Solving Art's Greatest Mysteries With Waldemar | Art Mysteries Marathon | Perspective

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  • Documentary series in which Waldemar Januszczak sets out to uncover the secret meanings hidden in four famous paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Seurat.
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    From "Art Mysteries" S1
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  • @PerspectiveArts
    @PerspectiveArts  Рік тому +54

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    • @oswaldovega6654
      @oswaldovega6654 Рік тому +4

      0p

    • @marilynk1653
      @marilynk1653 Рік тому +3

      Agreed, I liked art history, this man makes it interesting...

    • @StarChild420
      @StarChild420 Рік тому +1

      I really want to sign up but i can only subscribe with creditcard 😭 in my country (NL) debit is the main card, online payments go through things like IDeal.

    • @widdydinks
      @widdydinks 9 місяців тому

      ŹŔŹ

    • @widdydinks
      @widdydinks 9 місяців тому

      ⁵⁶/

  • @kicksterama
    @kicksterama Рік тому +199

    I would like to propose that Perspective is the best thing on UA-cam. Such a gift to be able to spend time with Waldemar.

    • @brisdowneasteats736
      @brisdowneasteats736 Рік тому +8

      People don't know what they are missing! Waldemar is fantastic 😊

    • @reaganpratt2474
      @reaganpratt2474 Рік тому +3

      I took art history in college&HATED IT. I thought i just wasnt an art person, but these videos brought it to life. I love them&have watched them all several times. However, if you're into ancient history at all, Fall of Civilzations is the absolute best imo. It's INCREDIBLE.

    • @denkerdunsmuir3370
      @denkerdunsmuir3370 Рік тому

      ​@@reaganpratt2474 Thx for reference to Fall of Civilizations podcast. I believe it's very important to try to understand history as a critical tool in the tool box for processing news and media content. Since nothing is new, less anxiety & depression could be one positive result of greater understanding of current events.That would mean greater community, local, county, state and national participation.
      It also is a means to unify with neighbors and community for the best good of all. Those who lean toward authoritarian government rather than democracy in the U.S.A. will find ways to oppose such changes toward unification even when they would benefit equally if we moved together to solve our economic and social issues.

    • @reeree6682
      @reeree6682 11 місяців тому

      Absolutely!❤

    • @Noise_floorxx
      @Noise_floorxx 10 місяців тому +2

      He's absolute horrible. Hes very negative and judgmental.

  • @geekyvalkyrie
    @geekyvalkyrie 2 роки тому +239

    Waldemar Januszczak could create a documentary about grass growing, and I'd be utterly enthralled.

    • @bobbisellsor6866
      @bobbisellsor6866 Рік тому +1

      Me 2!

    • @geoffmye
      @geoffmye Рік тому +1

      DiannaB surely you mean paint drying.

    • @Jigger2361
      @Jigger2361 7 місяців тому

      lol DiannaB

    • @traceypedigo6405
      @traceypedigo6405 7 місяців тому

      narcissists.. I love it when he speaks French. Ooh la la!

    • @veronicanicholls7132
      @veronicanicholls7132 6 місяців тому +1

      Agree! HIs ability to enthuse is awesome.
      So many dull people, but not our Waldemar.

  • @enragedkaiser237
    @enragedkaiser237 2 роки тому +565

    Every single documentary with Waldemar is a treat!

    • @constancemiller3753
      @constancemiller3753 2 роки тому +10

      He weaves on location Art history and academic expertise with Mona Lisa's hot ass, Bananarama's lyrics of Venus, tacky merch and Bond girls. Bravo Waldy!

    • @radicalmama135
      @radicalmama135 2 роки тому +7

      So great. I wish he taught classes.. .

    • @kokolanza7543
      @kokolanza7543 2 роки тому +6

      To be sure.

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому +3

      Zie het nu ,die pool heeft kuiltjes in zijn wangen Waauw hij moet echt meer lachen ( Knap ) 👈😍👉per 🤭

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому

      @@constancemiller3753 och dat is een bijverschijnsel Mona Lisa’s hete kont die heeft zij al lang versleten die uitgang , iedereen die haar gezien heeft weet het ,vandaar haar mond nu dienst doet ( het druipt nog ) 😂😅😂

  • @joemcateer6398
    @joemcateer6398 Рік тому +28

    Waldameer is a national treasure. A genius in his own right

    • @dangavel1283
      @dangavel1283 6 місяців тому

      wow, you have an extremely low level for judging genius, just what has Waldamar achieved in creating a lasting artistic legacy , other then being highly opinionated about actual artistic genius's on the telly ?

    • @thegreatowigimon2
      @thegreatowigimon2 6 місяців тому

      ⁠@@dangavel1283alright where did Waldamer touch you?

    • @hw-rg7gn
      @hw-rg7gn 2 місяці тому

      An engineering school used a 3D printer to test a bridge designed by Davinci. They conclusively demonstrated that Davinci's physics were accurate, the bridge helf up under simulated moderate earthquakes.
      Davinci didn't finish projects because he lacked funding, not because of lack of talent.

  • @lyndao7356
    @lyndao7356 2 роки тому +250

    Waldemar is a masterpiece. Treasured by crowds of thousands. Saving sanities, globally for heaven’s sake! Keep on, all respect ✊!

  • @carlajeanhall
    @carlajeanhall 2 роки тому +105

    Finally more Waldemar!!! Yes!

  • @helenjaime9718
    @helenjaime9718 2 роки тому +67

    You are the funniest presenter of some of the most beautiful art in our world. Not only do you take us and give us an up close and personal view of art we would never be able to see on our own, but you also add information and interpretation that I'm sure we would never get anywhere else. Your unique descriiptions and the rare stories you choose to share with us make it always a joy and surprise to be educated by you. Thank you

  • @Chris-um3se
    @Chris-um3se Рік тому +10

    The narrative of Manet's painting is so good it hurts. BRAVO Waldemar,!!

  • @jj5962
    @jj5962 Рік тому +37

    He’s cheeky; intelligent, funny, creative. Thank you for making art interesting, Waldemar!

  • @classicalaid1
    @classicalaid1 Рік тому +68

    Thank you, Waldemar for the eye-popping interpretations and perceptive detective work, such as solving the rural Gainsborough painting mystery. You do operate on more than one level and we all benefit!

  • @deliafunk9810
    @deliafunk9810 2 роки тому +97

    Waldemar brings to life what I can not see, he translates these painting into fabulous scenes of intense interest. He opens my world! Thank you Waldemar!

    • @compassioncampaigner728
      @compassioncampaigner728 Рік тому +4

      Such a good point. The magic of a guided tour of a painting is the revelation of stuff right in front of you in the picture......but that you didnt see..

  • @barbarasmith3755
    @barbarasmith3755 Рік тому +23

    I love this man. We are lucky to have his thoughtful and researched opinions! The "Marriage of ..." is just so well done. He has put YEARS into his research and brings us such in-depth observations. The more of these videos i watch, the more impressed i am.

  • @louisfaasen4511
    @louisfaasen4511 2 роки тому +98

    Mr. Januszczak, specially in this current turbulent times... my utmost appreciation for your work. You really mean a lot in the lives of your followers! But also, we love art and sharing it with you, is all the more such a privilege and make it so special.

    • @louisfaasen4511
      @louisfaasen4511 2 роки тому

      @@joseffinat966 Ek verstaan, want dis spesiaal!🙂🙂

    • @Isndbrbwhoxnenso
      @Isndbrbwhoxnenso Рік тому

      I love how he’s fat and gross and has a shitty accident but we love him!

    • @TheGuinever
      @TheGuinever Рік тому

      Makes me want to go back to Europe. I enjoyed hearing the story of a place in Florence where Leonardo and Michaelangelo supposedly (I feel fairly certain there is SOME evidence that they did.) hung out. Tuscany is largely delightful. Lombardy is worth seeing, also. Venice is in serious trouble and I feel the motorized boats should dock a mile away from town and put passengers on rowboats or gondolas to travel the rest of the way. Did you see how the fish returned to the canals during Covid shut down? Surprise! Fish can't swim in gasoline.

  • @mollydooker9636
    @mollydooker9636 2 роки тому +80

    I did art history at school and loathed , Waldemar makes it absolutely fascinating and relevant. I love him and have even started reading some art history works recently . It’s a miracle.

  • @tiaharukatrotta4881
    @tiaharukatrotta4881 2 роки тому +31

    it never ceases to amaze me how someone as Mr. Waldemar being so important and busy with academia stuff and in loco work still takes his time to keep a channel to regale us all with his knowledge and his tirades for free! Some people just are truly generous. Keep the good work, Sir! I really love it. hugs from Brazil

    • @hogwashmcturnip8930
      @hogwashmcturnip8930 Рік тому +2

      He doesn't. These are programmes that were shown on UK tv and someone else has uploaded. There, another Art Mystery solved! A little more factual than some of his.

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby 4 місяці тому

      @@hogwashmcturnip8930 Everyone in the comments speaks to him in the first person, as if he sits there and diligently reads all the comments (when most of these were made 10 - 15 years ago).

    • @hogwashmcturnip8930
      @hogwashmcturnip8930 4 місяці тому

      @@ferociousgumby I know .I see it all the time on YT. It is embarrassing to think that there are people that stupid out there.

  • @jaydubya3698
    @jaydubya3698 2 роки тому +42

    When Waldemar does Waldermar:
    "Here we see Waldemar...with his foppish hair swept up in a point and a rakish diamond glinting in his ear...as he leads us around by the nose, convincingly answering some of the questions that many of us have about a few masterpieces of Western art. And we follow along so closely don't we?....listening intently to this portly pied piper of the museum, laughing at his jokes, marveling at the art, and nodding along with his conclusions. Oh Waldemar, you bring us joy, my friend...."

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому +1

      Niet zo onaardig doen dat doe ik wel 😂 laten wij zeggen hij is best te pruimen 😍

    • @QueenBee-gx4rp
      @QueenBee-gx4rp 2 роки тому +4

      Don’t forget those shirts….

    • @mamiemonrovia7654
      @mamiemonrovia7654 2 роки тому +2

      @@joseffinat966 sure. what ever you just said. lol.

    • @gscasale7772
      @gscasale7772 2 роки тому

      Well done Dubya !! Just as he would say it.... Marvelous!!

    • @motherflipper4480
      @motherflipper4480 2 роки тому

      @jay dubya Hear, hear! Sir, I applaud you. Well written and spot-on!

  • @stephaniemontor1567
    @stephaniemontor1567 9 місяців тому +5

    I just came across this. What a great show! So enjoyed it! Plan on watching more. All of the symbolism in the artwork.

  • @EannaButler
    @EannaButler Рік тому +4

    The Arnolfini Marriage painting was in my history book in the late 80's here in Ireland.
    I'm so honestly thrilled to see it being treated exactly as I couldn't put my finger on all those years ago....
    And to think that the painting is 589 years old now......
    Been burrowing my way thru the rabbit-hole of Waldemar videos here on the Perspective channel for the last two weeks. Never felt more appreciative of anyone in a longgg time...
    Thanks for producing this Waldemar Januszczak, and for uploading Perspective 🙏👏👍👍

  • @s.v.2796
    @s.v.2796 Рік тому +10

    Your solution to the mystery of the Tempest is the ONLY plausible sounding one of all the solutions I've read through the years. Simple, elegant, your explaination leaves nothing out. At the same time it covers new, unexplored territory (the cranes) deftly scoring point after point. Also, I'm so intrigued at how disparaging your tone can be when discussing Da Vinci. Then, suddenly, a 180 and BOOM! Back to respect. Felt the same way when observing my first Rembrandt face-to-face. Ended up studying it for hours. Easily! Breath taking.

  • @bruceweigle7597
    @bruceweigle7597 2 роки тому +81

    I could watch Waldemar read a phone book and find it fascinating.

  • @GildaLee27
    @GildaLee27 2 роки тому +73

    00:00 Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
    23:32 The Birth of Venus by Botticelli
    47:03 The Tempest by Giorgione
    1:09:33 Mr & Mrs Andrews by Gainsborough
    1:30:21 The Arnolfini Marriage by Jan van Eyck
    1:53:28 Le déjeuner sur l'herbe by Edouard Manet

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому

      Begint het te dagen ? Ja en nee omdat blijdschap ook een heel andere boodschap in zich kan dragen maar zou het toch zo mogen zijn dan vreet ik hem op en kluif ik hem helemaal af en ja daar gaat juffertje weer ( zo brutaal ) hoeveel verbeelding kan zij hebben ? 🤭😱😰😭😂😅🥲😂😂😂😂🥰😳😵‍💫🤗

    • @OMNIvellian
      @OMNIvellian 2 роки тому +1

      02:14 Smell of pits blue shirt

    • @paigetomkinson1137
      @paigetomkinson1137 2 роки тому

      @@OMNIvellian So glad I'm not the only one who saw! LOL!!

    • @twiley3530
      @twiley3530 Рік тому +1

      Thank you. So considerate ☺

    • @Brinta3
      @Brinta3 Рік тому +1

      @@OMNIvellian
      I think he wiped sweat of his face.

  • @deidraleitner5787
    @deidraleitner5787 2 роки тому +51

    I’ve always loved art/art history…so much so, that I’ve decided to get my graduate degree in Art History! Waldemar is helping with my classes! 🥳👍🏾😍🥳👍🏾😍

    • @Tsip89
      @Tsip89 2 роки тому +3

      Fantastic! Good luck! :D

    • @kokolanza7543
      @kokolanza7543 2 роки тому +4

      Like Tsip89, wishing you much success and enjoyment in your program and onward.

    • @Harvard.Unofficial
      @Harvard.Unofficial 2 роки тому +1

      Awesome

  • @jodibales3169
    @jodibales3169 2 роки тому +9

    This is WHY I love YOU TUBE! Thank you sir for a perfect combination of art history and the art we all love!

  • @sandradavis3261
    @sandradavis3261 Рік тому +5

    I’m so hooked on him. He has given me a new eye for seeing art. I’ve gained a new perspective on art combined with literature. What difference I could have made with my students.

  • @andrewellis7656
    @andrewellis7656 2 роки тому +27

    Hello Waldemar - I love your shows on the Knowledge Network - I'm so glad to stumble onto your work on UA-cam. So fun. Thank you for your excellent work.

  • @keybawd4023
    @keybawd4023 2 роки тому +4

    One more fascinating, instructive, brilliant documentary by Waldamar. After a few weeks, I watch them again. He is a magnetic teacher.

  • @RRyan-pq5xd
    @RRyan-pq5xd Рік тому +8

    I've watched Waldemar for some time now and always enjoy his Perspectives and knowledge. He is just the BEST. Thank you sincerely.

  • @rhythmandblues_alibi
    @rhythmandblues_alibi Рік тому +12

    What a brilliant show, especially loved the story behind Gainsborough and Van Eyck.

  • @kennylong7281
    @kennylong7281 2 роки тому +15

    Thank you, Waldemar, you are a great narrator, and teacher. Thank you for all your wonderful and informative videos!

  • @annelon8098
    @annelon8098 Рік тому +5

    Is it just me? I find Waldemar absolutely hilarious! I agree also very informative but foremost super funny. It's like a Monty Python tour of art mysteries! It's the english accent, his voice, what he reads and what he emphasizes.....brilliant!

    • @ytang5615
      @ytang5615 Рік тому +2

      he is funny because he is Polish, like me.

    • @brentlottering
      @brentlottering Рік тому

      He's brilliant & hysterically funny 💜

  • @janeharris6925
    @janeharris6925 2 роки тому +80

    Love Waldemar! More in-depth studies of well known artists and art pieces! The whole nine yards from materials and techniques to composition, color and history to travel through time and owners. A whole book/art piece. An encyclopedia of art works one by one. So if something gets destroyed or disappears into private collection, we will still have the film for history. Who better than Waldemar to do it?

    • @lgstar3363
      @lgstar3363 2 роки тому

      Until we don’t

    • @Anna-Rose-
      @Anna-Rose- 2 роки тому +1

      Have you watched _The_ _Girl_ _with_ _the_ _Pearl_ _Earring?_
      About an artist back in the day.

  • @oggeeboggee
    @oggeeboggee 2 роки тому +9

    Sir Waldemar, welcome back!

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому

      Nou niet overdrijven ,dat doet hij zelf wel 👈😩😂

  • @StefanMedici
    @StefanMedici 2 роки тому +16

    Absolutely loving this Waldemar fest.

  • @theworldaccordingtokirsch
    @theworldaccordingtokirsch 2 роки тому +5

    One of Walemar's best documentaries (and they are all very good). If I had had the internet when I was in school how much would I have learned? In my time it was difficult to find, and expensive to buy literature about art. So now I appreciate Waldemar's docus even more.

    • @joejones9520
      @joejones9520 2 роки тому +1

      we didnt know s..t back then and had no way to learn more, libraries are nothing compared to the internet.

  • @victorylane2377
    @victorylane2377 Рік тому +2

    Leonardo is my favorite painter. I honestly think there were others with more talent and skill but there is just something about him that I love.

  • @lilianaprina5991
    @lilianaprina5991 Рік тому +10

    Leonardo portraits of females are truly mysterious. Most of them arises people's curiosity with the colors he uses, his ladies show elements of a fashionista with curls in their hair like flying with the wind. He also uses many beautiful shots that are different than all the other paintings. He includes close-up images not used by other painters. He concentrates on the ladies beauty features. I love Leonardo, he doesn't build his flying machines and many of his draft inventions, perhaps there were not at the moment in time elements necessary to do so, but they were inventions from his imagination. A futuristic approach to creativity. I do find him fascinating because his almost art that is never done is extremely passionate with elements he is not prepared to build. Often artists don't have the money to do many of their ideas and creative endeavour. In a way Leonardo invents the modern women ahead of time, the same as drafting a flying machine that couldn't be built yet.

  • @sidmac50
    @sidmac50 2 роки тому +3

    oh Waldemar- I have not watched in awhile and have missed you. You look good- humor intact- and as always your presentations are always a treat!

  • @toniomalley5661
    @toniomalley5661 2 роки тому +7

    So delighted to have this new program to watch and rewatch in these interesting times

  • @shnops
    @shnops 4 місяці тому +1

    I feel that it's her EXPRESSION that is unique in all the portraitures ever done . An expression that appears amused at the viewer , and at the same time , a depth of wisdom , of knowing , all a skillful illusion !

  • @kevinrbarker
    @kevinrbarker Рік тому +3

    Fascinating. I love this new historian aesthetic; perception, humour, contemporaneous cultural intersection.

  • @danwittmayer6539
    @danwittmayer6539 Рік тому +5

    Great cultures generate great Art as seen through the eyes of great creators. Artists never work in a vacuum so we must discover the cultural/political context of the artists' lives. Where did they live & what motivated them to create their product? I ponder these issues every time I visit museums on a superficial level. I applaud Waldemar for the depth of research that he undertakes to enlighten us to the gestalt surrounding the Masters. He provides much food for thought & even argument. Our own study results may differ from Waldemar's while he raises these subjects for our consideration. I love this!

  • @GenerationJonesi
    @GenerationJonesi 2 роки тому +9

    I love how he presents art in terms that make it much more interesting, & fun. 🥰

  • @queenvashtiful
    @queenvashtiful 2 роки тому +8

    Waldemar is an international treasure.

  • @andybaldman
    @andybaldman 2 роки тому +5

    A new Waldemar! So exciting!
    And over two hours!

  • @borge2014
    @borge2014 2 роки тому +3

    Waldemar!!! Yes this is worth watching, over and over, he's the best! So much context, love it.

  • @timrutter5025
    @timrutter5025 2 роки тому +11

    Nice compilation of Waldemar's programmes....always a pleasure to watch.....thank you.

  • @billvolpicellifilms4433
    @billvolpicellifilms4433 2 роки тому +3

    Best art history instructor in human history

  • @terragroh6401
    @terragroh6401 Місяць тому

    LOVE his sense of wry humor. Learning and laughing simultaneously - wonderful!

  • @filmcourage
    @filmcourage Рік тому +12

    Can't stop watching these. Excellent storytelling and presentation. Thanks so much for making these documentaries!

  • @constancewalsh3646
    @constancewalsh3646 2 роки тому +4

    Waldemar, you are priceless, lol! Best art education anywhere!

  • @lynneps864
    @lynneps864 Рік тому +2

    I agree, Waldemar is an excellent narrator and as well as learning so much it has been so very interesting.

  • @christianrokicki
    @christianrokicki 2 роки тому +2

    It’s great to have you back! Glad you are feeling better Waldemar! 🍎

  • @ZetaReticulian
    @ZetaReticulian 2 роки тому +6

    YES MORE LIKE THIS…. HOURS AND HOURS LONG WITH NO ADS!
    LOVE IT. IVE FOUND UA-cam NIRVANA

  • @MichelleECortazar
    @MichelleECortazar 2 роки тому +26

    Brilliant & amazing as always! Love how Waldemar explains with so much knowledge, passion ,sensibility and makes it fun!! Bravo! 👏

  • @amirfarahbakhsh2960
    @amirfarahbakhsh2960 2 роки тому +17

    how do you afford to make these high quality Documentaries ?? these long documentaries are like top tier quality in studies and resources they must cost a lot in both time and money. thank you very much!!

    • @holeefuk413
      @holeefuk413 2 роки тому +3

      They are exactly what you just described made for tv documentaries

    • @thecatatemyhomework
      @thecatatemyhomework 2 роки тому +1

      These documentaries were on ITV and other TV channels.

    • @paigetomkinson1137
      @paigetomkinson1137 2 роки тому

      @@thecatatemyhomework I'd thought one of the networks helped, I just wasn't sure which. Thanks.

  • @wallzorz50
    @wallzorz50 2 роки тому +1

    an absolute delight, passion and intellect with a clear dash of realism

  • @polkcellar
    @polkcellar Рік тому +3

    No one can show and tell us like Waldemar ! Thankyou for his Perspective!

  • @mahastikia9676
    @mahastikia9676 2 роки тому +5

    Went through all sorts of emotions! I knew a handful of these clues but not so many, and put together with such mastery!
    Thank you everyone who made viewing this possible.

    • @Jigger2361
      @Jigger2361 7 місяців тому

      you are most welcome!

  • @abielcotto2392
    @abielcotto2392 2 роки тому +2

    Big Waldermar! The best art storyteller!!

  • @tarotwithjae6426
    @tarotwithjae6426 2 роки тому +2

    37:11 banking horizontal rows of bridges, with oval reflections in the puddling river beneath them. this is beyond beautiful. and it is just a traveling shot, panned from right to left. this film just keeps giving. thank you.

  • @marysolcampos255
    @marysolcampos255 2 роки тому +10

    New one? Super!!! I watch again and again the old ones. 👌

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому

      HE HE DAAR ZIT NIETS ANDERS OP THE OLD ONES 😩👈😇

  • @jabacadsaba1668
    @jabacadsaba1668 Рік тому +5

    Thank you for such wonderful documentaries - they are so informative and captivating. Absolutely fabulous!

  • @claudettedelphis6476
    @claudettedelphis6476 2 роки тому +3

    The Best 💐
    Merci Waldemar🌼Always a plaisure following you 🌾
    Vous êtes toujours tellement bien informé.
    Bonne journée et à bientôt 👋

  • @robinoflocksley7858
    @robinoflocksley7858 2 роки тому +4

    I was intrigued for the first 30 seconds by your voice! Confidence! 😍 beautifully created, delicately designed and personalized for the audience and above all the blatantly juicy, conflicting stories of each and every realm that you whisked us away into. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and interjected characters!

  • @ramblinrose8
    @ramblinrose8 Рік тому +3

    Thank you so much for sharing your insights, knowledge and curiosity. Your humor and wry observations illuminate Masterpieces we tend to take for granted. I had no idea La Gioconda had such an interesting history. I had only heard of her husband and her last name but never that Napoleon treasured her or that she sort of disappeared for a straight 300 years. Leonardo never turned over the work to her or her husband. Nor did I know about her subsequent "theft." Can you imagine being able to see La Gioconda daily like some billboard poster as you wander towards your morning coffee or demitasse and brioche?!! My such a view!! I learn immense amounts from your videos. I like the way they open my mind and make me think and look at paintings I've always treasured in new and different ways. I've been looking at paintings in museums since I was a wee girl - which was many decades ago and to find new ways of looking at paintings I've seen in person and over and over again in depictions is delightful. Us old dogs love learning new tricks so to speak...we love learning about new ways to look at old things. Bravo!! Gratitude. You ARE fabulous. I wish you would teach. I wish I could afford that class but until then...I'll just keep learning from your wonderful videos.

  • @sealisa1398
    @sealisa1398 2 роки тому +168

    Had he taught Art History 101 there would have been less snoring in my classroom.

  • @lahockeyboy
    @lahockeyboy 2 роки тому +1

    Waldemar docs are a revelation!

  • @honeysucklecat
    @honeysucklecat 2 роки тому +4

    The juniper woman painting, when I first saw it, froze me in astonishment for several moments before it occurred to me to see who painted it.

  • @karenfaria3605
    @karenfaria3605 2 роки тому +24

    Every new thing I learn about L.DaVinci, the more I am convinced he has all the classic signs of having ADD or ADHD. Besides having above average intelligence and skills, he had the ability to hyper-focus and then be distracted and move on to a new project, often without finishing his current work. As I see in my own family, this moving-on trait is in search of something that will calm and intrigue a chaotic and constantly exploring brain.

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому

      Blijkbaar heeft iemand zijn of haar studie afgerond , kon ik wel zijn ,ik bedoel chaotische troela ,WALDEMAR WAAR ZIT JIJ heb nog een appeltje te schillen 😂🥰 🤨👉🤓 🥩dus een T bone he 😋

    • @alebhard
      @alebhard Рік тому

      Why aren‘t there about millions of Da Vincis then? Such a nonsense, with all the due respect!

    • @tsriftsal3581
      @tsriftsal3581 Рік тому +3

      @@alebhard there probably are and they are working on useless crap. Did you watch the video? It took hundreds of years for people to hear about him.

    • @andyawe13
      @andyawe13 Рік тому +2

      Agreed. I'm a writer and painter as hobbies and find it much harder to complete either as I get older. Have ADHD.

    • @theajones6080
      @theajones6080 Рік тому

      Yeah ok.🤔

  • @lloydmckay3241
    @lloydmckay3241 2 роки тому +71

    Perspective: Could you make a chronological playlist of Waldemar's videos including all of them? Please and Thank you.

  • @alisturkericmacnanty159
    @alisturkericmacnanty159 2 роки тому +6

    I LOVE YOUR SHOW!!! This one is particularly fantastic!!!

  • @PRH123
    @PRH123 2 роки тому +3

    Over the years like everyone have seen so many documentaries on the ML, and they mentioned almost none of the history that is related here. As always V’s documentaries are the best. I can imagine what a nightmare it is in the Louvres trying to catch a glimpse of it over the heads of thousands of jostling tourists.

  • @mariaekman13
    @mariaekman13 Рік тому +8

    You're AMAZING!
    The BEST interpretator of art...and presented in such excellent, engaging, detailed, impressing way..
    A treat...Binge-watching..and wonder howcome I'd never been THIS interested in art before.
    You've opened a new window..without any "unnecessary" painting techniques ruining the true value of art...The motive.

  • @helenfisher3285
    @helenfisher3285 2 роки тому +30

    Such a captivating, intrigueing series. Binge watch them all like Breaking Bad. Waldamar is a genius himself

    • @mkozlinski
      @mkozlinski 2 роки тому +2

      So true. I remember. 4 a.m. clicking over and over "That's it?? Where's more?!? For crying out loud!!!"

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 Рік тому

      @@mkozlinski deze is nog mysterieuze ik bedoel klik klik kun jij het beter omschrijven ?

    • @mkozlinski
      @mkozlinski Рік тому +1

      @@joseffinat966 Que?

    • @misterghee1
      @misterghee1 7 місяців тому

      ​@@mkozlinskithat's Dutch like me... Que ik begrijp klik klik klikklik mmm Not really 😅

  • @zokna1676
    @zokna1676 2 роки тому +21

    I'm so excited and grateful for this amazing marathon 🙏💖

  • @rmlevyPhD
    @rmlevyPhD Рік тому +1

    Great series on TV for BBC.. You are the best art historian. I wish my professor of art history had watched your videos. Unfortunately when I was in college there was no Internet,

  • @martinsadl1936
    @martinsadl1936 2 роки тому +5

    As always Waldemar's understanding and analyses of the masterpieces in art is a delight to watch. Informative and witty, a lesson in how to teach.

  • @MrKFNeverGiveUp
    @MrKFNeverGiveUp 2 роки тому +6

    Excellent stuff. Waldemar always brings documentaries to life.

  • @karaamundson3964
    @karaamundson3964 2 роки тому +4

    I loved all four of the discussions on this video. You and your team outdid yourself!

  • @artqueen691
    @artqueen691 2 роки тому +6

    Excellent, thoroughly enjoyable. Thank you

  • @shirleykathan-sayess5764
    @shirleykathan-sayess5764 2 роки тому +4

    Wow! Fantastic video from one of the best art historians!
    ❤️ Shirley

  • @reginaobrien8983
    @reginaobrien8983 2 роки тому +13

    The best! His documentaries are so good, I’ve watched every one.

  • @stevenbrown6277
    @stevenbrown6277 Рік тому +2

    Years ago I was at the Louvre and stood amid dozens of other tourists staring at the Mona Lisa. Right next to me was a man with a group of tourists from Japan. I gagged as I noticed he had a mound of EAR WAX sticking out of his ear...So there I was looking at such a famous and beautiful painting and next to me was this gross sight. I still snicker at the contrast. I love to tell this story.
    Steve from Minneapolis.

  • @birdkooistra1329
    @birdkooistra1329 2 роки тому +1

    The most interesting art critics. He gets real, not all full of fluff & grandiosity for the artists or the paintings. Keen thoughts, ideas, look at the artist, their are & times.

  • @StephiSensei26
    @StephiSensei26 2 роки тому +3

    Hi Waldemar! Good to see you again old bean. You're the best! (And the program's not half bad!).

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому +1

      Tut tut tut ouwe boon? NOT half ?

    • @StephiSensei26
      @StephiSensei26 2 роки тому +1

      @@joseffinat966 Just being cheeky! I'm sure Waldemar would get the gist of it.

  • @karabbitss
    @karabbitss 2 роки тому +17

    I love the use of his metaphor in comparing the Venus by Botticelli to the actress Ursula Andress which is like that of an Orchid to a T-bone steak. 🤣

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому

      Dank voor de mooie omschrijving T-bone 🥩🤪😋😂

  • @SuperKingslaw
    @SuperKingslaw Рік тому +1

    Outstanding series that really brings Art history to life. Brilliant,!

  • @JohnMassey76227
    @JohnMassey76227 Рік тому +1

    Absolutely enjoyed learning and putting together all sorts of historical pieces I‘ve assembled throughout my years about art history. Brilliantly presented. Thank you very much!

  • @victorialove9104
    @victorialove9104 2 роки тому +4

    I thoroughly enjoyed this. Fascinating. I realize that I have been viewing art on a superficial level as pleasing forms and colors and missing the intriguing message.
    Subscribed.

  • @mezzem3909
    @mezzem3909 2 роки тому +4

    Love the shows

  • @robinbest4786
    @robinbest4786 2 роки тому

    Love your attitude - staggered by the scope of your knowledge. Hats off to you, Waldemar . . .

  • @vitaliycherniak6714
    @vitaliycherniak6714 2 роки тому +2

    Waldemar is a masterpiece.

  • @salimi.sheriff7608
    @salimi.sheriff7608 2 роки тому +3

    The Beauty of a Story lies in the telling, your erudite and resourceful skills makes your Narratives stand out from the Crowd, you are different!! 🙏❤️✅

  • @ts3784
    @ts3784 2 роки тому +20

    we miss your new episodes waldemar

  • @steveaustin286
    @steveaustin286 5 місяців тому

    Wonderful. The husband looks so grief stricken yet alive, she looks alive and loving.

  • @kevineleven5610
    @kevineleven5610 Рік тому +1

    Thankyou for your perception as always you've explained in detail and with clarity that no one else can.

  • @nelsonx5326
    @nelsonx5326 2 роки тому +14

    Leonardo da Vinci might have been the most learned man in history. A great painting contains knowledge. Besides that a painter would imbue a painting with his philosophy. The Mona Lisa was the pet project of Leonardo. He imbued it with everything he had to give it. The best painting by the greatest mind. And it shows in the Mona Lisa. That is why it is so great. And I think he wanted it to represent him and his life's work.
    I have one painting I put my all in. It stands apart from my other paintings. Maybe some day I'll have another powerful message I wish to relate.

  • @bev9708
    @bev9708 2 роки тому +3

    OHHH this is an old one unfortunately... I was soooo excited there when I saw a new Waldemar art doco!!! But no, not new!! Still, can't seem to turn it off even though I've seen it heaps of times!!

  • @victoriaolson8985
    @victoriaolson8985 2 роки тому +1

    Absolutely love Waldemar’s work as a presenter. It’s his sarcasm that does it. I do wonder what his parents were thinking when they named their precious tiny newborn ‘Waldemar’, tho.

    • @jobalak9761
      @jobalak9761 2 роки тому +2

      They were thinking it is a Polish name as they were Polish refugees. Waldek or Waldemar was quite popular name in Poland at that time.