Baroque In Britain: Waldemar Visits The Hawksmoor Churches & St Pauls Cathedral | Ep 3

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    Waldemar Januszczak brings the Baroque home with an exploration of the English Baroque at London's Hawksmoor churches and Christopher Wren's iconic St Paul's Cathedral.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 396

  • @austenpinkerton5377
    @austenpinkerton5377 2 роки тому +80

    A Great critic. A Great teacher. A Great communicator. A better documentary on the Baroque is not possible.

  • @janncarden2873
    @janncarden2873 2 роки тому +172

    If I had had this marvelous art historian as a professor in my art college I would have aced the course and might seriously have considered art history as a profession. The way he connects the art with the politics, economics, psychology, personal lives of the artists, and life during a period makes so much sense. Professor Wally’s humorous and wonderfully informative commentary breathes life into what for me was a dull, forgettable art school experience. I’m now quite excitedly back in art history class. Thank you Professor!!

    • @stevenbrown6277
      @stevenbrown6277 2 роки тому +4

      I can relate. I went to The Minneapolis College of Art & Design & had better art history taught in high school

    • @anncoffey8375
      @anncoffey8375 2 роки тому +2

      I find his enthusiastic praise of the vulgar extravagances of the so-called Baroque style rather off-putting. In my art history at art school in England I often found texts where the renaissance was referred to as the "deplorable renaissance" and where the baroque was considered its degenerate form. To each his own, but quite frankly Baroque architecture either leaves me quite cold or else makes me shudder, and that's just the exteriors. It should have stayed in Italy. So many baroque buildings remind me of rather boring iced wedding cakes. The interiors are indeed very vulgar extravagances. I much prefer the English architecture, half-timbered, mixed materials, rather rambling, lacking in extravagant ornamentation, and of different styles that he disparages, and I love the cathedrals and churches that started life as Norman or Early English and had bits added onto them over the following several centuries. Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi called it the "British genius for compromise". In contrast, cathedrals on the Continent are very much of a piece, just one style. Gaudi's own buildings and park designs include many different bits, styles, and materials and they are endlessly interesting, surprising, creative, and fun.

    • @susanaschwartz9464
      @susanaschwartz9464 2 роки тому +5

      A master indeed! Bravo Waldemar and my sincere thanks

    • @terrianderson7088
      @terrianderson7088 2 роки тому +3

      @@anncoffey8375 I also appreciate simplicity but I have to admit that what people were capable of achieving is impressive and it seems that great cities should have great buildings.

    • @anncoffey8375
      @anncoffey8375 2 роки тому +3

      @@terrianderson7088 Yes, I agree. Whether I like particular styles or not, I can always appreciate the workmanship and the durability of great historical buildings. We cannot match them today. Despite my preference for simplicity, I found the exterior and interior of Siena Cathedral overwhelmingly wonderful, but then it is Italian Romanesque Gothic and not baroque. Every square inch inside and out is decorated and patterned. If you're not familiar with it there is quite a good Geographical Care `Guide To the Siena Cathedral Complex' online. A particularly pleasant aspect of the cathedral is that the town of Siena is car-free - so no ugly, noisy, fumy traffic to spoil the view, and it hasn't been turned into a side show surrounded by tour buses as have some cathedrals in Europe. The buildings we construct today are built with machinery, technologies, and many materials that they lacked hundreds of years ago, which makes historic buildings all the more remarkable. My father, when admiring a fine old building in Britain, rightly commented that it had been built in the days when they built up to a standard instead of down to a price, as most modern buildings are.

  • @goldprospector751
    @goldprospector751 3 роки тому +47

    Mr. Waldemar Janusczak , why can't I stop watching you. You're superb.

    • @MSYNGWIE12
      @MSYNGWIE12 2 роки тому

      when I studied Art History, I'd have loved to have had him for a Prof. ! He's a blast! He just worked with Nick Cave on a new album! Namaste

  • @billyjune
    @billyjune 4 роки тому +59

    This whole series is very well produced and WJ does a good job of conducting a tour through a most interesting content perspective. I am watching the entire series, well done.

  • @SecretSquirrelFun
    @SecretSquirrelFun 2 роки тому +34

    “Medieval hodgepodge of higgledy piggledy tudor DIY”
    That’s such a fantastic description Waldemar, I absolutely love it, well done 👍🐿

  • @ЯнкоГинев
    @ЯнкоГинев 2 роки тому +17

    This guy is an anbsolute gem in art history, not only bringing you the note-worthy moments, but giving you a prespective on why they are considered canon.

  • @pooryorick831
    @pooryorick831 3 роки тому +40

    These are the best things on UA-cam dealing with the art of the Baroque. Thank you for covering this often overlooked period in art and giving it the treatment it deserves.

  • @eviloverlordsean
    @eviloverlordsean 3 роки тому +28

    I don't know if this is representing art, art history, history alone, or the pivot position that art occupies in societies past and present... but I love it. This type of presentation is like a great stew or goulash where the individual components are more enjoyable together than separate.

  • @bolewts58
    @bolewts58 2 роки тому +20

    Great series. I only wish he'd talked about Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the greatest Baroque painters and one of the few great women classical artists.

    • @paigetomkinson1137
      @paigetomkinson1137 2 роки тому +1

      That would be wonderful! In fact, I think a whole series on women painters/artists, especially the less well known would be phenomenal.

  • @RD2564
    @RD2564 3 роки тому +57

    These Waldemar Januszczak documentaries are excellent.

  • @kzhou2000
    @kzhou2000 Рік тому +5

    Watched it at least five times in the course of 7-8 years. Waldemar makes the best art history films👍👍

  • @pennyetchey7410
    @pennyetchey7410 2 роки тому +13

    Dear Waldemar, a brief thank you to let you know I am a good deal captivated by your historical videos and keen for your humour. Looking forward to viewing more.

  • @garryhastings3383
    @garryhastings3383 2 роки тому +7

    I know he would hate me for saying this but this man is himself a genius at teaching. I adore everything he has done and can't help but constantly praise him. I studied art history for three years at Uni but t was never like this.

  • @MB-nn3jw
    @MB-nn3jw 4 роки тому +29

    Are u kidding UA-cam? In a video less than 60 mins long there are 16 ad breaks. FFS.

    • @TomLaios
      @TomLaios 3 роки тому +1

      Get a free ad-blocker. Problem solved.

    • @Oscuros
      @Oscuros 3 роки тому

      @Thomas Bell Lick that corporate boot; boy, shills like you are perfect grist for the mill.

  • @hughjorgen30
    @hughjorgen30 4 роки тому +33

    UA-cam doing everything it can to make you go premium. 🤦🤦🤦

    • @holyworrier
      @holyworrier 3 роки тому +3

      Greedy, clumsy fuckers. Can't even time the ads to transitions in the film.

    • @Sam-gw5pl
      @Sam-gw5pl 3 роки тому +1

      @@holyworrier as I read this, an advert popped up 😯😠

    • @holyworrier
      @holyworrier 3 роки тому +1

      @@Sam-gw5pl - Arrrgh.

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому

      Ja dat geloof ik ook nog er verschijnt wel vaker maar niet een zo’n wanhoop geval als ik onverbeterlijk ( stalk gedrag) schaam mij ervoor hoe onnozel naïeveling ik ben ,ja tijd voor die hersenspinsels eens uit te ruimen maar dan nog is het hart 💓 die weerbarstig is ,die twee corresponderen niet met elkaar hoofd zegt ja en hart zegt nee en daar tussen in zit lot wanhoop ,wat moet ik ermee ? 🙇‍♂️

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy 2 роки тому

      UA-cam doing everything it can to make themselves money.

  • @bobb1870
    @bobb1870 3 роки тому +7

    You know the British regret selling all that art collected by Charles I, collection worth billions today.

  • @ellaellis4072
    @ellaellis4072 2 роки тому +12

    More of such documentaries , Waldemar, please!

  • @johnlawrence2757
    @johnlawrence2757 4 роки тому +42

    We should all design at least one cathedral in our lifetime

    • @zaubergarden6900
      @zaubergarden6900 3 роки тому +6

      minecraft.

    • @josephzammit8483
      @josephzammit8483 3 роки тому +1

      I’m publishing a weekly UA-cam video on episodes from the life of Don Bosco, entitled ST JOHN BOSCO by JOE ZAMMIT. In this series I’m narrating events and miracles from the splendid life of Don Bosco. St John Bosco used to perform a miracle almost every day, through the intercession of Mary Help of Christians. From the lives of saints we can learn how to love God more and draw closer to him Thank you.

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому

      @@josephzammit8483 kan ik het op UA-cam vinden ? Don Bosco nooit van gehoord en mijn Engels is nog steeds een ramp

  • @Artzenflowers
    @Artzenflowers 3 роки тому +35

    What a fantastical journey! Thank you so much Waldemer!

  • @arsain249
    @arsain249 2 роки тому +6

    Waldemar is a great host. I would like to see more content like this from him.

  • @deliafunk9810
    @deliafunk9810 2 роки тому +7

    Absolutely marvellous series, so enlightening, so refreshing, so original! An eye opener of note!

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому

      Toch geen notenkraker die note 🤭

  • @andyskelton7223
    @andyskelton7223 2 роки тому +5

    Waldemar no one does it better, you are a legend. Thank you

  • @haidershah857
    @haidershah857 4 роки тому +10

    It's highly informative and let me to connect with the true spirit of Baroque art and architecture the next time I visit Europe to experience those buildings, statues and paintings. Thanks a lot.

  • @tatjanamaria8843
    @tatjanamaria8843 3 роки тому +9

    Thank you, you know how to tell a story.

  • @shirlski
    @shirlski 2 роки тому +12

    Absolutely brilliant.

  • @vlastaprikaska578
    @vlastaprikaska578 3 роки тому +15

    Mr. Waldemar Janusczak promoted the history of art to the multi-sensual experience, I love this series

  • @missatrebor
    @missatrebor 4 роки тому +15

    These Baroque series are truly magnificent, Mr. Waldemar's enthusiasm and knowledge are very contagious. As a passionate hobby I studied and keep studying Art History and through these Perspective series I discover new unknown artists all the time. I thank him for that. And by the way, I love the music.
    Some trivia: Charles I' Spanish mission was to marry Maria Anna, the daughter of Philip III of Spain. Not of Philip II, who died in 1598.

    • @paigetomkinson1137
      @paigetomkinson1137 2 роки тому +1

      True! Phillip II was married to Mary Tudor, Catholic daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. Besides the three other women he ended up marrying.

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому +1

      @@paigetomkinson1137 Dat klinkt niet So wunderfull ,wat een rare hobby 😳

    • @paigetomkinson1137
      @paigetomkinson1137 2 роки тому

      @@joseffinat966 Overeengekomen.

  • @susiefairfield7218
    @susiefairfield7218 4 роки тому +22

    Always loved Baroque and have been thoroughly enjoying this series. Love our guide 💖☺️ he has a very entertaining verbage 🤣🤣💯🤘

  • @MrZadokthePriest
    @MrZadokthePriest 4 роки тому +8

    Wren had better taste than the clergy. Magnificence over iconoclasm. Kudos to him for getting his original design built.

  • @hughjorgen30
    @hughjorgen30 4 роки тому +26

    I love this presenter.

    • @PadmeP
      @PadmeP 4 роки тому +2

      can't bare him, so opinionated. Much prefer James Fox

    • @hughjorgen30
      @hughjorgen30 4 роки тому

      @@PadmeP haven't seen James. Perhaps my mind will be changed when I do.

    • @mirandarichins4936
      @mirandarichins4936 4 роки тому

      Hed have a warm bed with me, anytime!

    • @PadmeP
      @PadmeP 3 роки тому

      @Kat Harper ua-cam.com/play/PLGBgwp-HybfJPFRj-zCJzor3Oygrc9xF9.html

    • @PadmeP
      @PadmeP 3 роки тому

      @Kat Harper there are some documentaries on bbc iplayer too if your in the uk

  • @memofrf
    @memofrf 3 роки тому +6

    Brilliant, brilliant and brilliant. Thank you.

  • @FranknBerg
    @FranknBerg 2 роки тому +4

    Nobody else puts you into the history of art in such a viscerally absorbing context like Waldemar Januszczak. His unique recipe of detailed research of the every day and the grand consumes one. Pure gold.

  • @ChazH2011
    @ChazH2011 4 роки тому +7

    How can you possibly say that there was only one monarch with good taste? George IV was the most conscientious Sovereign in the history of British decor who ever lived. Never mind architecture, everything had been done by then.

  • @MandyJMaddison
    @MandyJMaddison 4 роки тому +11

    The question is posed here: How did Wren go from being a scientist and astronomer to being an architect?
    The answer is that he never ceased being intensely scientific in what he did,
    My observation is that Wren knew the rules of Classical Architecture, down to the finest degree. He worked within those rules and utilised them to his own purposes with exquisite mathematical, geometric and engineering precision.
    For example, do not imagine for a moment that those "curtain walls" on the exterior of St Paul's are serving a purely visual purpose; they are not. Those walls serve the same purpose as the towering pinnacles that one sees on the ends of the flying buttresses of Gothic buildings; they provide the immense weight that is needed to support the masonry domes which vault the nave and aisles of the building. Part of Wrens brilliance was the way in which he drew upon the knowledge accumulated by England's Medieval architects, ithout compromising the Classical style. (I want to make it clear that I am using the word "Classical" in the semi-broad sense, implying all that architecture based (however loosely) on that of Greece and Rome.
    .

    • @pangaeuspress
      @pangaeuspress 4 роки тому +1

      He was intelligent and classically educated; such a person can do anything, and do it well. He was hardly alone in the range of his accomplishments, nor even the most accomplished of his time. Look at the Perrault family, some time.

    • @granthurlburt4062
      @granthurlburt4062 2 роки тому

      In some people its possible to be both. Classical architecture and beauty have a lot in common with the symmetry and harmony of math and geomtry. And much in nature.

    • @MandyJMaddison
      @MandyJMaddison 2 роки тому +2

      @@pangaeuspress
      Your statement "intelligent and Classically educated, such a person can do anything and do it well" is, frankly, a ridiculous overstatement of the facts.
      Claude and Charles Perrault were indeed remarkable people.
      And Claude Perrault was a good, competent, unexciting Classical architect.
      Perrault could build the facade of the Louvre, and the church of Ste-Genieve.
      But the little church of St Stephen's, Walbrook, by Christopher Wren takes the knowledge of sophisticate mathematical theory, as applied to architecture, to another level entirely.
      The great long East facade of the Louvre is impressive. But nothing about it is inventive. It refers directly to certain Classical models which are easily recognisable, and it sets a convenient pattern for other buildings of its type.
      St Paul's facade, on the other hands, refers very loosely to a model set by Roman Baroque churches, but is an extraordinary new creation, which holds its own as an architectural work with other unique and exciting buildings like Karlskirche in Vienna, Redentore in Venice and San Carlo in Quatre Fontana.
      (I don't know that anybody has ever done a thorough analysis on just what it is that makes the west front of St Paul's so great.)
      Then we have the dome of St Paul's....Spanning the nave and the aisle, in the manner of a couple of very significant Medieval models. - the octagon at Ely, and the dome of Florence Cathedral.
      This is what I mean about Wren being able to draw upon the lessons of the past.
      He didn't get this from Vitruvius. He got it from intelligent observation, which his education in the Classics was not going to give him.
      Should I mention here the spires of London. I don't know how many he designed. I just know that his "variations on a theme" left us with a most extraordinary and exciting enrichment of the City of London.
      You can say that Wren was "nor even the most accomplished of his time". but you will have to come up with an architect more inventive that Perrault as a possible contender.

    • @MandyJMaddison
      @MandyJMaddison 2 роки тому +2

      @@granthurlburt4062 ,
      Let me correct you-
      Classical architecture .... has EVERYTHING in common with the symmetry and harmony of maths and geometry.

  • @QueenBee-gx4rp
    @QueenBee-gx4rp 2 роки тому +3

    Hey! If it ain’t baroque, don’t fix it!

  • @TheTesemeau
    @TheTesemeau 2 роки тому +6

    WJ is a great presenter, love this, thank you!

  • @raymondminnaert7363
    @raymondminnaert7363 4 роки тому +5

    To call Van Dyck a belgian is some of an anachronism since the state of Belgium was founded in 1830. He was from Antwerp wich was at that time a city in what we now call the Spanish Netherlands. It was situated in the duchy of Brabant. So call him a brabantian painter.

    • @paulandreigillesania5359
      @paulandreigillesania5359 4 роки тому +4

      I'd like to point out the fact why we call the philosophers Kant and Nietzsche as German when their birth rites were Prussian during the time the Prussian state hadn't amalgamated into Bismarck's Germany

  • @josephpetrino1741
    @josephpetrino1741 4 роки тому +11

    Hello Ad Blocker! This video is ridiculous. No more ads for me.

    • @juliagies2500
      @juliagies2500 3 роки тому

      What’s Ad Blocker?

    • @ahabva
      @ahabva 3 роки тому

      Does Adblock work with the iPad UA-cam app?

    • @stephanieking4444
      @stephanieking4444 3 роки тому

      @@ahabva not sure about iPads, but on Android tablets, one can install an app called UA-cam Vanced, which is UA-cam without ads. There may be an equivalent for iPad users. do a google search for something like 'youtube vanced for iphone/ipad'. good luck!

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому

      @@stephanieking4444 heb een nieuwe gekocht de oudere is straks niet meer in werking nu nog wel de nieuwe moet ik een andere account en andere wachtwoord verzinnen en opening met fingerprint zodat niet iedereen en een nieuwe logo moet nog vinden misschien mijn logo die wij zelf hebben laten ontwerpen met alleen recht van gebruik ( wettelijk beschermd ) dus daarna maak ik gebruik van UA-cam en Twitter nu nog even de oude in gebruik maar is sterk verouderd en vertoond kuren ,geluid is niet meer te veranderen knop is stuk

  • @bologna470708
    @bologna470708 3 роки тому +8

    What a fantastic historical commentary!

  • @tiffianytate7618
    @tiffianytate7618 3 роки тому +7

    How could anyone get bored...the beauty of it all♥️

  • @crustycobs2669
    @crustycobs2669 2 роки тому +4

    Thanks for elucidating the art and baroque period. Christopher Wren was absolutely amazing

  • @mariemorgan7759
    @mariemorgan7759 2 роки тому +2

    I love that painting of Charles the first children with that big dog! Thanks for the uploads! great art series!

  • @taketimeout2share
    @taketimeout2share 3 роки тому +28

    Waldemar is a treasure to not just our Nation but the World. I would love to see him being laid to rest in St Pauls when that far off day comes around. He has opened my eyes to Art. Thank you mate.

    • @grammol33
      @grammol33 2 роки тому +2

      I Absolutely agree He has definitely opened my eyes and my heart.

    • @g-r-a-e-m-e-
      @g-r-a-e-m-e- 2 роки тому

      That sentiment is expressed in a quite unsavoury way. Although I am a fan too.

    • @TWOCOWS1
      @TWOCOWS1 2 роки тому

      the man is an opinionated, idiot, with less knowledge of history than a high school teacher. send him back to poland where he came from

    • @g-r-a-e-m-e-
      @g-r-a-e-m-e- 2 роки тому +1

      @@TWOCOWS1 I like his films, and his personality just adds to it. He was born in Basingstoke, England, btw.

    • @TWOCOWS1
      @TWOCOWS1 2 роки тому

      @@g-r-a-e-m-e- so? and that make a Januszczak an Englishman? even if it did, only a simpleton would believe a modern Englishman speaking on history

  • @Buddy.Temple
    @Buddy.Temple 2 роки тому +1

    Oops i started with the last episode. It seems like im going to Rome now. Im hooked.

  • @islandbirdw
    @islandbirdw 4 роки тому +9

    Love this series what great insight WJ has of Baroque

  • @SAGHAJAR
    @SAGHAJAR 2 роки тому +3

    Fantastic program , I am very much drawn to it that I watched few episodes twice, very informative, enlightening and explanatory series of work.

  • @jamesgale2147
    @jamesgale2147 3 роки тому +5

    the second sir Kenneth Clarke; Waldemar shares his passion and his purview

  • @theeaselrider4032
    @theeaselrider4032 4 роки тому +6

    Another great art film from Waldy & Co. - made almost unwatchable by ads every 5 minutes.

  • @grahamthomas4804
    @grahamthomas4804 2 роки тому +2

    Best Entertainer at this time Waldermar Januszczak. Thank you.

  • @kennylong7281
    @kennylong7281 2 роки тому +9

    These are amazing documentaries. Waldemar Januszczak not only knows his subject, and he has a great style of communication.

  • @johnkelly516
    @johnkelly516 3 роки тому +5

    Great work.Could watch and listen to him for hours.How can one man know so much for this and other series ?

  • @granmajackie4
    @granmajackie4 4 роки тому +12

    too great a series to skip because of ads, get a free ad blocker! this shows me so much more that i am so happy to learn, boy have i so much to learn and i am 70 years old and i even went through some college ! i really love you tube it gives us free knowledge too bad my memory is so bad,

    • @Dudu-ox2rd
      @Dudu-ox2rd 3 роки тому

      Just scroll to the end of the video then press replay no need to pay 🤣😂🤣

  • @jeanpaulsinatra
    @jeanpaulsinatra 2 роки тому +2

    52:21 - Yeah, the Hagia Sophia was built in five years and it was the biggest church in the world for a thousand years

  • @Harris90
    @Harris90 3 роки тому +11

    I'd like to know what the little tunes between the cuts are. Specifically the 'Spanish' guitar one.

    • @trevormadden4301
      @trevormadden4301 3 роки тому +2

      Same mate. Its exquisete

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому

      Ja ha ha niet zo nieuwsgierig die geluiden reiken zover als twee mensen kunnen zijn ( tevreden met het antwoord?)

  • @TomFynn
    @TomFynn 2 роки тому +1

    The drawback of watching fascinating and interesting stuff like this is making YTs annoying and stupid ads even more annoying and stupid.

  • @brynmawr27
    @brynmawr27 3 роки тому +3

    It is absurd to suggest that Charles I lost his life because of his artistic extravagances. He was a political idiot, a horrible judge of people, and an inept manager of events. Further, he did not build Whitehall Palace. There had been a palace there for centuries.

    • @carmenpeters728
      @carmenpeters728 2 роки тому

      he did say '' in part''

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому

      Oef een hutje is mij genoeg wil hem niet lopen te zoeken ,wil honderduit met hem kletsen of gewoon in stilte buitengeluiden horen ,gewoon in zijn aanwezigheid zijn over zijn leven willen weten wat hem zoal beroert heeft maar bovenal hem zien lachen doet hij te weinig ,bezit wel humor maar wil hem echt eens uitbundig zien voor zichzelf ,zijn eigen mening over een aantal dingen willen weten, kortom de mens Waldemar 😊

  • @stropes.
    @stropes. 2 роки тому +1

    From Hell won numerous awards and it's a pretty big oversimplification to dismiss it simply as being just "silly" because it's only a "comic" or something.
    Waldemar has deep insights into so many diverse artistic topics - why bring things up in a cursory way without actually dealing with them in a serious fashion? It's so dismissive and comes off as such an odd part of the film...

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому

      Hoe men het zich het ook voorstelt weet ik niet ,maar serieusheid zal de boventoon voeren naar eerlijkheid daar bedoel ik mee geen gesol , er zal zeker wel humor aanwezig zijn maar show AND Glamour mag van mij achterwege blijven omdat ik zoiets niet nastreef ,maar onderzoeken naar een historische verleden waar wij allen naar op zoek zijn zou leuk zijn om als eerste De historie van de weg die Jesus heeft afgelegd zijn apostelen wat waren zij voor mensen of hoe de mens zijn waardigheid kan terugkrijgen zoals God het bedoelt heeft hoever zijn wij afgedwaald van deze essentie hoe kunnen wij elkaar ondanks alle verschillen ,taal ,cultuur, werelddeel etc elkaar aanvullen tot een harmonieuze mensheid en de behoefte achterwege te kunnen laten om elkaar te bestrijden ,dat was een x aantal jaren ook de vraag wat is liefde en zoals een broer van mij zei liefde is onsterfelijk en Jesus was zeker liefde ,men zegt dat gelovige mensen 7 jaar langer leeft nou weet ik niet hoe Waldemar erover denkt om deze vragen te behandelen

  • @Gardengirl4
    @Gardengirl4 4 місяці тому +1

    I will only watch Waldemar,
    No nosance, just just love him.

  • @Johannes_Brahms65
    @Johannes_Brahms65 3 роки тому +2

    Waldemar's programmes are like the arrival of a fat Lumborghini at a bicycle race.

  • @kiwitrainguy
    @kiwitrainguy 2 роки тому +1

    13:20 - I now understand where the term "St.James Bible" came from. lol

  • @gregmeeks5628
    @gregmeeks5628 4 роки тому +19

    Interesting but I quit watching due to the constant ad breaks

    • @granmajackie4
      @granmajackie4 4 роки тому +4

      get an ad blocker ,i use a free one,

  • @lpw9610
    @lpw9610 3 роки тому +5

    Favorite art history program

  • @walterulasinksi7031
    @walterulasinksi7031 4 роки тому +7

    Go baroque, go broke.

  • @katarzynamuszynska5426
    @katarzynamuszynska5426 2 роки тому +1

    Very interesting ,colourf,witty
    I love the ones with Waldemar

  • @Pet.Wifey.Voice.Of.Reason
    @Pet.Wifey.Voice.Of.Reason 2 роки тому +1

    Every time I saw St. Paul's Cathedral as a child with the Trumpet jingle, I knew it was time for Benny Hill.

  • @MrMalcovic
    @MrMalcovic 2 роки тому +1

    Oh, and please stop conflating "England" and "Britain".

  • @ninmaxwell3848
    @ninmaxwell3848 2 роки тому +1

    Lovely, brilliant, and so very educational!!! Fantastic!

  • @voxveritas333
    @voxveritas333 2 роки тому +1

    Down with Popery.

  • @TWOCOWS1
    @TWOCOWS1 2 роки тому +1

    royal observatory of the 17th century being "the first scientifically purposed building in the world"?? Waldemar, have you been drinking: gin by the bottle?

    • @huskyfaninmass1042
      @huskyfaninmass1042 2 роки тому +1

      Somebody should tell him about the Cheomseongdae.

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому

      Waarom is het nodig om iemand te kwetsen ?

    • @joseffinat966
      @joseffinat966 2 роки тому

      @@huskyfaninmass1042 wat betekend chemo ……. ?

    • @TWOCOWS1
      @TWOCOWS1 2 роки тому

      @@joseffinat966 ssy what?

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy 2 роки тому

      @@TWOCOWS1 Use Google Translate.

  • @willhovell9019
    @willhovell9019 2 роки тому +1

    Creative and insightful . The embrace of science and theatre was more important than the embrace of the Baroque some would argue that the English Renaissance was in the form of ideas , literature and theatre. Charles First was a despositic arrogant King that caused the death of 10% of his English subjects." Taste " was not without consequences . Good attempt to resurrect the reputation of Charles Stuart , who was justly tried and executed for making war on his own people. Charles was the opposite of good governance. The Stuarts were a curse on England, failing to produce legitimate heirs, marrying Catholics, signing secret treaties behind Parliament's back , deathbed conversions, and fanning French funded feudal insurrections in the. Catholic Highlands.

  • @veloman59
    @veloman59 Рік тому +1

    Love these documentaries 💌

  • @paulandreigillesania5359
    @paulandreigillesania5359 4 роки тому +8

    Oh England~
    Always wanting to be Europe's exception

    • @chrishoo2
      @chrishoo2 4 роки тому +6

      Thank goodness for it! Imagine it it hadn’t? Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini & the Hapsburgs!

  • @jlalmine3671
    @jlalmine3671 3 роки тому +2

    I'm here to like this video because our professor told us.💪

  • @haplessasshole9615
    @haplessasshole9615 2 роки тому +3

    Oh, how I wish there were a list of the music used! They're perfect, and I have them all in my recorder books, but I'll be danged if I can remember the name of the tune that played in the background during the segment on William Dodson.

  • @johnhealy6676
    @johnhealy6676 2 роки тому +1

    Please stop throwing books about It upsets me

  • @pcaridad
    @pcaridad 2 роки тому +1

    What a pity, you didn't make room for american barroco. Mostly Mexico and Perú, but also the rest of the Americas, have a huge display of architecture, painting and music, that is worth to an entire series.

  • @jackpayne4658
    @jackpayne4658 2 роки тому +1

    My overall impression is that Wren pleased everyone, but Hawksmoor pleased himself. Hawksmoor always reminds me of William Butterfield, who took Victorian Gothic and made it very much his own - harsh, experimental, almost ugly, but uniquely assertive.

  • @4376ED
    @4376ED 3 роки тому

    To many ads, makes this unwatchable. Too skip through the ads, cast to your tv, and use your remote to skip through the ads. The only way too view these perspective uploads.

  • @markscott554
    @markscott554 3 роки тому +1

    Charles to his head of Art: Buy, buy, buy; Charles to his head: Bye, bye, bye.

  • @AEJSensei
    @AEJSensei 4 роки тому +4

    I have to stop watching. My brain is so tired of the constant shifting of the camera, the out of focus, the walking, the misplaced center, the speaker taking up the whole screen, then fading to an off-balanced, out of focus close up of a painting. I am off to the loo to puke.

  • @patricksullivan4329
    @patricksullivan4329 Рік тому

    I've enjoyed these videos, but I just heard him say something clearly in error; that the Renaissance hadn't come to England by the 1620s. Sure it did, with Shakespeare and his Italian plays which were strongly influenced by Commedia del Arte. He actually mentions Giulio Romano by name in The Winter's Tale and describes in detail several of his paintings in Lucrece (1594). His Venus and Adonis (1593) is inspired by a Titian painting.

  • @robertgiles9124
    @robertgiles9124 2 роки тому

    I don't find most of the Baroque buildings any good at all. They mostly seem like borrowing from Greek and Roman art in a less interesting way. They look bloated and ridiculous. Sadly this mash up dominated the American cities and most every City Hall looks the same watered down nonsense. I do like Gothic architecture though. But go to India and almost every temple and building there is fascinating. The same with Islamic buildings...such geometric perfection. And if you want great architecture then Egypt has it over England.

  • @cyrillesaura9945
    @cyrillesaura9945 4 роки тому +5

    I can not get why you spent 3 minutes of this video demonstrating the "horus eye" on the map to conclude "of course it's all nonsense, really silly." Either you think there might be some truth in it and you speak about it, either you do not. Beside, I really enjoy all your videos, thank you for sharing your passion for art and insight with us!

    • @lizsteeds6697
      @lizsteeds6697 3 роки тому

      That'd be ' Eye of Horus'. It is a bit of a fantastical stretch methinks ... his Dan Brown moment, no ?

  • @davidredshaw448
    @davidredshaw448 Рік тому

    We can put men on the moon but we still can't dub accurate subtitles onto films. This isn't like trying to keep up with what the TV evening news is saying in real time - where they might be forgiven for hearing it wrong. Presumably a programme like this has given the footage (visual and aural) to a subtitling firm (is that what they're called?) and said: "Dub accurate, properly spelt subtitles onto this script". And so the subtitling firm (who appear to be the kind of people whom you might expect to find on the terraces at Millwall FC) have said: "OK guv! Leave it to us! Pay by cash. No questions asked. You'll get the real deal". And indeed we have. We've got what we paid for.

  • @jokebrouwer4118
    @jokebrouwer4118 2 роки тому

    No really, "a Baroque wonder"???? It's a Gothic church dressed up as Classicism--Pugin already said that. The spires, the hidden buttresses, the central spires are all Gothic inventions presented as classical. For Baroque wonders go to Bavaria or Rome. But big fan of Waldemar anyway.

  • @andrewmartin6445
    @andrewmartin6445 4 роки тому +6

    Too many bloody adverts.

  • @stephenhobbs1052
    @stephenhobbs1052 3 роки тому +1

    Too many ads. UA-cam has gone down the tube...

  • @mannymoseley4005
    @mannymoseley4005 Рік тому

    🎨 Art what a wonderful beautiful leisure pursuit and or career,
    Art Historian
    Art Teacher
    Art Critic
    Be an Artist, a painter
    Photographer
    Writer, Journalist, Novelist, Poet
    Sculpture
    A Gourmet Chef
    A Baker
    These are all artists to me, they all create art 🎨 making the world 🌎
    a more beautiful place 🥰.

  • @AnnieBugWilliams
    @AnnieBugWilliams 2 роки тому +1

    I reckon that Hawkesmore had little parties where three of his guests got to make a pick from a hat which contained counters with the names of a variety of countries/styles.... so if they picked Egypt, Vatican, Ethiopia - then all of those styles had to be incorporated into the next steeple!

  • @sneezyserena
    @sneezyserena Рік тому

    Waldemar is not only very informative but also has the knack of putting his subject across in an entertaining and sometimes darkly humorous way. He did, however, get it wrong about Wren's city churches, talking as though all 51 have survived to this day. In fact, only 12 survive in their original form and another 11 in an altered or rebuilt form. The towers of another six survive, and two (All Hallows Lombard Street and St Mary Aldermanbury) have been rebuilt elsewhere. The rest have been demolished.

  • @dshe8637
    @dshe8637 3 роки тому +1

    Saw all those yellow ad markers and decided not to bother watching

  • @mariecarie1
    @mariecarie1 3 роки тому +1

    32:25 Christopher Wren: scientist, astronamer, architect and inadvertent creator of the squirt gun.

  • @Go-Dawgs
    @Go-Dawgs 2 роки тому

    It amazes me that these Astounding & Wonderful buildings look so dirty. Is there no way to clean the outside of them safely? A mild spray clean of some type would make Blenheim Palace and St. Paul's Cathedral look as they once had or closer to it. The grime looks bad and I wish to know more about why it's not done.

  • @ecenker
    @ecenker 2 роки тому

    "..and from wherever that is." Really? Can't comment on the "art", but J doen not know much of "history" if he can't tell that. Duh...

  • @SonicPhonic
    @SonicPhonic Рік тому

    "...and that's the thing about the English Baroque: on paper it's thoroughly Protestant in the flresh, it's not so sure." 57:08

  • @creature57
    @creature57 2 роки тому +1

    Does Waldemar give lectures around the world? If so, tell me when and where and I will be there!

  • @melindabendle288
    @melindabendle288 2 роки тому

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  • @philryan3540
    @philryan3540 2 роки тому

    What is this craziness about Egyptian symbolism? English of the time had no info about Egyptians. That didn't happen until the late 19th century. BS

  • @bethbartlett5692
    @bethbartlett5692 2 роки тому

    They support Henry 8th and "behead Charles".... *"this might be a Red Flag"*

  • @gerry343
    @gerry343 3 роки тому +1

    £1 for every time Waldemar says 'magnificent'!