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Very true. Thanks for your comment!

Yes! Thanks for your comment!

Many thanks!

Thanks for your comment and great insight too!

I’m baffled about the proportions around the midsection - something is wrong in the proportions. Look closely. Is not that odd? 🤔 a picture Henry VIII commissioned while he was still only the younger brother rather than the heir to the throne. Just a thought as the face seems so young while the dress is so flamboyant that it seems to stem from someone showing off because he absolutely HAS to.

Exactly! Something is up for sure... even the Royal Collection's reciept is unclear about exact attribution and who exactly painted this and all the details, yes! It's almost certainly Flemish though... but a lot of mystery here! Thanks for your comment!

Thank you! Very kind! It's VERY hard work but I'm going to keep it up! 🙂 Thanks for your comment!

Yes, it's a beautiful painting. Thanks for your comment!

Wow! Incredible! Great observation and thanks for your comment! Not so much infornation on the Shetland painters as the mainland.

Wow! So so kind! Thank you!

Thanks for your comment! This is one of my favourites.

Thanks for your comment! Yes, absolutely incredible artist!

Thanks for your comment!

Thanks for your comment!

Thanks for your comment. Maybe one day we'll have them in many languages, including Italian.

I think it's the range of his art. He did a lot but, yes, most of the great artists were horrible people but that goes without saying! 😉 Thanks for your comment!

Could be! Thanks for your comment!

Very controversial painting! Thanks for your comment Random!

Top gallery for sure!

It's in the centre. Look up away from the castle. It's hard to miss. Good luck.

Thanks very much for your comment and sharing this.

You welcome ❤️

Yes!!! 😁 The documentary is on youtube. Make sure to check it out! It's very good!

@@ArtCultureTravel It's on rotation for tonight--can't wait! :D

Absolutely! This really has something special in person. Now! A story! A few months back I posted a video on a fake Modigliani. By a famous faker ... they removed it from display now but Orson Welles did a documentary about it ... the video is on the channel ... anyway ... it too had the SAME energy as the originals! Then I realised that the fakes can be just as good as the originals. I looked CLOSELY... you couldn't tell. Amazing!

@@ArtCultureTravel Please provide the link: would love to see this! 😊

@@random22026 Sure! Type this in to see "The Art of Deception: Elmyr de Hory and the Fake Modigliani"

My pleasure! Thanks for your comment!

Hello Random! He lived nearby and painted everything!.

@@ArtCultureTravel Ah--now that makes sense! Thought he might have been a French version of Francis Bourgeois! :D

I'm going to reveal some of these older ones in private collections... just brief looks but we see Monet's evolution. Tomorrow though! Maybe my favourite painting of all time... you will see 😁

@@ArtCultureTravel Is it the Modigliani nude? His wife, Jeanne?

@@random22026 Yes, it's up there for sure as one of the greats I feel!

Yes! Human behaviour might change but human nature hasn't changed much I think. Thanks for your great comment!

My pleasure 😊

Yes, current US travel advice; "Reconsider travel to Egypt due to terrorism. Exercise increased caution in Egypt...". Many issues - best take advice from the experts on it.

Thanks for sharing! Absolutely agree with you. I'm going to post a video on my personal favouite Modigliani, later this month... stay tuned! Thanks again!

@@ArtCultureTravel I’m looking forward to that post! :) Any leads on where to get “The Heydays of Montparnasse”? Nothing is coming up on google

Thanks for your comment! Yes, museums with artifacts like this usually have darkened rooms to preserve the items from light damage, which can cause that issue. Pretty minor though. Thanks!

Thank you! So true about the chair being full of symbolism.

Shetland is a very special place, yes! He captured it

Was the artist any relation to English actor, Roy Kinnear? 🤔💭@@ArtCultureTravel

Now, that I don't know! Although i've just read that his son is an actor too... quite famous in the Bond series!

Now that, I DIDN'T KNOW! 🙂😁@@ArtCultureTravel

Talking about Status Quo. I saw them perform live. They were one of best live acts I have ever seen, without doubt.

No way! 😁😁 Then you MUST know about their late 1960s opus--could not resist the connection, once you dropped-in the allusion to Lowry's particular artistic style. 🙌🏻🙌🏻@@ArtCultureTravel

Lowey captured it. So I was pretty young but they were a warm up act for Michael Jackson. They were one of the bests of the show for sure. So only the "newer" stuff... but I remember "Caroline". I also remember hearing "In the army now". Also, i'm from the UK... so 100% of the people know the theme to the Argos advert in the 90s! "Whatever you want".

Wow--the Quo were an unusual opening act choice for MJ--but what a musical legacy (As Paul Weller once famously said: 'I've got a lot of time for the Quo' 😁😁). For me, it's the early psychedelic era Quo that moves me most---a lot of memories! :D (Incidentally, had no idea 'Whatever You Want' was their song!)

So, MJ was trying to do a benefit like live Aid show. Quo opened it in London, I heard, originally. So they opened the benefit show in the same way. They were probably the best act of the day alongside Luther Vandross, who I got to hang out with! I didn't know much about them but seeing them live was memorable. Well impressed! 24 years ago!

Thanks for your comment! Can you imagine this floating around in Lava!? Haha... what a sight! This is an impressive piece and really in a perfect spot at the British Museum.

Wish it were Front & Centre at the BM. As for surfing on magna: you might say that this man already has The High Ground...@@ArtCultureTravel

Haha!

😉😉@@ArtCultureTravel

Thanks for your comment Random! You're very observant! We're done with Egyptian art and culture now but in April we'll be moving on to some new countries... and one of my favourites: Scotland! (Including Shetland Island, which was a crazy adventure)

Can't wait to see it all! :D@@ArtCultureTravel

Actually.... one more Egypt! 😎

Woo-HOO! 🤘🏻🤘🏻@@ArtCultureTravel

Thanks!

Hello Random! Its very difficult to capture the size of this head... one of the highlights in the Egyptian Museum for sure!

You said it, Anthony! I only wish there was a view from the back, as well, as you did with the wonderful 'Khonsu' video. Superb introduction to this collection--and we thank you, with all our heart! 😊😊@@ArtCultureTravel

I have 2 photos from behind. Possibly, because the security is in shot from the back angle and the Egyptian security are very strict... but I have two photos. I can do a Patreon poat and put then out or I am happy to email them to you! My email is on the description of my page.

What are the marks across his forhead?

@@helenvanpatterson-patton I suspect that this Serapis had a much lower fringe before, that has snapped off over time. It looks like they were the attachment points. Thanks for your great observation and comment!

Thank you so much!

Welcome and thanks for your comment! Loads more to come! A beautiful Degas coming later today. Thanks again!

Thanks for your comment! Yes, so many changes recently. Glass added left, right and centre as we say over here! Also, more security and more quick response teams with their kits walking around. Too many great works are being attacked for a number of reasons. Now, lighting. It changes depending on the time of day and if I remember correctlt this was filmed just before closing. They like to gently change the ambience of the rooms to encourage you out! Also, as you say it is more difficult now and I think you are correct.

Well said Random.

Thank you! These are some solid statues. The amount of effort just to move them, let alone make them. Pretty wild!

We are so grateful for sharing your POV on all these wonderful creations. Thanks again, Anthony! @@ArtCultureTravel

My pleasure!

Very true! He was influenced by Toulouse-Lautrec for sure

I also thought of James Ensor--but upon reviewing that artist's body of work, it is only the palette (in his late period) that is similar. That, and the lurid red of the dark figure's mouth...🤔@@ArtCultureTravel

I see what you mean about the red for sure

Thanks for your comment! He got the attention for sure!

@ArtCultureBooks interesting stuff thanks

My pleasure

Hello Random! He was the big boss ... although ... I don't know who that was who sneaked in at 1.41 ...

'Missing Kariya'...story of my life! Another banger of an episode, Anthony: top tier! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻@@ArtCultureTravel

So kind! Thank you!!!!

Thanks for you comment! Yes! We shall return, I promise. In fact, we must visit the original site too. We'll return to this in depth in future. It's on the list!

@@ArtCultureTravel That would be great. Thank you. The Crusaders'castle there in Bodrum in Turkey, is made mostly from the stone they carried off from the collapsed Mausoleum. You could film them from close distance, and they will show their original looks. Also, pls dig up some of the oldest photos of excavations. Much that were turned up, have disappeared now!

Wow, yes! This is brilliant. Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss out! It's on the list!

@@ArtCultureTravel I have been subscribed since the time of Mausoleus!

Thanks for your kind comment! Much appreciated. My pleasure!

Thanks for your comment!

The Goddess of the dead and Scorpians ... you have good taste, Random! 😉

Thank you, good sir: she's a top-notch protector, as well! 😊💌@@ArtCultureTravel

I saw part of a documentary when I was very young, maybe 5 and I saw the mighty Anubis! Made a big inpact. In a few days time we're going to see a little bit of Anubis in as real way as possible. An incredible piece... coming soon!

We're ready for an Anubis 'up close and personal'--lead the way! 🙌🏻@@ArtCultureTravel

Thank you!