How to Look at Art: Crash Course Art History #2
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Date: 2024-04-19
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Comments and reviews: 11
aruraven
Excellent video! The only relationship most people will ever have with an artist is with their ART. Never the person or people who made it. This shows the many ways in which we can relate to something that's not even alive in the biological sense. It can tell you as much or as little depending on YOUR own context. And it can change with time, as one grows and changes ones views, learns more, lives more. It's beautiful and fluid.
My context makes me ask how a mask from Cameroon ended up in Brooklyn. That is also part of the context for art and museum pieces that should not be left behind.
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Excellent video! The only relationship most people will ever have with an artist is with their ART. Never the person or people who made it. This shows the many ways in which we can relate to something that's not even alive in the biological sense. It can tell you as much or as little depending on YOUR own context. And it can change with time, as one grows and changes ones views, learns more, lives more. It's beautiful and fluid.
My context makes me ask how a mask from Cameroon ended up in Brooklyn. That is also part of the context for art and museum pieces that should not be left behind.
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jacobparry177
I love how this episode cam out a day after my country- Wales'- government announced massive cuts to our national museum (Yr Amgueddfa Genedlaethol. It's given me a massive boost to learn a bit more about art.
For anyone in Wales, btw, I'd suggest signing the petition imploring the govt not to cut the funding, and to visit your local galleries and museums and leave a tip- these places are important not only in preserving our art, antiquaries and culture, but also to understanding the country's past, present and future.
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I love how this episode cam out a day after my country- Wales'- government announced massive cuts to our national museum (Yr Amgueddfa Genedlaethol. It's given me a massive boost to learn a bit more about art.
For anyone in Wales, btw, I'd suggest signing the petition imploring the govt not to cut the funding, and to visit your local galleries and museums and leave a tip- these places are important not only in preserving our art, antiquaries and culture, but also to understanding the country's past, present and future.
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mussoletart8485
i'm interested in how this first statistic was reached. if i go to a gallery, i scan for things that speak to me, and then i spend a lot of time with those things. thus i would spend maybe half a minute per artwork in total, when in fact i spend about 10 minutes per artwork that speaks to me at first, and about 10 seconds or less with all the others.
(and then i might come back another day, and will focus on other pieces
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i'm interested in how this first statistic was reached. if i go to a gallery, i scan for things that speak to me, and then i spend a lot of time with those things. thus i would spend maybe half a minute per artwork in total, when in fact i spend about 10 minutes per artwork that speaks to me at first, and about 10 seconds or less with all the others.
(and then i might come back another day, and will focus on other pieces
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TJtheBee
It'll definitely be interesting to hear you talk about museums. I couldn't help but think about the problem of museums while you were discussing the elephant mask - how it got to the Brooklyn Museum and why it's in a glass case instead of being held by the people whose culture it belongs to. Indicative of a large problem at hand, I know, but I'm curious about your take on it.
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It'll definitely be interesting to hear you talk about museums. I couldn't help but think about the problem of museums while you were discussing the elephant mask - how it got to the Brooklyn Museum and why it's in a glass case instead of being held by the people whose culture it belongs to. Indicative of a large problem at hand, I know, but I'm curious about your take on it.
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pioneercynthia1
Excellent presentation! It really helps to show the works along with people. That elephant mask is huge, which makes it more powerful and a testimony to the skill of the artist.
(I always imagine what the people in a painting are thinking)
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Excellent presentation! It really helps to show the works along with people. That elephant mask is huge, which makes it more powerful and a testimony to the skill of the artist.
(I always imagine what the people in a painting are thinking)
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andybearchan
I had no idea that David had been on public display. Even famous works need context. And to folks trying to keep their culture around for thousands of years, make it too heavy to move, and easy to cover with dirt. It will be found one day.
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I had no idea that David had been on public display. Even famous works need context. And to folks trying to keep their culture around for thousands of years, make it too heavy to move, and easy to cover with dirt. It will be found one day.
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MKMonsterr
Literally going to send this video to someone the next time I hear Modern art isn't real art! It's about material, and form, and color, and most importantly, context! Art without context is only 1/3 of the story!
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Literally going to send this video to someone the next time I hear Modern art isn't real art! It's about material, and form, and color, and most importantly, context! Art without context is only 1/3 of the story!
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user-cp9re1ek8c
Wonderful that art is discussed from different places and cultures and isn't limited to Europe. Speaking of the Aztec Moon Goddess sculpture together with the Italian David was eye opening. Thanks so much.
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Wonderful that art is discussed from different places and cultures and isn't limited to Europe. Speaking of the Aztec Moon Goddess sculpture together with the Italian David was eye opening. Thanks so much.
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Braindeaddefault
These shows should have a long episode at the end of the corse, we learned all this stuff we should have an episode to just discuss it in a long form episode like a just talking about it episode.
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These shows should have a long episode at the end of the corse, we learned all this stuff we should have an episode to just discuss it in a long form episode like a just talking about it episode.
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renevelation6586
Love this.
I usually watch the playlists when it's all said and done but this is the first one I am here on the ride for!
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Love this.
I usually watch the playlists when it's all said and done but this is the first one I am here on the ride for!
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Lotrgecko
Really enjoyed the comparison between the moon goddess carving and the statue of David. Can't wait to see what else we learn!
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Really enjoyed the comparison between the moon goddess carving and the statue of David. Can't wait to see what else we learn!
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