clydek7786]

No pretentions, he simply speaks his passion.

[@JuneCollie]

I really like when he says "Baroque" lol

[@jimkuhn1667]

Love it mate.