This Painting Is Weirder Than It Looks. Here’s Why.
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This piece is called Dante and Virgil by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It was an attempt by the artist to make a name for himself by winning the highly coveted Prix de Rome scholarship. He knew that in order to win, he needed to take his art to a whole ‘nother level. So he brought us to the underworld. This painting is based on a portion of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem The Divine Comedy called Inferno. In the Inferno, he details himself traveling through the 9 concentric circles of hell with Virgil as his guide. We meet them in the eighth circle in a pit reserved for those who have committed fraud. Although stunning, this painting still didn’t win him the scholarship he so desired but just a few months later he won it with his piece Zenobia Found by Shepherds on the Banks of the Araxes. And from that point on, Bouguereau would never make anything quite as bold as Dante and Virgil ever again. Thanks for watching!
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So if I'm understanding this correctly - basically, in order to succeed, he had to sell out? Rather than continue to paint interesting, provocative pieces (which he was very good at), he succumbed to what was "expected" and became successful painting bland, soft, "nice" paintings. And in doing so, the other "edgy" artists of the time, began to mock him. Poor guy couldn't win.
I think it's the other way around. He probably resorted to paint that provocative painting in the hopes of winning the scholarship since maybe, that style of painting is considered to be a banger (since he failed twice using an art style he's familiar with). I consider it a red flag for an artist when they say they have to take their art to the next level. Cause most of the times, in their "leveling up", their identity in their art is lost.
Only when he returned to painting using the art style that represents him and develop it did he got the scholarship.
Honestly, I feel happy for him that he decided to paint soft arts and stopped painting arts like the Dante. He is not forced to paint arts that is not him and on the plus side, made a fortune in doing it.
You have to understand that artists were given patronage. This was their survival. They had to paint what was required or lose their sole income.
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“We are harlots, selling our beauty on the doorsteps of the mighty”, Raphael is said to have told Michelangelo during an argument about artistic principles.
@Elder Millennial He was so right. Most of us do the same thing today. Either disliking or loathing our work but we have to make a living instead of doing what we would love to do.
Love him or hate him you cannot deny the talent. Honestly he seems to be a very obvious victim of circumstance.
Sounds like he had a successful life! Even if his work wasn't like by the immediate generation after so what? He was gone by then!
The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 13:41-42
Not just talent, SKILL my friend, SKILL.
There is also the old underlying propaganda message the church used for centuries of Ginger hair = Celtic pagan barbaric blood drinkers v Church = good
Ofc someone with the dreaming as a pfp would have the best take
Kills me when artists put eachother down. The impressionists are my favorites, sure, but damn- this dude was so skilled.
Professional jealousy. But they are human beings, not angels.
To be honest, throughout time "High Art" has been terribly snobbish. You had to paint what was popular at the time, or you would be a failure, but by listening to the rich and painting what they want, you were also a hack. It still happens nowadays, art is decided by bougee billionaires.
They were jealous. The man’s paintings show amazing talents. I wonder why I wasn’t taught about him in class. I guess his reputation was still too tarnished to teach smh
Notice van Gogh was never able to make a living with his art. It's probably easier to tell himself he was still a better artist because at least he didn't sell out and make more commercial paintings. I think this still happens and artists still sometimes have to decide if they want to make something edgy or something that people will want to see. Because, let's face it, we often prefer something that won't make us too uncomfortable.
artists of every genre do that
Having seen so many soft, ethereal paintings by Bouguereau, I've always been shocked by how... different this painting was (along with "Quality before death") I love his soft paintings but I wish he continued to explore these darker subjects as well. He clearly is such a versatile artist. And wow, I had no idea that Dante and Virgil were the men standing in the back.
*Equality Before Death
Me too, although I think they're all technically impressive, I adore paintings with such raw emotion and energy as Dante and Virgil
Soooo Bouguereaus art style went from a twisted depressed Polish art student to Anne Geddes.... all because he wanted to win a competition. Damn.
Wasn't the first, won't be the last. See the career path of the punk band, The GooGoo Dolls. 'Nuff said.
Yeah, you're more likely to do something worthwhile when you're not a whore for approval, I realized I'm just using writing to get the praise and attention my parents never gave me so I did a physics degree instead, it would have ended depressing for everyone. I guess that's why the artists who end up producing something lasting have massive egos.
That's the plight of an artist. Create what you like and maybe die penniless, or create what will sell and make a living from it.
That awkward moment when Coven sings "One Tin Soldier"
Damn you for making me google "Anne Geddes." 🤢🤮
I'm actually crushed after watching this analysis because, if things had happened differently, we could've had more of THAT. This picture is breathtaking! A hand and face flushed with the final throes of a dying man, their bodies contorted yet Grecian in their godlike elegance. It's clear that the artist Bouguereau put everything he had into this piece. In addition to using models, he probably attended many public anatomy lessons that were popular at the time (maybe that's why the men look a little green 💀🤢) to study the human form, because the musculature is flawless. And then he went on to paint cherubs and some shit. He sold out. The painting that won him the scholarship was boring af but the academy liked it, so maybe they're the ones to blame. Regardless, Bouguereau could have experimented more once he got famous, but it looks like he decided to stay safely in his lane and paint soft, pretty things that people like. And I wouldn't blame him, except I know he was capable of so much more.
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I like both styles but I would have loved to see more of what he would have created had he decided to go on the direction of this painting here.
Exactly. After 10 years of painting soft pretty things, he could have been like, ok I made my money, now I'm doing whatever the hell I want
@@ecurewitz i,d wager that he did just that,,, i hope they are in a safe place somewhere and not in some dump.
@@niveknanorc7316. And, worth MILLIONS!!
His work is worth millions and sought after, and he was famous in his own time.
'Vampire' was also the first word that came to my mind when I saw the painting in this video. Sad though that he didn't do any more of these action-packed paintings, he really had some great talent in this area.
It's too bad that he succumbed to such pressure but the pressure to be liked, well-regarded and respected by society and by one's family can be great. I wish we could have gotten more of these kinds of works from him.
Bouguereau in his later career became a representative of these academic painters who painted "des vierges de savon" as one critic put it. It means young maids looking like they have been sculpted in soap - white, perfect and perfectly bland.
That's such a perfect description 😂👌
He is my favorite painter of all time. What is left out of that statement is that Picasso and Matisse were his students. They couldn't grasp perspective. Because of that he wouldn't allow them to move up to actually painting. So they hired critics and gallery owners to say horrible things about academics and praise them. Winning them over by saying he can produce one painting ever 8 days. We can produce 8a day. Imagine your income. They did and got on board.
Somehow the art that is considered most beautiful throughout history is exactly that "bland" kind of art pieces. The ones that are like a white canvas every human mind can use to imagine themselves into. Also the colour white is giving the off a feeling of light. That's something that draws almost every living creature, including insects, fish, and even plants.
Squeaky clean
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Can't decide if young Bouguereau looks more like Keanu Reeves or Christian Bale
ahh, I see what you mean!
He was definitely attractive!
If they had a child, Bouguereau would be that child.
Oh my goddess- thought the sameee✨ still can’t decide though
I thought Adam Driver 🤷♀️
How long did it take you to realize The Divine Comedy was the first widely successful fanfic?
10 seconds after opening the book because it just has that vibe./g /neu
When Dante started name dropping all these philosophers he saw in the 1st circle Limbo.
Man, even back then artists be jelly, his art was and is incredible, def one of my favourites, absolutely beautiful
This is so sad they crushed his creativity 😢 He was incredible before with so much to say
They made an artist a businessman :(
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@@turnfrmsinorhell_jesus bro we're literly talking abt a painting rn,ik ya love Jesus and stuff but like read the room bro
They did him a favor look at what was in his mind
@@theiaselene He made it with himself.
All this, especially her narration, makes me want to do art but then I realize I can't even draw a straight line ಥ‿ಥ
this might sound cliché but try bob ross!! even the „worst“ painters do a decent job with their first try and remember it’s about experience and finding your own style
That never stopped anybody from expressing themselves..go for it.
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@Himanshu: doesn't matter, unless you want to adopt a Mondrian style, you rarely use straight lines while drawing or painting.
Virgil's death, "hundreds of centuries before Dante" might need some correction. A century is 100 years. It only takes 10 centuries to make a millenium (1000 years). Even if Virgil was writing 4000 years before Dante's birth, it would still be only 40 centuries, not even half of one hundred.
I saw this in person last week at the Orsay - it's absolutely captivating, I hope everyone goes to see it. Literally everyone in the room was lingering by it, even in a room full of other brilliant paintings. The piece has so many circles in its composition that it keeps your eye hooked, it's lowkey hypnotic.
I saw this at d’Orsay a few years ago and couldn’t take my eyes away. I snapped a few pictures with my iPad just to have a copy. It’s impressive.
Cracking open a guy with the cold ones, eh? I love that painting so much for the raw emotion and darkness in it.
I thought of this joke exactly 😂
@@maxwellgrimsley 😂😂😂 It's just so good, I love good art memes.
@@DarkwaveMistress same 😂 they’re art themselves sometimes
Bougerated should mean “using your own eyes in every subject of every painting”. In a figure drawing class we started to notice that one student always drew cartoonish eyes onto every face. Then someone pointed out that they were actually his own eyes, which were a little strange.
It's quite common for artists to draw themselves in every model. Especially among the less experienced ones. I myself am guilty of it sometimes
@@pomaranczowaszarlotka Me with hands. Most people I've drawn, I've given them chubby little hands.
@@sweetgirl070707 That's cute though 😊
@pomaranczowaszarlotka5170 Yup. I have to constantly remind myself NOT base character's proportions on my own because I'm short and very long legged, and the majority of adult humans don't have a torso that's only a little over two heads long. I've gotten better about height related issues, but I still have a tendency to give people higher than average waist placement and keep accidentally giving male characters curvier hips than I mean to if I don't focus enough because of my own build...
One of the kids in my figure drawing class just kept drawing Minecraft Steves in whatever pose the model was in
I remember going to the museum on a school outing a few years back, I swear I got stuck on this one painting for like 2hrs, not overstating it. All the other students looked all over the exhibit but I swear every time I went to check another room I would end up back in front of this painting. I don't know why it got me this bad, but it sure did!
I love this painting ❣️ The vision of hell in Dante's inferno has slid into Christian ideology and is what we now imagine he'll to be like. Pastors, priests, and evangelists alike describe the fiery depths of hell filled with eternal punishment, even though the hell in the Bible is described as cold and empty....it's crazy how much a fictional literary work could have so much impact on religious beliefs other than the religious text itself.
This artists was a conformist to the religious powers of that time that suppressed and manipulated the people and artists. In order to survive and gain some kind of worthy recognition they all had to conform.
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Something about seeing a zoom in of a flesh eating demon biting a man and then cutting to “This video is sponsored by hello fresh.” Made me cackle 💀🤚
I was a child first time I saw a copy of this painting. I remember being frightened and having nightmares. Always wondered what possessed him to come up with this concept. He was unmistakably talented; more than others who became more famous.
Apart from this, i really want to mention that the artist is really good in painting techniques. For example how perfect is the anatomy figure and the use of lightning is perfect.
"This might feel like the opposite of Hell for some of you"
*coughs in sadomasochism*
Seeing the portrayal of Gianni Schicchi in the painting is striking for its evil while in Puccini’s opera, “Gianni Schicchi”, his daughter sings one of the sweetest arias in opera. Lauretta begs her father for to help her marry her love. “Mio Babbino Caro”. The contrast of the evil in one art form and the love in another show the true depth of the arts in our lives.
Gianni Schicchi in the opera is still a conniving crook, and even his daughter's sweetness comes off borderline manipulative. I'd say both works individually contain the contrast of beauty and brutality, love and evil as you put it.
@@kauhiahauki I enjoyed your comment but with my name being Loretta, I like to think Lauretta’s plea for “pieta”, pity is for both of them.
@@lorettacassidy6078 Not mad at that interpretation. Art is subjective, indeed!
can't believe *this* piece is the one that didn't win, something so unforgettable and iconic. I wouldn't have guessed his winning piece was even his in the first place.
i love his style but damn his art journey was one slap and then another slap again and again
I've just seen this painting (among others by Bouguereau, Cabanel, or Geromé) at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and it was simply breathtaking. As an art history student, I've barely every heard of those academic painters throughout my studies, since they still often get left out of the historical narrative, which is in my opinion very sad and should be changed. I understand the side of the avantgarde artists of that time, or also the critics nowadays, saying that the art is "always the same, no brushstrokes, too idealistic, too much kitsch..." but I definitely think that these artworks show so much talent, creativity and just gazing at them in real life is indescribable. As a future curator and art historian I will definitely try to rewrite those artists and artworks back into the books and articles of 19th century art! :)
They don’t show to their best in video, do they? They achieve a luminosity in their paint that doesn’t translate to an electronic display. Western tradition values creativity in terms of the novel too much for the academics to be counted among the great. They just aren’t trailblazers. But they are absolute masters of their craft and that is worth something. Especially if they can find the right subject, griping content, a meaningful message.
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That flying creature thing really have the "Wow, that really is happening" expression and trying to confirm to the people beside him that it really is happening
I... FINALLY have the name of this artist! I was looking at his paintings online and virtually fell in love with EVERYTHING he painted... especially "La Nuit", "L'Aurore, "Cupid & Psyche: The Abduction", and so many more... Most of his subjects, especially those of deities, seem to float in mid air or at the very least delicately balance themselves on their big toe... so beautiful to look at! And this piece, right here... THIS looks like the beautiful fever dream of a YAOI enthusiast! Bravo! *chef's kiss*
Cupid & Psyche: The Abduction sounds like the name of an action movie
@@GippyHappy Yes it does. But it does sound better. It could have been called "The Seduction of Psyche" or "The Rape of Psyche".
@@robynsegg I’ve only heard it called The Abduction of Psyche
@@GippyHappy It wasn't. I was just using those titles as an example. Sorry. 😅
@@robynsegg that’s okay. I can imagine an action movie based on the mythological story of Psyche now, and that’s a gift you’ve given me.
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Lol, his art is so beautiful! They almost look like photos with how real the skin looks. I love how different each artist's works are. Great channel! 👏 Thank you for sharing the history with good humor.
I’ve never really been interested in art but the way you introduce the paintings and the back stories with so much details is really amazing. You had me on the edge of my seat, gripping the armrest immersed deeply inside this painting wanting, needing to know more. Thank you, you have opened up new doors of interests and insights for me and you best believe that I’m jumping through!😮❤😊
"this might feel like the opposite of hell for some of you"
CALLED. OUT. READ TO FILTH.
Oof. That was the stuff of nightmares. I'm surprised the Surrealists didn't pay homage to that painting. Dr. Caligari should have had that painting on the walls of his house. Definitely, that is 'a rubber necking' painting that you cannot turn away from. Wow!
Dante and Bougereau battling internally, questioning their identies. The artist might not have realized: he did the same thing to his audience. The audience is going through that same internal conflict: I can't stop looking at the realistic details of this painting! It strikes a chord in my soul, but...If I express my appreciation for this violent scene, WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT ME?
I could easily see the Paris judges contemplating that question as they voted.
Bougereau did what every starving artist does when a piece brings them good fortune: you produce what the paying customers want. It's not about YOU and your struggles, but what the customer wants to see: Pretty faces during hard times. He was a pragmatist and realist: I paint what pays my overhead. I don't have to be legendary; I just have to pay my bills. Well, I have one piece done when I was young and foolish, that has secured my infamy. I just have to pay the bills.
I do appreciate your editing and bringing other paintings back into your current presentation. and I cackled all through your Commercial. Well done, to entertain during a commercial.
This painting, evening mood, and his abduction of psyche are why I love his work. The detail is mesmerizing. I’m so glad you made a video about this.
It’s CRAZY how you can zoom in and the LIGHT wow! You know the crazy thing I wouldn’t compare it to a photograph.. more it looks like actual life in the eyes… like I’m there
Fascinating, as always. I’m more easily impressed than the art world of the time. I find the detail and nuance of this painting glorious.
I've never seen this painting. I find it strong, disturbing and beautiful all at the same time. I love it.
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Maybe interesting to note: I decided to look into what his winning painting was about, since I wanted to find out why the Queen of Palmyra was doing so far from home. Little did I know that there were 2 famous Zenobias in antiquity, and this one was the tragic Queen of Armenia not the Queen of Palmyra. What I also found is that there were 2 painters who are listed as winning the Prixe de Rome in 1850 with Zenobia paintings: Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry and Bouguereau. Wikipedia has both as winners and given that the award was discontinued, there doesn't seem to be to be a way to figure out which painter actually won and why two painters would have submitted paintings on the same subject in the same year. I'm sure I could figure it out if I read French, but an authoritative English source online is lacking. I'm assuming that Bouguereau was the actual winner that year, and Baudry's win is something that got connected to him because he painted a similar painting. Although it would be fun to find out that both won that year because the judges just wrote down "zenobia" in their notes and no one could remember which Zenobia they preferred when it came time to select the winner.
Bouguereau is one of my favorite painters, and this is by far my favorite painting by him, along with Nymphs and Satyr. It particularly speaks to me because I do find drawing the male form in harsh lines quite therapeutic and knowing the mental place the artist was in when he created this piece makes it feel oddly relatable.
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this is honestly the best art history channel I've come across. She explains everything so well, and in a entertaining way!
Wow he was amazing, never spent this long to just look at his work🎉
this is possibly one of the most impactful paintings I've ever seen in a museum. It's truly breathtaking
I feel bad that he was picked on because his art was "commercial." There's a place for that too. Congrats on the sponsor!
As always, a nicely done video, I really was looking foward to see one of Bouguereau's paintings, I always tought that people hating on his perfectionism and talent was undeserved, he just exceeded in an art style, and liking one or another is subjective, and all beautiful in their own way.
This was so interesting and well done! I’ve seen his painting of “pretty soft things” many times, but had no idea about this bizarre and awesome piece. Interesting to think he might have only painted it to be the weird guy in the room when it was actually kind of posing. Doesn’t matter, cuz he was an absolutely wonderful painter!
Haunting and interesting painting by a masterful artist, thank you for bringing it up. The Roman poet Virgil did not live ‘hundreds of centuries’ before Dante, as you said, just about 14 of them.
This is my favorite of all the paintings you've covered. It's new to me, and from firsh blush, I'm captive--I can't get enough of its dark nuances. Thank you so much for revealing this absolutely gobsmacking artifact.
Yeaah finally a video about this painting. It always fascinated me, but also i was in awe how much detail there was in their body anatomy and how perfectly the artist captured the tension, the fight. Even if you zoom in you can find many details also.
Excellent channel. Art critiques these days talk excessively about the mundane moderns and impressionists like they are the only contemporary art out there. Your channel stands out from the rest... by (I think) a long shot too. Your analysis and the bits of history you include are amazing. I have been following Bouguereau for a long time but there are very little material out there (at least where I look) as we know that the art world has successfully thrown out everything about the Victorian great masters of art. So to hear new information from you about Bouguereau (and this piece) is marvelous. Keep up the good work!
It’s so weird to me to see the rivalry and disdain between various “schools” of art. To me, a person who can barely draw a stick figure, they are ALL amazing. Thank you so much for these deep dives into different paintings.
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I always enjoy your videos! I appreciate the extensive research you do on each piece of artwork, and this was no exception! However, I must say, that the sponsored section is the BEST sponsored section that I have ever watched! Thank you for your hard work Deco!
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your irreverent , scholarly , hilarious monologue is soo refreshing ! thank you for any & every piece you choose to critique ❤
I love him! I like the soft. Art being criticized by other artists can be brutal and very influenced, I wish we had more of this!!!
Amazing! I'm afraid I would have preferred his tormented sensual demon art better than his family friendly postcard style, but hey...
He was a young artist who was trying to get his name known in the art world, through a shock factor. A story that has been seen many times. As for this painting, Thomas Eakins had a similar command of anatomy. In an odd way, the painting demands your attention and terrifies at the same time. I personally do not like his later works, but I respect the craftsmanship and his long career. If Van Gogh had seen this piece, the opinion would be different.
Look at those details, the anatomy of the body. It's so perfect
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Wow. Thank you!
What an absolutely beautiful painting. This is the first time viewing this gorgeous painting, wishing I’ve seen it much earlier in my life. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Love your channel!! I just moved to Paris and am having so much fun seeing the paintings you talk about at the different art museums here. I don't know anything about art so your videos have really created a new interest for me. Keep the videos coming!
Thank you for expanding my artistic horizons! I absolutely love this piece and may never had seen it without you!
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I love soft pretty things, his paintings definitely speak to me ❤
I absolutely love him. He's one of my favorite painters. Thank you for talking about one of his paintings 💕
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That paint is pure art and incredible tale. Way ahead of his time. Thank u for sharing.
Wow!! I have never seen such perfection of the human body. He truly had a gift beyond any other painter.
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At first glance i thought the two fraudsters were engaging in foreplay for very rough sex. Second look, I saw them as no holds bar fighters - bite club. Third, this seems pretty harsh punishment for white collar crime (Dante’s fault). I loved the back story, which I would have completely missed, if I had seen this in a gallery. Great choice of paintings.
Interesting you should consider such 'white collar crime' of lesser consequence. Fraud lost my late husband and myself the possibility of well deserved worldly security, brought about bankruptcy and the loss of our home and business premises, and initiated a sequence of destructive illness leading to death. The years of suffering caused by one heartless American millionaire well justify the concept of infernal torment.
@@rosemaryallen2128 I have found white collar crimes always hurts more people but we see it as a lesser crime because it is done by rich people
i mean, it's still vaguely (and by vaguely i mean very) homoerotic tho, its a whole vibe
@@Cheshieruu my thoughts exactly. I think he was fantasizing about the forbidden and having his own internal moral grappling. But that being said, around eighty percent of all homosexuals have been the victims of childhood molestation so he could very well be expressing his rage and fury against unspeakable acts that may have been done to him when he was most vulnerable, things that would surely affects every decision he'd ever make for the rest of his life and shaped him into the brooding, obsessive man he'd become.
If they were lovers then they’d be hanging out with the gays in the 7th circle not the 8th lol
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I like that you are resurrecting appreciation for the French academic painters. The criticism stands, and it's not unwarranted paintings that were once viewed as the pinnacle of high art have become icons of kitsch. But as a boy, the skill and themes of them captivated me in a way that the 'sophisticated' impressionists could not. You redeem that boyhood esteem I had for this schlock.
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Aww, poor guy.
He really had a rough of a time as many in the art community.
Maybe not financially, but there was still heavy pressure weighing his heart.
Well, at least we can enjoy their pieces now. Wish I could smother him in compliments for them though. •ᴗ•
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There’s also a difference in painting for income consumption (to earn money) and what you might paint on your own time. My great-grand father immigrated from Italy in the 1890s as a large scale public works muralist (painted for Hershey Mansion, parts of NY Grand-Central Station, … ) But what we have of what he painted on his own time for his own enjoyment is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT than the paintings done as commission and much more appealing. His paintings on Steinway Art Case Pianos are STUNNING and the small sketch paintings we have from after he was no longer a professional painter are simply enjoyable.
I love this painting and find the darkness and raw emotion fascinating.
As an aside, Virgil didn't die "hundreds of centuries" before Dante lived. That would mean that Virgil died "tens of thousands of years" before Dante lived.
Virgil died in 19 BC., Dante was born in 1265. So the right answer should be 13 centuries. 😂 🚀
@@xuhongmao7292 he is right this is a few centuries not hundred
My instructors in art school frequently made disparaging remarks about Bougerois. Most of his work is saccharine, but his draftsmanship and his flesh tones are remarkable.
This is my favorite artist!! So glad you're talking about him!!
I had the great luck to see the original displayed. It's stunning.
If my art history classes had been as entertaining as this video, I wouldn’t hate art history.
You make such lovley and informative videos. I love how we get to learn while you keep it entertaining and feel-good. 😊💚
I love your take on classic paintings. Always interesting and I always learn something. Thank you.
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I just discovered my favorite painter ever William-Adolphe Bouguereau, he is AMAZING!
It’s been a while since I’ve had the pleasure of the analysis of your channel. I enjoy it every time I come across it. More, please!🙂