This Painting Was An Act Of Rebellion. Here's Why.

[@fintan9218]

Always enjoy your editing, and down to earth humor. Theres too much pretentiousness and elitism in art world.

[@Art_Deco]

Thank you!

[@fintan9218]

@@Art_Deco ive seen lots of art but youve taught me so much about the history and backgrounds of the artists. Easily one of my favorite channels

[@emilian_mu]

Amen to that.

[@jeanbonnefoy1377]

Editing and down to earth humour perfectly illustrated by this nifty bull-sh...ark insert👍❤️

[@TheShmileyDawg]

Have you ever watched Murder Party? Its a horror/ comedy about a bunch of pretentious art students that try to kill the milquetoast protagonist but fail horribly.

[@George_M_]

Imagine all the subversive artists we're missing everything from because they were fully suppressed. We're so lucky to have as much of Goya as we do.

[@purplecat4977]

I used to have a serious fear of zombies. Not like I thought they were real or even could be real, but just I'd get locked in some kind of daydream where they'd come for me. I had to keep blinds drawn over the windows at night because an irrational part of me that I KNEW was irrational was sure that if I looked out into the dark, there'd be this rotting face looking back at me. I'm very good at telling myself stories. All of this ended one day when I confessed this fear to a friend and he embarked on a hilarious standup routine of a zombie trying to break down my door while bits of him kept falling off. Which is to say: Sometimes satire that points out the ridiculousness of a fear is a very good way to make that fear go away. Goya was definitely onto something.

[@ferretyluv]

Omg I had a very similar fear! I watched too much horror, so I was afraid of seeing a demon or something pop up in my window. I was also afraid of mirrors in hallways or stairwells because I’d seen way too many horror movies where you see a face in the mirror and look back and not see anything. I knew it was irrational but I was still afraid of it. I had been diagnosed with OCD for other reasons, but that probably explains it.

[@CaraTheStrange]

This coment made me really scared at 3 in the morning. Im also often afraid that i would see a face staring at me trough the windows at night or from the corner of my room so this freaked me out. I don’t watch horror movies but have an overactive imagination thats adept at scaring me for no reason

[@purplecat4977]

@@ferretyluv Oh yes. I'm well into adulthood, and I still think twice about going into the bathroom with the light off. Because Bloody Mary. Who absolutely isn't real, but you know. Just in case.

[@purplecat4977]

@@CaraTheStrange It's interesting that this is a fear that a number of people seem to share. I'm the same as you -- I don't watch horror movies, but am very good at creating them for myself in my head, starring me.

[@ferretyluv]

@@purplecat4977 Ah yes, Bloody Mary. I was always too scared to actually try it. How were you told to summon her? I was taught spin three times and say “Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, I believe in Bloody Mary.”

[@anacarolinamenezes8912]

I love Goya. He literally looks like a Persian cat and I like to think of him as a goth sarcastic icon.

[@kumaranvij]

He looks like that Grumpy Cat, doesn't he!

[@cliffjacobs3952]

"The Inquisition carried out its last execution in 1826..." What!? I didn't know that. It's, like, just the other day. Love your knowledge, dry humour and nearly monotonous delivery. First subscription I'm going to also tick for notifications when I'm finished typing. You offer more than just "art lessons": there's history, culture, intrigue, customs...

[@amberkelly3187]

It does seem shockingly recent.

[@dshe8637]

Yes, that struck me too.

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

You want more WTF facts about the Spanish Inquisition? The Spanish Inquisition remained in operation until 1834 but by that point, nobody fears them anymore. In the last 50 years of its life, it got abolished, reinstated in 1814, abolished again under liberal prime ministers in the 1820's until its official dissolution due to a Royal Decree signed by a liberal Regent...

[@greyLeicester]

That's actually accurate: "La Junta de Fe más activa fue la valenciana, que tuvo el triste honor de llevar a la ejecución al considerado último “hereje”, español, el maestro Cayetano Ripoll, en 1826, a pesar del malestar que generó en parte de Europa, por considerarlo un hecho de otro tiempo, impropio del siglo." Sadly it was carried out in my city, Valencia. The victim was a local teacher.

[@cliffjacobs3952]

Oh no, I never doubted the date; I was just shocked that it was so relatively recent.

[@Ydla]

i did not expect this to be about the spanish inquisition

[@fairygurl9269]

"NoBody Expects the Spanish Inquisition" 😋Monty Python

[@fairygurl9269]

*Smiles

[@TiffanyRedGreen]

No one does!

[@bluefox5331]

As an atheist that loves to create mythical creatures, I totally get that you don't have to believe in them to be inspired to paint them. Mythical 'vent art' is sure a curious genre to be creating, and I love it!

[@debbylou5729]

What does your atheism have to do with mythical and fantastical creatures? True art has nothing to do with your ideas about god. Plus…..no one cares that you’re an atheist. Who are you trying to rebel against?

[@RainyBasil9295]

yes i agree! hoever many people would laugh to know that witches do exist! thankfully in almost all countries it is illegal to shame ones religion or practice

[@caroenee]

atheist here too, and i also love to make up stories about deities, ghosts, demons and other things. i guess i'm skeptical because I KNOW how miths are done. and it's so much fun.

[@caitchri2426]

As a Christian- I also enjoy stories and learning about the long and vast history of mythical creatures- and I too can rationalize and reason that they were creatures of fantasy made in hard and dark times of human history. And I’m a diehard believer of God.

[@Lisette777]

I have to agree with Goya, the duke and the duchess. There is nothing as frightening as ignorance and superstition! Thanks for yet another fascinating, insightful video glimpse into the lives and works of the great painters! 💖

[@stephenpmurphy591]

Your channel is such a fresh take on art without any of the pretentious snobbery so common today. I would hang Goya's Witch paintings in our guest room. My wife would disagree.

[@spiritmatter1553]

Your guests wouldn’t stay long. Smart strategy.

[@SofaKingShit]

@@spiritmatter1553 Any goth guests would unfortunately hang around for ages though. Dancing and being overly dramatic when chatting. Steal all your wine.

[@RoxZombie]

I actually have canvas prints of the witches flight and saturn devouring his son hanging in my living room already. I love Goya!

[@Art_Deco]

Wow. That's incredible!

[@RoxZombie]

@@Art_Deco they are beautiful prints, I love having there. Was great to look at my pieces while you talked about them in your video ❤️ also I love watching you talk about art

[@lothcatskilledthesith6903]

The IT dept. at my work has Saturn Devouring his Son and Van Gogh's Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette. I dunno, they're really dark over there.

[@RoxZombie]

@@lothcatskilledthesith6903 omg!! This sounds insane but that van gogh is what I have hanging between the two Goya's!!

[@rosieposie4372]

@@lothcatskilledthesith6903lol they must hate working there? Or they have a dark sense of humor?

[@FattyMcFox]

I always loved Goya's paintings. To young me seeing them for the first time, they were delightfully creepy, then as i took art history i read them as "look at the darkness, do not turn away, the problem is here, look at it, then fix it." Despite being counter to the church, i always found something holy about Goya's ideals. "The sleep of reason produces monsters" always said to me 'the moment you stop thinking, you can be made a monster' and there have been plenty of people in my life who have tried to make me stop thinking so i would become a monster they could wind up and unleash for their benefit. My religion told me to not deal with the Devil, but Goya and the enlightenment priciples he championed told me to not BECOME the Devil. Plus his art is just hardcore and evocative as hell.

[@shanemcdonaldstudios]

Your videos are so insightful and fun to watch. Thanks for sharing the interesting history of these great artists!

[@Art_Deco]

Thank you for your kind words. I’m so happy you enjoy the videos and thank you for supporting the channel!

[@Zackaria_sMax]

7:41 Crazy! my grandma had that painting in her house. She'd always hang it on her porch near Halloween.. I always thought she paid a local artist for it when she was younger, cause it looked real, just old. But I guess it was a print or forgery. That's Gwen Stefani's favorite fruit.

[@a.l.a.7847]

I had not seen The Witches Flight before -- utterly fascinating narrative about this painting, the whole genre and the incredible body of work that is Goya's. Thank you so much for expanding my understanding of this great artist and his work.

[@honeybunnyk6428]

I love your art reviews!

[@johnzengerle7576]

Thanks!

[@Art_Deco]

Thank you so much for supporting the channel!

[@ImadeUlook]

I hope you're an art teacher. Your delivery of paintings tell stories that not only makes them memorable but educational too! And I'm already an avid consumer of painting interpretations ❤️🔥

[@GeekyShyMama]

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

[@jws1948ja]

And yet it happens. Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[@rimbaud789]

So the painting at 7:59 must have been an inspiration to the character "Woodsman" in the Over The Garden Wall maybe. Wow again, all of your videos are both educational and fun to watch! Love all of your content's, thank you.

[@heroyolkie]

Watched your stuff for a long time now, and your edits, scripts, and analysis are just absolutely getting better and better!! Love your work. 💖

[@angusmcbingus8428]

I was JUST thinking about this channel. I love your work

[@minomushi_hitogata]

Fell in love with Goya in spanish class in high school and have been fascinated by Witches Flight and the Black Paintings ever since

[@realityjunky]

Love that you chose this painting! Thank you!!

[@luinm0ss]

Love your channel! Thank you for all the work you put into it ❤

[@Art_Deco]

You're welcome. Thank you for your kind comment!

[@DulceN]

Goya’s paintings tell many stories, they are a chronicle of Spanish society in his time. As a Spaniard, I’m proud of this great artist.

[@starrystarrynight52]

I've been watching these for months and just realized I wasn't subscribed! *gasp*. I am now. Thank you for interesting and informative videos.

[@kittiwhieldon4329]

Every video from Art Deco is a work of art. Just wonderful!

[@fmor2779]

Oh! I was hoping for another one of Goya's! A skeptic who supports the enlightenment movement who decorates their home with witch portraits is such an interesting statement. Most would have feared to put anything like that to be "cursed", and the duke and duchess de Osuna seem to want to show how little control superstition, fear and ignorance had over them by owning those paintings at their home.

[@StonedtotheBones13]

They were also in the incredibly lucky position to be royalty and able to do that. Which was thankfully used to try and help others

[@fmor2779]

@914 While others may have enouraged superstition, either in the higher or lower circles since it wasn't exclusive of the lower classes, It's a bit of fun to see people like the Osuna's using their wealth to purchase a painting from a known artist just to silently say "Yep and this is my painting of an idiot believing he is gonna die because of this almost dead candle. Doesn't that remind you of... someone?" Just to mock how the church misused their own influence. How you use your own power and influence says a lot, not just having the wealth, power or influence in itself.

[@josephjohnston7499]

Compared to much artistic criticism, which by and large is at best extremely difficult to understand. (Why do they write like that 🤔?) You on the other hand always come up with the most amazing interpretations. I love the detail of your analysis and the historical research you do as well. Your work makes the artist come alive. I always look forward to viewing your next piece.

[@granthucklebottom4383]

always amazing, you've taught me to love art - thank you

[@sofiegoldie4861]

Pleas continue to make these it makes learning about art history so fun

[@RiskPig]

Your videos are my new addiction. 🖤

[@hahayuck2169]

It’s been my addiction 😀

[@yippedoodah]

I always found these witch pieces so fascinating and haunting. The The flying one would definitely be something I want in my house (along with Caravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes piece)

[@unclenogbad1509]

Thanks for this. In all the history of art, there's just not enough Goyas. Here was a court artist (who got there on talent) who could happily have made a fortune with sycophantic depictions of the royals and nobility around him. Instead, though, he stuck with his reason and beliefs and created the confrontational masterpieces that your excellent narrative presents with here. Subbed.

[@phoenixmassey]

Your videos just get better and better. Well done!

[@Art_Deco]

Thank you!

[@andrathemimi8178]

I’m so happy I found this channel! Educational and entertaining. Much better than the books I try to read but fall asleep on! 😅

[@zdaddyo]

Another great art video. You have the best art channel hands down. Thank you so much!

[@stephenmatura1086]

This is one of my favourtie paintings.

[@bluegreenglue6565]

Wow. This is an exceptional video. I love learning about paintings and artists with whom I'm not yet familiar, but the additional biographical and historical context is top notch. Thank you so much. [cue "Witchhunt" by Rush]

[@setyset5750]

As an artist myself I'm just in love with your type of humour. You always make me laugh, thank you🤌✨

[@spacecowgurl57]

This research blew me away. It's like I knew some of it but you broke it down. Above and beyond. I didn't know about the miscarriages or his deafness. Thank you ❤

[@donnaferrier101]

I love art, but you’ve helped me to notice things in a painting that I never could find on my own. And you have a clear understanding speaking voice. I thank you very much, you have helped me see things in painting that I never noticed before.👍👏👏👏👏✌️

[@SarahLovesU2]

I absolutely love your channel. I learn a lot in a down-to-earth, hilarious way. I seriously love the cuts to other paintings showing odd expressions accompanied with appropriate sounds LMAO!

[@emana9761]

I'm glad you did this one or I probably wouldn't ever see it. The witches light is stunning using symbolism created out of the mind of an artistic genius.

[@stephsexoticpets]

I love your channel & your editing humor. Goya got issues but so do we all lmao. I know like nothing about art history & learning through you has been fun!

[@devin4894]

You are my favorite art dissector...love you and your voice and your art of making digestible videos for the average art enthusiast!!!! Can't tell you how much I love your content miss

[@graphite2786]

Thank you so much for this essay on my favourite artist. Your wonderful critique gave him great justice. My only complaint is that it is far too short, I could have watched this for hours ❤️

[@captainplatipus]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING ANOTHER VIDEO PLEASE NEVER STOP THIS IS AMAZING YOU ARE AWESOME

[@jamiesue13]

Video & chosen artwork = Fab Coloring book = also Fab!

[@QueenOfFails]

Fantastic video

[@Art_Deco]

Thank you!

[@GingerSnape46]

Could you do "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Bosch? I'd like to hear your take on it.

[@Elslein]

I love Goya. Thank you for this video 😊

[@ppan3188]

I was waiting for this, I got scared she'd stop posting! Her videos is one of my favorites on yt!! ❤

[@Jupiter0ne]

I really enjoy your channel and videos.

[@UnsortedSeeds]

Actually, I'm an ameteur painter, and all of the master studies I've done have been Goya paintings lol. I've learned so much from them, and I will do more because I still have so much to learn about painting. I've done Saturn Devouring His Son and La Maja Desnuda. The Bewitched Man is the one I plan to study next. I also love his etchings, though I've never enjoyed intaglio printmaking.

[@jaquescavalcanti3649]

I love your work! ❤❤ Thank you for the amazing professional quality!!

[@judithkornfeld3529]

Thank you!

[@AMoR0418]

I’ve been waiting for you to do a Goya! Thank you so much for all your hard work I truly cherish all your content. Bless. 🙏🏽❤️

[@senny-]

I was just thinking of this channel, then I got this notif. Edit: Oh cool, a Goya painting.

[@Juliannasstudio]

I’m grateful to have found this channel, I feel you are doing important work.

[@ElfSwarm]

Another great video!! Thank you for teaching us! I always look forward to your posts!

[@raymi9436]

❤ Thank you Loved this one Like all of them!

[@amyadams2253]

My art history professor for my freshman and sophomore years of college was obsessed with Goya. I had never heard of Goya before then. Saturn Devouring His Son is arguably Goya's most famous painting, but I really enjoy the series of witch paintings. Especially since when I first learned of them they challenged my own superstitions and fears about the world. I thought I was breaking some rules just by looking at them(which I think Goya would have gotten a kick out of). I would love to hang them up in my office/studio. They're very inspiring and I can see some of their unintended influence in my own art.

[@greyLeicester]

It is refreshing to hear that some Yanks know of Goya. All you lot seem to know is Picasso and perhaps Dali 😂😂😂 Sorolla, Velazquez, Murillo, El Greco, José de Ribera... we have such wonderful painters that people overseas dont know of

[@nikkifennel]

And because Goya was such a genius, that's why we use his image as the price statue for the Spanish Academy Awards (like the Oscars). We call it "El Cabezón" (the big headed) and artists who win it always say that it is very heavy 😂

[@Kiro6666]

I love Goya great artwork great artist

[@awesomepossum3708]

As an art major, I love your videos. I love history and older art. Every painting has a story. Thank you for sharing.

[@Amethiist143]

Your videos are so interesting and enchanting

[@imlistening1137]

I always learn so much more than just the story of the masterpiece- you give us a great history lesson, to boot! And I find myself laughing my ample ass off with your bouncing heads going country to country and other such high jinx and sound effects!

[@andiskene7346]

Those paintings are so colorful 😍

[@chrisd561]

Love your videos!

[@sailorv8067]

Love your videos, please go on with them! ❤

[@Meli_monster]

Planning on going to the getty museum in LA, asking nicely if you can make a vid on one of the paintings there. Love the videos as always. You're truly have unlocked a love I didn't know I had art history and examining art. Thank you ❤

[@jamiejung3049]

Bull-- SHARK! But for real, each time I feel like I'm learning something fascinating. It really gives me a new perspective on how I should be thinking when I see paintings at my local art museum. The analysis and work through each piece of the puzzle is so fun to learn about. Thanks!

[@DigitalGhost269]

This is absolutely my favorite channel on KZbin

[@Chrochella]

I always look forward to your videos. They’re so educational and entertaining!! Please don’t stop making these!

[@nancyhope2205]

Thank you for this very interesting video. I really like all your work, it is a pleasure to continue one's art education with you.

[@gbkyle8315]

1:04: During 130 years of the Spanish Inquisition (1570 to 1700) , 6,000 people were sentenced to death. By comparison at least 300,000 people were arrested and 17,000 of them executed during the French Revelution between 1793 and 1794. It is estimated that just as many people died in prisons or were killed without trial.

[@Lux_Lethal]

I love these! Thank you so much for another great video and for introducing me to more of Goya's amazing pieces! Cheers!

[@troygaspard6732]

Thank you for doing this . He truly was Spain's greatest painter. The star of the Prado.

[@Lacteagalaxia]

With permission of Velazquez of course.

[@nayanespigoti]

Your channel is amazing ❤ one of the best notifications!

[@stevegovea1]

This is one of the best educational channels... entertaining and educational.

[@GoldenOwlEvents]

I'm learning SO MUCH through Art Deco channel. This is a feast of art education! Love your work!

[@OftenShady]

Always excited for a new Art deco video fuck yeah

[@charlesachurch7265]

Fascinating presentation. Thankyou xxx.

[@jettaphillips5023]

gosh dang you make great videos lol love the editing also

[@massimosquecco8956]

Great Lecture! Congratulations! Most of my favorite painters were active in the XVII century, and the best of them all, for me, was Diego Velazquez. Of course, I love painters who lived in other times, but somehow I m sorry Goya operated more than 1 century later than, for instance, George de la Tour or Johannes Vermeer This is how petty and silly am I.....

[@sdwhitesox8039]

Thanks for making these. They are honestly my favorite videos on the Internet.

[@zameshtan]

What a wonderful episode! I learned so much :-)

[@Wendy-zl8kv]

You’ve done it again ❤ You are pretty amazing

[@niknik__]

I’m a new subscriber, I love your videos so much! The way you explain things is so interesting and accessible ☺️

[@hrc3040]

I love your videos and always learn so much. Keep up the good work. And - heck yeah, I'd decorate my house with those paintings! Probably the library but wouldn't be against the living room.

[@umang3227]

Some of these paintings are genuinely spooky.

[@lunastar7599]

Thank you!!🎉❤❤❤❤

[@EclipsaRosa]

I'm actually decoupaging the witches sabbath to hang in my living room while I watch this 😂 I love learning the history behind it!

[@jek9911]

Timing for the word "shark"...perfect.

[@Art_Deco]

haha! 🦈

[@emilybarclay8831]

I’m desperately waiting for a package that is two days late, I needed a distraction and you came through 😩

[@joeymendoza2956]

For context, the Spanish Inquisition condemned less than 2000 people, compared to the hundreds and thousands who died in the Protestant witch-hunts in Europe and the US.

[@jorgeabuauad]

What you don’t know is that the very people chasing witchcraft were themself member of satanic orders , what they were hunting is the practice by the lower class.

[@sumyungai1]

We are not that far from repeating this chapter in history

[@Quackzine]

My thought exactly. WHO treaties incoming. UN Agenda 30 New World Order

[@maudbrewster9413]

That was an amazing analysis. I only discovered Goya through you, so thank you.

[@jackiechild9740]

I would have them all! 😄 they are really lovely pieces of art and story of how they came about... so awesome ❤ your channel!