Who Was The Real Mary Magdalene? Art's Scarlet Woman (Waldemar Januszcsak Documentary) | Perspective
Vložit
- čas přidán 15. 05. 2020
- Subscribe and click the bell icon to get more arts content every week:
tinyurl.com/yc3m7n4m
Waldemar Januszczak explores the impact of Mary Magdalene's myth on art and artists. In art all Christian saints are inventions but Mary Magdalene has been the subject of more invention and re-invention than any other.
Perspective is CZcams's home for the arts. Come here to get your fill of great music, theatre, art and much, much more!
Content licensed from DRG Rights to Little Dot Studios.
Any queries, please contact us at:
perspective@littledotstudios.com
I love Waldemar's style of presentation and his deep understanding of art. Makes understanding it very easy
He is the great teacher of classic art ! Love his teachings! So fortunate to watch all these videos!
@@jenniechen24
Talking of masterpieces I think this documentary is the master piece in itself.
I agree he is the best host.
He’s fantastic 😇♥️🙏
This is definitely the perfect program to watch after a long winter break-- with candles lit on a Sunday night in the quiet of your bedroom, cozy and warm. It feels like watching PBS with my mom on Sunday nights as a child, only way more interesting and with a host I actually squeal with delight when I see his face and name. Thank you Waldemar for helping me transition between the hustle and bustle of the holidays to being able to deal with Monday with your absolute passion for art history as my therapy. I'm excited to learn when you're doing the talking! Rock on, brother .
How I'm spending my winter Sunday night 🌙 💕
With his infectious Londoner straight forwardness, his self-deprecating humor and his passion for Art, Waldemar serves up the meat and potatoes to everyones' historical delight, and says, "Here ya go love, have some more!". Bravo Waldemar!
Spot on review !
@@popcult Thank you. He's one of a kind!
I will never unhear Waldemar's pronunciation of MARE-y. What a brilliant man.
Also: "She was a HAR-lot..." ;D
Would be nice if he could pronounce Italian names properly, given the many Italian artists: it's not GEE-oh-vanni or GE-otto. The "i" is only there to turn the "g" into "j." So it's "JOE-vanni "& "Jotto."
I think it's deliberate; part of his brusque & slightly sardonic humour. Typically British.
I love the narration, the humor and the passion of this presenter. Amazingly well done. Please keep on doing these documentaries!
I disagree. The narration is sarcastic, slightly unprofessional and audibly full of doubt. All religious and spiritual figures should be revered or at least not disrespected.
He's excellent (very British).
@@williamroberts8470 Certainly agree that Waldemar's delivery lacks the lofty academic condescension of some documentarians, but as the kids say, that's a feature not a bug. And I completely agree that religious/spiritual figures should for many reasons be shown respect.
But we're talking about art about spiritual figures, not the figures themselves. It's the art itself that is reflecting different attitudes about religious/spiritual figures, not the presenter. Young people and many others are often surprised at how Christian art has been through substantial, amazing changes over the centuries & in the many cultures that came to embrace Jesus Christ. It might even deepen and expand your faith and your mind and your heart to learn about these changes.
It did for me.
If you don't like enthusiastic, informed, and engaging discussion of Christian art in all its variety, then definitely don't watch Waldemar's documentary covering early Christian art, the first episode of his Dark Ages, an Age of Light series.
@@GildaLee27 Yes but I love the subjects eventhough he distracts from it. I think he just has a bad style of art commentary. At least he doesn't wear socks with his sandals while on camera. Its possible he wears socks with his sandals off camera. I'm sure he's a nice guy.
@@williamroberts8470 , South?
For those who might be wondering, the music we hear repeatedly sampled (for example, at 26:00) is "Chramer, Gip die Varwe Mir" from Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana." It's about a woman buying cosmetics in hopes that she'll become irresistible to men.
Oh cool! Thanks for this!!!
Thank you so much - I was looking through the Gounod opera and going crazy, and I knew I recognized this piece - I love Carmina Burana - but had no familiarity at all with the Gounod. Thanks!
Thank you for enlightening us by putting us out of our guessing game misery. 'Carmina Burana' is a work that reveals its jewels incrementally and, depending on its setting, can feel/sound familiar and at the same time brand new.
Attention given to such details, be they subtle or overt, as in this example, elevate Waldemar J. head and shoulders above the rest. I've studied art for more than 50 years. I love learning new aspects in old, familiar paintings as well as their painters. I haven't been this excited for art exploration since my university days with a professor with whom I am still in contact.
all of the programs in this series are so beautifully presented I have literally been moved to tears more then once.
I’m an art historian and this is simply brilliant! He explains and connects well the different painters and renderings of the Magdalene 🖼
They barley do any research for these. Watch the ones on islam, its a joke how he praises them for work that shouldnt be attributed to islam. Its like they wiki searched then got fed lies from muslims.
@Jonathan. Agreed, but you would never be able to get that sentiment through to any of these lapdogs.
@@jonathansoko1085 Islamic countries used to be the progressive ones ages ago, those days are long gone now, of course, but history is llooonng... If you haven't even read one Wikipedia article on it, maybe don't criticise other people's research😂😂😂
@@mathiasringle6972 You're an expert?! What specific point(s) do you take issue with and what's your counterargument and your source so I can check?
@@annnee6818 Explain what you mean. Do you mean pre-i**lam countries that are now m***lim? (if i type the words yt deletes my comments regardless of what i say). If so that is true, which is a reason why its so sad becuase they really destroyed all that work and activley try to erase that history.
I’m saying, Waldemar is a bleedin’ genius! Simply brilliant!
He's like a flippin warehouse full of Art Info...
Though he often presents important detail which dispels popular misconceptions, he ain't no genius overall and too often throws out the baby with the bathwater.
In this instance, his handling of 'the Magdeline" is almost pure shyte. If Mary wasn't somewhat important, she wouldn't have been mentioned as often as she was--the Gospel writers focused their rather short histories on our Lord, not incidental characters.
Matter of fact, important Biblical figures/events are often given very brief mention and treatment--so, a female mentioned even four times is worthy of some consideration.
This guy's treatment of the history is almost a mirror image of the ridiculous Dan Brown book that Waldemar dismisses----a reverse false accounting of sorts.
Interesting detail and food for thought, but horrible thematic and almost aggressively counter to the hermeneutic of Church tradition.
@@johncharleson8733 There's always one of you in these comment threads. Someone's always gotta be 'that guy'...
@@andybaldman Hey, I'm not "that guy" in this instance. I'm a serious [enough] Christian an historian to know and be angered by bullsh*t when I hear it.
In spite of the above, I guess you didn't appreciate my attempt at throwing him a bone--your problem, not mine.
Simply put, the guy sensationalized the information to the point of blasphemy.
Next time, to keep dick-weeds like you happy, I'll just call it straight out without detail or prose.
@@johncharleson8733 He might not be your guy then. Most of us don't care about blasphemy. (And one of Waldemar's trademarks is making waves by not tiptoeing around subjects that might be confrontational to some. That's one of the reasons we like him.)
I am curious about Waldemar and his story after watching so many of his wonderful presentations on arts and artists and the history of arts ! I really enjoy his teachings and so grateful to his great works so I could travel in his videos in this pandanmic days .Thank you Mr Malsemar.
A son of a railroad employee with a Polish surname living in England must have faced xenophobia in his childhood. He is not exactly a young man and back when he was a kid no one would protect him from bullying. He said he was a naughty student that would often be punished by writing lines on a chalkboard. I bet art was a way to escape and enjoy the beauty. With his physique far from athletic, he must have worked hard on developing his brain, charisma, and sense of humor to compensate for what he didn't have in muscle power or height. He really is a self-made man. Maybe that's why he can talk to us so effectively. He's not one of those upper-class pompous professors looking at average people with disgust. I would love to have had him as a professor back in the day to not only teach me about art but about life.
@@mikshinee87 Wow ！I had no idea about his hardship 。I am very grateful for watching his art works 。 Thank you JB, you are so informative and your writing is beautiful.m
@@mikshinee87 thank you
STUNNING -- I can't get enough !
Waldemar is an international TREASURE!!!
Such a delight to have stumbled upon Mr Januszcsak. He keeps the line twisty yet utterly straight to highlight the art, the artist and most of all the artistry. And finally after so long I get the meaning of: Elle pleure comme une Madeleine ...
Another excellent documentary, so well done. Interesting, fast paced, the time line is easy to understand. I was enthralled while watching it. Thank you so much sir.
I truly enjoyed this show, you guys go the extra mile walking to present it so clearly that it blows my mind. Thank you.
I'd call it the extra 5 miles!
"Why anyone would name three of their daughters Mary is beyond me"
...
laughing from Latin America
I knew a polish woman named Mary who had seven sisters all named Mary. They were all known by their middle names.
@@vudu8ball 🤭🤣👌🙏
In my university course there are 20 students and we have 5 different Mary : Maria Rosaria, Maria Pia, Marie Helene, Maria Elena and Maria Angela. You know,.. Catholic country😂😂 (Italy)
I actually get this. Sons included
IKR :))))
Gorgeous video with a passionate and inspired way of telling the story of Mary Magdalene and the resurrection of Christ in Art 🧡🙏
During a visit of one of the ancient cemeteries of Rome, my Dutch tour guide told the following. He was a retired university teacher of classical languages (Latin was his specialization). In the Roman empire of the time, prostitution was officially forbidden by law - like cannabis in the Netherlands today. But it was tolerated to a point, in public life. Advertising, soliciting, was strictly forbidden. And one place was exempt: the cemetery. Here, prostitutes visited to affix their "business cards" to the walls of the cemetery. These cards held their name, their specialization (think missionary, doggy or else) and their rate. To which I replied, now the quote in the New Testament, what do you do here to search the living among the dead, gets a whole new meaning.
I love tidbits like this.
There's so many holes in that story and I'm not talking about the whores. Sounds fishy and again, not talking about the....
You know the "Ancient" Romans buried the dead along the Appian Road and I doubt the Prostitutes played their trade there. No Metro then. But Rome lasted quite a while, so anythings possible. People make up more stories than can be counted and most are just stories.
When I lived in Rome they worked on the street, were taken on a Lambreta to the Parks and did it there.
Unlike so many art /historical/sociological commentators , to whom , in response , one may often find oneself asleep in their morning bowl of oatmeal - Mr Janusczcak is a delightfully bright ray of originality - what an impressively talented chap who brings every concievable element of relevancy to bear inhis presentation - exceedingly great wit and sociological insight being two great points of , what one might consider to set him clearly apart from the herd - I'm gratefully thankful for this firebrand of a personality ☺ Bravo Waldemar !!!
Bravo Waldemar !!! x2
He is the greatest teacher..his enthusiasm is unmatched..
Thank you so much for clearing up so many misconceptions and showing all the beautiful artwork.
at 42:55 Artemisia Gentileschi was mentioned as a creator of the painting, but according to my research
the magdalene at 42:30 is from Caravaggio,
and the one at 43:00 is from Guido Cagnacci
His ability to break down the walls of disinformation are absolutely incomparable I have learned more about mankind than completing history degree
Such an accurate interpretation of history, which changes constantly with interpreters. Lovely way of presenting the human nature.💖 Thank you.
Waldemar, good Catholic that he was born and raised, glosses very neatly over the fact that the first Council of Nicea in 325 AD, conveniently chose only 3apostolic testimonies plus John the baptist's recollections to enshrine in the Roman Catholic bible. Fortunately the discovery of the Gnostic gospels at Nag Hammadi in 1945, shed true light on the importance of Mary Magdalen in the foundation and early progression of the cult of Jesus the Nazarene.
Great documentary & superb teacher 🌾 Thank you for enriching our life 🥀
Entertaining, well documented and witty, as always. The naked Magdalena in ecstasy (at 42.50) however, is not by Artemisia Gentileschi, but by another late baroque painter, Guido Cagnacci.
I keep trying to find an image of it / any idea what collection it is in?
thank u so much for this comment!! I was so confused as to why I had never seen this supposed Gentileschi painting...
@@petrarchsgal I'm glad it was helpful
Yes, thank you for correcting the Artemisia Gentileschi attribution. I know she painted a number of Magdalenes including some of "Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy" that very in levels of emotion and nudity. This wasn't one of them.
I must compliment this series use of the most creative approach to using just the right musical selections through out their presentations. Example, from Carmina Burana, “Charmer, Gip die varwe mie”, the 8th selection in Carmina Burana about the painted ladies wanting to attract young men, is used for Mary Magdalene, the prostitute, background music. I AM impressed.
And I'm delighted! These are produced to the highest level, they will be watched and learned from for as long as the format is accessible. Which as we know could end next mounth, Oi.
Can you answer Adam Gorelick's question about the music at 56:25?
@@jackjones8363 I will try. Thank you for asking
@@jackjones8363 The closes I can get is the chorus’ first number in the opera Mirelle by Charles Gounod. In the program the presenter even shows the album cover. Was able to pull it up on CZcams.
I love how he absolutely hates that book
Hope this lovely man makes many more programs love his work in school we were told she was very very bold
Waldemar J. is simply the best. I'm hooked and learning so many pieces of the puzzle never before connected. I love this line Waldemar J. delivered so skillfully:
*"The facts are unclear. That's because there are none"*
'Too good!
What never ceases to amaze is how women like M.M. throughout history to this very day, were/are demonized. Meanwhile, the participants with whom she/they sinned escaped notice or punishment.
A great production, as usual: bravo Waldemar!
Best ever series, so brilliantly well done, brings it to life in a wonderful way! Thank you!
Another fantastic one! These are great!!!
What genius storytelling Waldemar...What a gift for us humble art lovers to get the back story on some very opaque goings on in the art and religion grifts.
Better presentation than I ever got in catechism.
I’m publishing a weekly CZcams 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.
Interesting and nice touch to have a woman with hair like Mary Magdalene standing in front of and viewing all of the artworks depicting the said Mary.
And Waldemar ROCKS❣️🤟🏼❣️
I love how he addresses topics that young children, in that direct way they have, asks the awkward questions which adults (especially preachers, priests and nuns) have no real answers for, and he does it with such a dry wit.
you do a fantastic job with these productions...bravo!!
Mr. Janusczcak always finds a down to earth way to explain the elevation and spirituality in visual art.
He indeed carries the torch of the Great Artists of the Western Canon by telling their life stories while making us look at their pictures again.
He is a great Master Teacher and I hope he will not become a brand or formula as making a string of documentaries.
I absolutely LOVE his series
“ Renaissance in Chains” and this brilliantly put together show seems to be the offspring of the above mentioned series.
Formula or not, he is an extraordinarily talented art critic and TV presenter.
This was very informative & interesting, especially the part regarding Van Gogh & the poem that might have changed his life & art. Wow.
In ancient Egypt, whose culture was in its waning days in the time of Jesus and where Jesus spent his childhood, Meri was a popular women’s name and a common nickname for girls. It means beloved. The implication is obvious, and would explain why everyone seems to have been named Mary. I’d like to know what Waldemar might say about that.
Yes, I read somewhere that it was in a way a title. It was not a name. Just like in the Byzantine Empire, and the countries under its influence, Stefanos was not a name but a title. It means "the one wearing a crown".
"The facts are pretty unclear...because there aren't any."
:)
Yes, my favorite comment of the whole video! . . . "it was made up"
Nonsense.
You can say that for the entire bible as well. Nothing was written about Jesus during his lifetime. All that drama, right? Nothing written down.
@@suzylux Missing the point entirely Suzy. Get a history degree.
I cannot stop watching your outstanding documentaries, me personally love art as you and I travel as far as it it possible to see, what normally ist unable to realize. Thanks for exraordanary "roudmivies" through the soul of artists across the globe. I will enjoy it and write about or paint an interpretation.
Thankyou so much, I learn so easily with Waldman...
Her story is so moving. No other documentary has touched me so deeply - thank you for this brilliant work !
Here Waldemar is at his best! Did you pick the music yourself, Waldemar? Well done! Super!
I have learned so much with this particular video. Thank you.
Beautiful and so emotionally stirring.. how you put together and then told the story of the what's and why's of Vincent and the Mistral poem. The Mary M. part..absolutely epic and truly one for the history lessons!
I find it ironic that Christians of the day felt that Mary needed to repent for 30 years in a cave. Wasn't the whole point of Christ's sacrifice to wash away the sins of all mankind with his pure sinless blood? One presumes the Magdalene would qualify as a believer and thus achieved salvation without such drastic measures being necessary.
Jesus forgave sins & healed ppl before being crucified. Seems the use of 30 yrs at times is used for symbolic reason with other meanings. Person or ppl have used 30 yrs for Mary Magdalene in France yet another woman made a journey with her & went to France to be with others. Mary Magdalene, Mary (Jesus mother), & others left from France & went to another country. Then crossed to one that has a city with a place referred to as place Jesus mother lived at for 30 yrs. She may have been there awhile yet not that long. Mary, Mary Magdalene, & others returned to area of Jerusalem. Mary Magdalene's father was alive yet when they returned. He lived in a northern town, Sephorus/Sephora & died in 60's AD when Roman's ... in that area.
This might be helpful. It’s a passage from CS Lewis’ Mere Christianity on repentance and why we do it as Christians.
Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement.: he is a rebel who needs to lay down his arms. Laying down your arms, surrendering, saying you are sorry, realizing that you have been on the wrong track and getting ready to start life over again from the right one-that is the only way out of our ‘hole.’ This process of surrender is what Christians call ‘repentance.’ Now repentance is no fun at all. It is something much harder than merely eating humble pie. It means unlearning all the self-conceit and self-will that we have been training ourselves in for thousands of years. It means killing a part of yourself, undergoing a kind of death. In fact it needs a good person to repent. And here comes the catch. Only a bad person needs to repent: only a good person can repent perfectly.”
Lewis goes on to present the work of Christ: “He could surrender his will, and suffer and dies, because he was man; and he could do it perfectly because he was God.” Lewis then adds that we surrender, repent, only by sharing in Christ’s death and resurrection, just as we are intelligent or wise only by sharing in God’s intelligence and wisdom.”
“We repent only by sharing in Christ’s death and resurrection. We somehow die and rise with him (a central Pauline teaching, as in Col. 2 and 3, Rom. 6, and Gal. 2:19-20), thereby starting a whole new life.”
I see this story of her 30 years of penance as a choice to become monastic. I would also say that when we pray the creed we confirm our belief in the forgiveness of sins and the our father prayer also remind us every time to forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” We need the constant daily reminder.
You've got the wrong Mary, percussion.
I love everything about this documentary, especially the Van Gogh part. Thank you, Mr. Januszcsak.
This was excellent!!! Thank you!!! Brilliant!🙋‼️
Narration and photography are excellent.
Simplemente fantástico. Simply fantastic! A great piece of storytelling here.
And the Giotto paintings of Mary are just so beautifull - 🧡
The first time I saw a Waldemar video I commented that he was a gift. Nothing has changed my mind. Sir you are special and we are the better for it.
Spell binding presentation! Thank you.
Thank you for posting this informative interesting entertaining video. I enjoyed it immensely. This was rendered excellent. I love art and artists. This was fascinating. Thank you so much.
Great and informative documentairy
Thank you, Waldemar, for a most insightful presentation on the history of Mary Magdelene and for helping debunk this story.
The research is admirable... the speculation is captivating. I had never seen the Cezanne... what beauty!
Wonderful Thank you. One of your best!
EXCELLENT!!!
THANK YOU.
great story. well told.
These documentaries are both art and history lessons! By the way, I'd never heard of 'Hairy Magdalene' before (41:05)!
There were 3 siblings, Lazarus, Mary, and Martha. Jesus was a visitor to their home. Mary sat at Jesus’ feet listening to His teachings while Martha was hustling to prepare the meal. Some time later, Jesus brought Lazarus back to the living at the request of Mary.
Thank you for pointing out Mary of Bethany, absent from the list.
I'm sending this directly to my mindfulness meditation guru.
Thank you, as always, Waldemar!
These documentaries are absolutely great. What a wonderful host. Just found them and trying to play catch up.
Best narrator/host for documentaries in the world.. nobody's even close
intense photography and commentary. superb
Watched the last part about Vincent in tears. Thank you!
Best presentation yet on the subject.
You are the best! I love your videos!💟
I love how the halos on the painting at 9:10 catch the light and become luminescent.
I've always wondered if the men whom Mary Magdalene told that she had seen the risen Christ would have believed her, or would have scoffed, because she was "only a woman." That's been more my experience.
I don't know, but I'm guessing it would be harder to believe her because she's a woman. There's speculation that that's specifically why Christ revealed himself to her, a woman, rather than any of the apostles--because women are every bit as deserving of believing, and having Christ reveal himself to a woman as to a man. That's why it's included in the Bible, and not just starting with just Peter going to the empty tomb.
Pretty progressive for the patriarchal society when the Bible was written and when all this took place. Why would a male driven society include this, unless it's what really happened?
They would have mansplained to her what she saw. Lol
Glorious, well done!! 👏👏👏
Very interesting and entertaining! Thank you.
As always, excellent
Very good. Loved it👍🏼
Wow! I have to watch this again. Very interesting!
Anyone have a reference for the artist/painting at 42:52? He references Artemisia Gentileschi, but I can't seem to find it in her works. I've also looked at Caravaggio's works with no luck. Maybe I am just missing it?
Well spotted. It's not Gentileschi, and not Caravaggio either, though the pose is similar. But I can't figure out whose painting it is. It's a pretty glaring error in this video. I also think the Caravaggio "penitent Magdalen" is not a pregnant woman, but a collapsed one.
This work is by the baroque artist Guido Cagnacci - the Italian name "Maddalena Svenuta" translates as "Unconscious (or Sleeping) Magdalene".
As a side note, Cagnacci is also responsible for the image at 6:52, which is from a painting sometimes called "The Repentant Magdalene" and sometimes "Martha Rebuking Mary for her Vanity". The latter name refers to the biblical story about "Mary of Bethany" who is thought by most (but not all) to be the same person as Mary Magdalene.
Wonderful!
Interesting program. Even more interesting is the note of distain in your tone when you said her name. Might want to work on that.
He is Marvelous. What great fun.
Thank you for this
Absolutely beyond BRILLIANT ---Bravo
I just find this brilliant!
In "Saintes Maries de la Mer" the "Saintes Maries" is actualy plural: Holy Maries of the Sea.
Thank you for giving us a vision of that tormented/beatific soul Vincent, meeting the real Mary of his dreams. Still is to document his encounter with Walter Whitman in a never ending starry night. Thank You...
Excellent work 🙏👍
Fantastic documentary. Mary and Vincent !
Well done!
Now that's the best map of Italy I've seen so far! 😀
Thanks 10000 times :) so good so engaging!
Es increible Waldemar, todo lo que toca se vuelve fascinante.
Outstanding.
Magnifique !
I LOVE/ENVY/ADMIRE VALDEMAR I WISH HIM ALL DA BEST.I WAS A TEACHER MYSELF,SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND MY FEELING S.CARRY ON SON N GOD BLESS U.
I ❤ his ambling through European Art.
Isn't Mary a variation of Miriam? It seems likely the name Mary was so popular because many centuries prior, Moses' sister was named Miriam. Miriam was brilliant even as child, watching over baby Moses and thinking quickly to find a way to reunite him with his mother. Years later, Miriam was Moses' faithful assistant during the Exodus and led the children of Israel in a rousing song and dance celebration after they crossed the Red Sea. Miriam's song of praise to the Lord for their triumph over, and escape from, an oppressive Empire must have resonated with Jews living under the yoke of Rome. Naming their daughters "Mary" was a way to protest Roman rule, a way that would sail over the heads of most Romans.
So inspiring!!!
Fantastic! can't believe I spent ALL MORNING looking at Google Maps following mentioned locations & Googling, after hearing the fascinating & fresh facts about Vincent VG Paintings that linked to Frederic Mistral that had me studying Occitane Language and Reading the translation of his Poem! What an incredibly rich Tour thru Art History via Mary Magdalene.
I often find it overwhelming the infinite amount of Information I've yet to discover & learn being in the last quarter of my Lifetime. I wish I could go back & concentrate my Studies in Art History for clearly, the entire Heart of Civilization can be found recorded there.