Fountain Pens, Art Heist, Handwriting: Dark Academia at The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum!
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Ah, Fountain Pens, Montblanc, an Esterbrook Journal, working on your Handwriting, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and Dark Academia! What more can you ask for? Learn about the biggest art heist of all time, the history of this museum, about Mrs. Gardner, my connection to this magical place, and some secrets that only I knew, until know. Join me, won't you?
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Time Stamps
00:00:01 - Intro
00:01:09 - The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
00:01:59- Dark Academia Applied!
00:03:28 - Elegy
00:04:00 - The Beginning of Isabella’s Story
00:05:18 - How Do I Use This Museum?
00:06:49 - Mrs. Gardner Becomes an Art Collector
00:08:39 - Mrs. Gardner Arranges Her Museum
00:09:40 - Mrs. Gardner’s Will
00:10:37 - The Theft
00:12:09 - What I Saw in the Basement
00:13:29 - Tragedy Strikes Mrs. Gardner Again
00:14:25 - Dark Academia! Collection of Handwriting
00:15:42 - El Paleo - The Best Part of This!
00:16:36 - About the Architecture & Courtyard
00:18:28 - She Lived Here Too
00:19:16 - What I Saw On The Closed 4th Floor
00:20:20 - Why I Began With Fountain Pens
00:21:21 - Dark Academia In Action
00:22:03 - Mrs. Gardner’s Legacy
00:22:30 - The Effect on My Family
00:23:00 - The Wrap Up
00:24:00 - Thank you to the Awesome Members!
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Wardrobe: KJP Oxford Uni Stripe Shirt in Studio & Ralph Lauren Safari Shirt in Studio for A Roll.
At the Museum: Blue Blazer with Rust Grid by Cordings of Piccadilly, KJP Oxford Uni Stripe Shirt, Levis 501 Jeans, Belt by Louis Vuitton, Alden 405 Indy Boots. Frames by Ray Ban, Wayfarers, Rolex GMT Master II Ref # 116710LN.
Isabella was so noble. She realized that Art, in the best sense, should always be shared and available to everyone. And she succeeded. I encourage anyone who owns valuable art to do the same. While few could build a museum for the public, all could eventually donate their art to a college or museum. Pay it forward and make the world a better place.
Wonderful sentiment. Thanks so much for watching.
I cannot properly express how much I enjoyed virtually visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. I am most grateful to you for this experience.
Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed this one!
HJ, This is a video that feeds the eye, the ear, the soul. The The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is breathtaking and to have Mrs. Gardner's story told by one who clearly loves the place was a real treat. Now I will need to view "The Wings of the Dove". I will look for it this evening. I may need to watch this video again on the television before I watch the movie. Thank you for this labor of love. Best wishes! I look forward to seeing you again further down the road.
Thanks Richard! I am so glad that you enjoyed this. All the best.
Hello HJ. Another great video. This proves that our hobby can transform additional facets in the world. It is an extension of who we are, and what we love. It's wonderful that you and your family have a special place in this world that you can visit and rekindle the exact moment of the beginning.
Thanks so much, My Friend. I agree completely. It’s very special to us. All the best.
These video essays on location are what make your channel stand out.
And a periodic cool/not cool because you two are fun!!
Thanks so much, Gretchen! That’s what you’ll get here.
This museum is beautiful . Thank you for bringing me there . Thank you for taking the time to share .
Thanks so much for watching.
You worked there!? This is one of my favorite places. Unfortunately, I've only visited once but need to go back in the next few years. It's wonderful that this art is available for the public to view instead of being tucked away in private. Those empty frames really make a profound statement. I had an unexpected emotional reaction to them in person. The world really is filled with beauty for those who take the time to look...
Yes! We were both volunteers. Sich a wonderful experience!
Great video! Reminds that I have not been to the museum and I should take my wife there. "Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee" is, without a doubt my favorite of the old masters, and I pray that it is found someday fully intact.
That would be wonderful. I certainly hope so. Thanks for watching, My Friend. Always fun to put a little Boston into these things.
I am a probate lawyer (well, barrister) in Australia and I find this fascinating! (And I’m off down a rabbit hole to find the case!) I found the whole video delightful.
Thank you! I am so glad you enjoyed it.
This museum and especially the garden are exactly how I imagined the museum in The Cloisters (which I see you have on your shelf!).
Yes! I liked that book. It went completely mad in the final act, but I liked the characters. Now, I want to go to the Cloisters too!
What a lovely video. The museum has always had a place in my heart. When I was in middle school I was in a program sponsored by the Boston pops called Days in the Arts. During the year we went on field trips and one of the was to the ISGM .. The Storm on the Sea of Galilee left an impression on me. I LOVED all things nautical. The was it was painted was just amazing it fed my soul. I remember going over there later when I was in high school... then college. Then when I heard it was stolen I sat and cried. It took me years to go back to see if it was really gone. Art, writing, books, etc... changed my life....
I am so glad you were able to see it in person. I never was. It was gone before I had moved here.
Simply beautiful -- the video, story, and museum. So inspiring on many levels... I hope to return to Boston one day, and be able to visit it myself. Thank you, Hemingway.
Thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
By far my favorite, my brother. Like she was speaking through you.
Thanks Man! I appreciate that! You’re the best.
Such a well-crafted video. Thank you for sharing your personal experiences with the museum; I would love to visit it someday. It is heartbreaking to see those empty frames.
Thanks so much, My Friend! I am glad you enjoyed this. It is so sad to see those frames empty. Thanks for being here!
What a fascinating video, Hemingway. Thank you so much. Your connection and attachment to the Museum came through so strongly. Apart from everything else that I enjoyed in the video was the poignancy of the empty picture frames in the gallery - a remembrance of things lost and a hope that they may be restored to their rightful place in the future. If I may, I’d also like to express my appreciation of your channel in general, the level to which you have taken this arcane hobby of fountain pen collecting is simply wonderful. Chapeau!
Thank you so much. I really appreciate your kind and encouraging words. They mean a lot to me. Thank you.
I had a dream about a very similar place about twenty years ago and happened to write it down in an old journal. There was water in the middle of the courtyard over a mosaic floor. No idea why I’m telling HS and UA-cam this. The entire video felt oddly familiar but I’ve never been to the museum. Glad that I stumbled across your videos. Cheers to you and yours from me and mine in Colorado. My hubby and kids and I will have to check out the museum when we visit Boston. Thank you for your content!
Thanks so much! That sounds like a wonderful dream! I am so glad you enjoyed this.
Your a lucky man my friend. Beautiful wife and daughter.
I recently purchased a parker slimfold. I don't why but i love vintage pens.
All the best to you & your family
That is awesome! Great find! Thanks so much for the kind words.
“I enjoy carrying the torch of history further…”, what a lovely thought and worthy goal, Hemingway. I’m so sorry I missed this jewel when I was in Boston, but you have inspired me to pursue local art museums in my area. I agree with your pursuit of perfecting handwriting as your signature card to the world and to bring joy to the recipients of your letters. The empty frames were both heart-wrenching and hope filled that someday these precious objects will return to their rightful home. Thank you for another fine video.
Thanks so much for watching. I am so glad that you enjoyed this quote. I certainly hope the paintings are returned one day. Thanks so much and enjoy your explorations. There is so much to discover out there.
Just lovely. When I travel south to see my best friend next summer, I will be visiting this jewel of a museum. Thank you for the gorgeous video!
Wonderful! Thanks so much! Don't miss it. Thanks for watching.
Absolutely beautiful HJ !! The cinematography, commentary, music, all worked together perfectly. Thank you so very much for this video.
Thanks for watching!
Ah Hemingway you did it again. Great video. Gone are the days I spent as a college student in the Fenway. Gone are the day where I could park free all day very near the Gardener Museum or Simmons, Wheelock or Mass College of Art. The best was when the Museum galleries where free and the Sunday concerts too. Those days are gone. But you brought back memories with your video. If only Hammond Castle had a better history.
Thanks so much! I am so glad you enjoyed this! -I didn't really discuss much about Hammond Castle when I filmed there last year. Next time.
...and this is why we watch you, HJ. Wonderful video. Great content. Excellent execution. I have been intrigued with the story of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum since seeing a documentary on it several years ago. How awesome that you have experienced it up close and personal. You told the story of the museum and your connection to it beautifully. I think this is your best ever!
Thanks very much, Janis! I appreciate that so much.
That is such a beautiful museum. I've never been to Boston, but it is a must-see if I ever go there. That's wonderful you worked there and met your wife there. What an amazing family story!
Thank you so much! I am so glad you enjoyed it.
HJ-This the best video I have ever seen. The beauty of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is breathtaking. I want to visit. It is very European in structure and decor. I find Handwriting a major hobby now. I love copying Calligraphy and handwriting too. I am so happy for you and Helen meeting at that museum so long ago. Visiting it must flood you with happy memories. The video was well constructed and scenery was breathtaking. Again, thank you for making it and sharing it with us humble Members lol.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much, My Friend! I am so glad you are here to keep my spirits up.
What a beautiful place, and a lovely story.
Thank you!
I have always tought your videos were brilliant, but it just keeps getting better!
Aw, thanks so much! That is very kind of you.
Thank you for another masterpiece in terms of shots, music, background narrative, passion that emerge from then screen. This is a confirmation of the importance of museums in how they can affect people life at many levels. You certain give a great tribute to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and if I ever will come to Boston I have a pin to put on the map. Very well done.
Thank you very much, My Friend! I appreciate your kindness and generosity. Thanks for the kind words.
Thank you HJ, Now I have a reason, for a short drive into the city. Just my type of museum to visit. very interesting story , of you and your wife. Thanks. KB , Easthampton .
Thanks so much! I appreciate it!
the Dark Academia series is my favourite of your fountain pen exploration, was looking forward to this edition. tq
Thank you, Fergus! I appreciate it very much.
HJ, sir, its a pleasure to hear you and go on the journeys with u. The classical music was the epic end to such a beautiful video. Love from India. Thank u again for the remarkable video.
Love to you, My Friend. Thank you for watching. I am glad you are here.
Such a beautiful video. Loved hearing about the museum's history and founder, loved the personal connection you and your family have to the museum and the beautiful handwriting samples and your appreciation of them. Looking forward to visiting this museum and beautiful garden when I return to Boston someday. You've outdone yourself again.👏
Thank you so much! I am so glad that you enjoyed this. Thank you.
Do more on "Dark Academia"! Think Yiddish, dress British! Great channel and you always expand my horizons. I buy pens and notebooks based on your recommendations.
Thanks! There are a few others on DA. I hope you caught them. Thanks for the kind words on the Channel.
Another fantastic and fascinating video, which I watched entranced. Since you previously mentioned the museum, I've read up about it and the founder's history, and it was therefore delightful to visit, albeit vicariously.
It's such a shame about the art theft, there are few enough Vermeers in the world as it is. I just hope it and the other stolen works are on the wall of some selfish collector, and not disposed of ruinously.
Thank you very much for creating the video and also to your two co-stars. I'm looking forward to part two of Cool or Not Cool.
Thanks so much! I hope so too. I hope one day they are returned. Thanks for being here.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful, inspiring, interesting tour; and your own heartwarming story! Your videos are a delightful treat in my day. -Pam O
You are so welcome! Thanks so much for being here.
You have a beautiful family. I enjoy your Dark Academia videos, they bring me inner peace. Thank you. Although I have been in Boston several times never been at this museum, I will make it a point to visit next time I am in your hometown. Best!
Thank you very much! That is kind of you to say! Thanks for being here.
This video was fantastic! I love this museum and that you have such a personal history with it. I always recommend it to people when they come to visit. Thank you for taking me back there again and teaching me some new things!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for the kind words on it! It means the world to me. Thank you!
wow! what an amazing video! such a unique museum!!!
Thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
@@HemingwayJones , you are so very welcome. I love museums. It is wonderful that your ISG museum had a poison pill of sorts so it could not be disturbed in any way. If only the Barnes Museum in Philadelphia had something similar. Both museims werethe product of a sinngular vision of a special person. How amazing it must be for your family to know that your special place will remain for the ages.
Thanks for taking us to such beautiful and relaxing places 🌺❤
Thank you for watching!
2nd try since my first comment disappeared somehow... Thank you so much for this video - it was worth waiting for another week. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is amazing - I would spend a lot of my spare time there If I could. If I ever will come to Boston, this will be No.1 on my list. The painting by John Singer Sargent of Mrs Fiske Warren & Rachel is so beautiful. Somehow It reminds me of Helen and your daughter. Thank you so much for sharing these lovely moments with us. 🖤
Thanks so much for watching! I am glad this made it. I don’t know what happened. One note though, the painting of Mrs Fiske Warren is across the street at the MFA. I am so glad you enjoyed this!
lovely story HJ. I live in Norway but I went with you into the museum. I enjoyed myself
I loved having you with me. Thank you!
What a gorgeous documentary. What an amazing museum. Beautifully done.
Thank you so much! I am glad you liked this one. This was an underperformer for me, numbers-wise, and I never knew why. I thought it was pretty good! But perhaps I am biased! Thanks!
@@HemingwayJones yeah sometimes you have to make art… for the art I guess… but it’s so wonderful. Love the memories attached to the place. What a beautiful family.
@@davidparrishproductions5082 Truly! Thanks for the kind words. I am glad you liked it.
“Heist” makes it sound daring or romantic. It was a brutal act of cultural vandalism and a grubby theft.
I appreciate your video of the museum. It’s a beautiful home for the art. The next time I decide to visit Boston, I’ll look forward to visiting it. Perhaps with a journal and an italian pen. Either a vintage Omas or a Visconti, now that those are part of my collection. As lovely as that Montblanc is, its spirit seems to me as Teutonic as its looks. Dark academia in a Venetian palazzo calls for something lovely and poisonous, like an Isto Aracnis. Or an Egyptomania with the poisoned breath of a pharaoh’s tomb. Not all Montblancs radiate their Teutonic heritage.
Thanks James! I hope all is well and I am glad you enjoyed the video.
This was a wonderful video. I would like to visit that museum and see the art for myself. Thanks for the stories about the history of this beautiful place.
Thank you so much for watching! I appreciate it.
You had me at art heist..what a beautiful presentation!🤓❣️✨
Thank you so much 😀. I am glad you enjoyed it!
@@HemingwayJones loved it!! ❣️✨
That was an amazing video! Need to go back to Boston to see this museum. Reminds me of the Doge’s Palace in Venice.
Yes, that’s a good example. This museum was obviously inspired by Venetian Palazzi and Ca’D’Oro particularly. Thanks for the kind words.
Gotta do a video of journaling in nature live sometime..that would be amazing.
That would be fun. That could happen. Thanks!
So estetic! Its wonderful!!!
Thank you!
Amazing story of how you two met each other. Lovely museum, and fantastic filming there. Hope you could enjoy some journaling despite being there as a family. Great panning shots really. Aloha
Thanks very much! I appreciate that. I always get some quiet time in and so does my wife. Our daughter is a joy to explore with.
@@HemingwayJonesyou are lucky. I’m grateful that my parents always took my sister and me to museums when they travelled or would take us to the amazing museums of DC or Minneapolis-St Paul when we lived there, but I don’t think we let our parents have any quiet time.
Magnificent informative video, thanks for sharing your personal experiences.
Thanks so much for watching.
Wow, just wow! Thank you so much for sharing this part of your story. It really is more than just a museum.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much!!!
This video hit the mark. I enjoyed it, great work HJ.
Awesome, thank you!
Another superb video in a truly outstanding venue. I have been to the Boston area several times (Harvard Square, New England Aquarium, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, etc.) and I genuinely wish I had known about this museum. Thank you for the grand tour as well as for sharing your own priceless experiences. Now the real question is: where did you get that shirt? It is exquisite. I don't ever wear henleys or short sleeve shirts no matter what the weather (just my personal preference). Cheers
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I am so glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks. The Gardner is basically across the street from the MFA, so next time... I put wardrobe notes in the description, by the way; since so many people ask. The Safari shirt is Ralph Lauren from around 20 years ago. Thanks!
The museum has a role In Silva's book The Collector.
I haven’t read that one. I shall seek it out. Thanks!
Lovely and fascinating! Very much enjoyed the handwriting samples. Who knows? Perhaps these expanded audience members may see one of those pictures in some darker dark academian’s library. Where else would they be? And then they might be returned!
That would be lovely! We can only hope.
Thank you for showing me (well, us) this very special place. It was very well shown too, btw.
(I'll leave it at that)
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks very much!
You have made a beautiful family!
You are so kind! Thank you!
7:17 Voltaire's handwriting!
She had quite the collection of historic letters.
hi from russia! Hem, you are the best!!!
Hello there! Thank you so much! I appreciate it!
Thank you for taking me around the museum. I live in a place that doesn't have any art museums around, in those big cities of my country there are, but it's not even comparable to American or European countries. I'm jealous because even someone who is not into art still has the opportunity to visit museums and acknowledge what is art, what is beauty. Unlike the arts in my country which are generally underrated and of course low paid.
My grandma for example, when I confess to her that I will choose art as my major her response like I'm old for drawing and that is not a real job. I don't blame her but that is how old generation opinion in my country about art (she live in a big city). Like you can draw but only when you still a child, adult? Must find a real job to settle. Sorry for my off topic comment 😂
That’s OK, I am here for you. It is a struggle and here’s to you for sticking to your convictions. 👏 Thanks for watching and for being here.
I beautiful video and museum. I’m curious how you feel about the new building changing, if only to one wall, the museum. I could see it being polarizing, though it seems like they really tried to minimize the impact to try to meet the needs of the museum and it’s guests.
Hello Lucas, thanks so much for commenting and for the great question. I hope all is well with you. Thanks so much for being here. I appreciate it as always, so yes, it was very polarizing at the time I was working at the museum when they did this and some people were upset, but of course it went through probate court and Harvard signed off on it. If you read her will it did stipulated that the museum could build an additional building on the grounds if it felt like it needed it so they had justification. They only ended up moving one piece in a wall just a little bit to the side so the impact was minimal. They were then able to restore the Tapestry Room to its former glory. It didn’t bother me. Although I have mixed feelings about the new building.
Beautiful. Thank you
Thanks for watching!
wow beautiful beautiful story once again....... i love this type of on the outdoor exploring types of videos..... your videos remind me in a way of casy neistat although you both have a different genera and audiance but the way you shoot in your phone like a regular folk would yet edit and present in a way of documentary, it gives a feeling of intimate yet professional...... at last as an Indian i loved that outro raag music, please do visit India with your family you are most welcome & here you will find a very different take on dark academia.
Thank you so much, My Friend! Such a generous and kind comment. I appreciate your noticing the outro music! I love it so much. I am so glad you enjoy the videos and I would love to visit India. It is a shining jewel and an amazing place for fountain pens. Thanks so much for your kindness.
With all due respect, your channel reminds me of a modern day Mister Roger’s Neighborhood
As long as you are enjoying it and watching it. That’s what I hope for. Thanks.
@@HemingwayJones I am thank you! Learned so much on this particular episode
Fantastic video!
Glad you liked it!
This was a fun video!
Thank you!
Maybe this says something about the lust for possession. Those works of art, which are valueless if not appreciated, vanished. If they still exist in wrongful hands, then the need to have them outweighs the glory of presenting them to an appreciative world.
That makes me appreciate my poverty.
It’s sad. It’s the cultural heritage of Boston and the wider world looted. Personally, I think they are gone. I hope not. But it has been a long time.
Where did you get that shirt I’ve been looking for one just like it
Hello My Friend! Just so you know, I have been putting wardrobe notes in the description. This shirt is Ralph Lauren from around 20 years ago though. They probably have a recent version. It is very substantial in its material. Thanks for watching!
The museum is wonderful place,to visit,frank in Oswego,ill,yr daughter looks like yr wife.
Thanks very much!
@@HemingwayJones you welcome