Showing posts with label Waldemar Januszczak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Waldemar Januszczak. Show all posts

Saturday, April 17, 2021

From The Wild West To Jackson Pollock: America In Art with Waldemar Januszczak

Recommendable, but with some reservations! Januszczak expresses some strange Antiamericanism in this episode! His naive celebration of Diego Rivera and Frieda Kahlo are also a bit disturbing!

Saturday, February 06, 2021

Silk, Seduction, And Sin: The Renaissance Art Of Passion with Waldemar Januszczak

Very recommendable! Venice, the capitol of glass and much more!
"It was Venice that invented the reclining Venus"!
"A bull with a foot fetish!"
Don't miss the other great art documentaries by Waldemar Januszczak!

Venice: Bridge of Tits ("It takes its name ("Bridge of the Tits") from the use of the bridge by prostitutes, who were encouraged to stand topless on the bridge and in nearby windows")




Saturday, January 09, 2021

The Tempest: Greek Mythology In Art with Waldemar Januszczak

Very recommendable! I can not claim I really new the Renaissance artist Giorgone, a contemporary of Titian, before! This is an early Waldemar Januszczak history of art documentary



Monday, December 28, 2020

History's Forgotten Impressionists with Waldemar Januszczak

Very recommendable! Degas, Gauguin, one lesser known male impressionist, and three female impressionists. Plenty of lesser known paintings and other artifacts ...

Sunday, December 13, 2020

Friday, November 27, 2020

Waldemar Januszczak: The 'Crude' Art Of Pleasure: Life In The Rococo Age

Very recommendable! Waldemar Januszczak's interpretation of Sans, Souci. is amazing (hint: The two words refer to Frederick the Great's palace). His story about Gainsborough's daughters fascinating! But wait until you see him waxing about Madame Tussaud!

Thursday, August 13, 2020

Waldemar Januszczak: Baroque

Very recommendable! Regrettably, frequent interruptions with commercials!

Velazquez, Rembrandt, Rubens, Hals, De Zurbaran, Vermeer ...


Carravagio, Bernini, Boromini, Padre Pozo, Ribera ...

Designing St Paul's Cathedral

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

The Dark Ages With Waldemar Januszczak

Very recommendable!

Waldemar presents a number of very interesting points in his first part:
  1. Very early depictions of Jesus Christ showed him as young, attractive man without a beard, sometimes even feminine. Only several hundred years later was he painted like Zeus with a full beard and towering like a god on a throne
  2. There is a lot about the secret language of early Christians
  3. Early christian churches were home churches not basilicas or cathedrals
Part 1: An Age Of Light



The Dark Ages: An Age Of Light - Part Two
About Huns, Goths, and Vandals


The Dark Ages: An Age Of Light - Part Three
About Islamic art. Very recommendable!

The Dark Ages: An Age Of Light - Part Four
About Carolingians, Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, and Irish monks