Why is this angel covered in bees? | Lucas Cranach the Elder's 'Cupid Complaining to Venus'
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The commentator is so good at communicating the various interesting aspects of fine art. Ive seen videos narrated by this speaker before , and I always come away with more knowledge , insight , appreciation and awareness of artists and their work , of which I have been unfamiliar with before. So thank you for your skilled presentation , as of all the other presenters on this channel. Art serves a purpose and should be treasured- not so much as a commodity- but as a vital element in discovering and honoring our humanity.
Oh, there is an endearing wooden sculpture of a screaming baby‘s head that could also be Cupid as The Honey Thief at the Rijksmuseum. I had thought it to be an unusual subject but delighted to find another interpretation by another artist and now learned some of the history and the story behind them both, thank-you.
Thank you for yet another stunning presentation about the art of the National Gallery. Fascinating. I miss visiting in person, hope to return soon!
Why is this angel covered in bees? | National Gallery 1327pm 4.8.22 joderowsky (sic) alluded to bees and honey in his el topo movie... maybe the monks were mead makers and likened the elixir of life/ambrosia to the heavenly host himself - and with it, of course, comes lust and want? then again - the head-dress looks like a fly agaric and maybe the mead was imbued with the waters of knowledge derived form the fly agaric.
Thank you for this lively and engaging presentation. It was a wonderful introduction to this painting and artist.
This has opened my eyes. Such beautiful insights indeed 👍
Absolutely delightful presentation. This so wonderful to learn about this painting and poem. Thank you. 🐝🐝🐝
Great commentary , love paintings with symbolic /religious meanings .Thank you 👏👏👏
A music group I like used this painting and a few of its variations as album artwork. I found it captivating and wanted to know more about it. Thank you for the good video!
Charming, informative and hight quality presentation, as usual...thanks !
As the French folk song says: "Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment, chagrin d'amour dure toute de la vie".
Thank you again! I learn so much watching your videos. Thank you for sharing this with us. Blessings ❤️
Interesting topic, great presenter with just the right level of expressiveness
What about the hat? The only piece of clothing she has on, but so large. It seems so incongruous.
Really enjoyed your breakdown of this painting, thank you.
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Thoroughly enjoyed this mini-presentation. I am also very curious about the necklace. Is she wearing two or just one necklace? It looks like that the goddess(or indeed the artist) probably has made her braided hair into a necklace to circle her neck. Would love to know the right answer. Thank you!
For me, its fashionable design resembles the shape of a snake, giving lots of meaning to the painting. The innocent looking Cupid stung by the bees really makes him even more adorable!
In the Borghese, the painting is twice as large, and Venus is wearing a shimmering diaphanous gown. Thanks for the explanation.
Dude's face is like "Oh no, not the bees, not again"
Fabulous painting and the story told about it. Thank you! 🐝🍎
love the bees and cupid beautiful painting.
That is amazing!! Wauw! Thank you so much
Lucas Cranagh the Senior (1492-1553) - "Cupid complaining to Venus" y: 1527
German, Saxony German Renaissance, syphilis, temptation
Love Stealing Honey idyll XIX
Theocritus (born: 300 bc Syracuse, Italy)
Once thievish Love the honeyed hives would rob,
When a bee stung him: soon he felt a throb
Through all his finger-tips, and, wild with pain,
Blew on his hands and stamped and jumped in vain.
To Aphrodite then he told his woe:
'How can a thing so tiny hurt one so?'
She smiled and said; 'Why thou'rt a tiny thing,
As is the bee; yet sorely thou canst sting.'
Bucolic Poetry - short poems about country life
Pastoral Poetry - humans related to nature poetry romanticising about a simple country life
Lovely! Thank you for sharing this poetry.
thank you for teaching me art i would never have the opportunity to learn about....fascinating and if i get back to london i now can look for these paintings and know a bit about them...
I haven't really paid much attention to this painting when visiting. I will do next time. Thanks for such a fascinating explanation.
Thank you for this lovely description.
Yet, I see it as Cupid is steeling the sweetness of life - the ability to fall in love naturally.
Thank you for your excellent work.
Great presentation. One of my favourite paintings.
Nicely done!
I have seen another Cranach version of Venus and Cupid at the Bemberg in Toulouse, France. I still have a photo of it on my phone because I used it as wallpaper for a time.
Thanks for this channel. Art history classes are expensive. We are gifted!
I got swarmed and stung by bees as a kid and nobody did an oil painting of me..sad
Thank you for this evocative description. I remember standing in front of this painting at the National Gallery and marveling at Cranach’s technique. And now to learn of its allegory makes it come even more alive!
love the great presenation, so good to see so many different faces and ways to talk about the painting
Thank You for all your time and effort to produce this content.
What a fabulous presentation! Thank you so much for posting this video.😊
thanks a lot for the explanations and the lively presentation
Thanks ! It is amazing to know all these details about this painting !
Wonderful, thank you.
Muy interesante y completa la información sobre este hermoso cuadro del gran Cranach. Muchas gracias!
Great thanks! Love it
Love this!
Amazing work💕💕
Dear, I feel like being in that gallery.
charming video! The length is perfect too!
So interesting, I love it!
Thanks for your marvellous description of Lucas Cranach The Elder’s painting; full of poetry, mythology, and lessons.
Beautiful background, and the way Venus is depicted. Cupid is idyllic and intrepid.
I love this piece!
Thank you very much!
Fascinating!
Excellent video. Thanks
Brilliant
Congratulations 👏🏼
Great ....Fantastic !!!
Thank you so much for this engaging, felicitous presentation! I never knew about this painting, the concepts it brings forth are fascinating. I love paintings with religious symbolism
If only more people learned that lesson!
lovely.
Cupid shoots his arrows and romantic love is the outcome. Love can be painful. Not the prick of the arrowhead.
The name of the picture "Cupid complaining to Venus", One of the myths how Eros or Cupid was born according to Plato , that he was born from Penia and Poros :"When Aphrodite was born, the gods gathered for a feast, and Poros, the son of Metis, was among them. They had just eaten-and they had plenty of food-when Penia came to beg and stood at the door. And so Poros, tipsy from nectar - there was no wine then - went out into the garden of Zeus and, heavy, fell asleep. And then Penia, thinking in her poverty to give birth to a child from Poros, lay down to him and conceived Eros. That is why Eros is the companion and servant of Aphrodite: after all, he was conceived at the celebration of the birth of this goddess;" Bees shows that Eros is just born and he is still in the garden in nectar that he father has drunk )
Very interesting that Venus is painted with no armpit, leg or pubic hair. Even though this was hundreds of years before shaving became commonplace.
And the moral of the story
oh little cupidy:
If you steal honey
you step on a bee🐝
Mom’s facial expression spans centuries of little boys complaining about the consequences of their actions!!!
Que vídeo legal!
Interesting
Because he is sweet like honey! I guess I should pay attention and find out.😉
It was due to his bee attitude.
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A beautiful painting and an interesting commentary. But Stag and Hind in the left hand corner? Stag yes, but the hind judging by the length of the ears is surely a donkey/ass? Would like to have know what was the symbolic meaning of the animals in the painting
I think people were more observant back then. Maybe even smarter & more artistically talented. If she hadn't explained all this, I would have never figured it all out on my own.
Hey i know it can seem like that, but its quite the other way around. Only a ridiculously small intellectual elite would have been able to see and review this. Most citizens were illiterate and unschooled. Looking at overall population people have become more intelligent, knowledgable and certainly not less talented!
This painting was destined to either a noble at court or a humanist scholar. Both sorts of people had a very good classical education, could read Latin and ancient Greek, knew the Greek mythology. And yes, most paintings by old Master of the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance are packed with little details which may just seem fanciful to us, but had very clear meanings for people of the times: landscapes, animals, jewelry, even plants, insects and flowers. They knew how to decode it all.
People who were literate read more. Also church speeches tended to be quite long so even ordinary people had to have longer attention spans. I blame smartphones. It’s a good idea to read for an hour or two just before bed to improve your ability to concentrate and of course your grammar
Thank you. Yes my first thoughts were Adam and Eve. They say the human mind is generally capable of perceiving 3 ways however it is actually 11 and perhaps more. I also perceive something else. Greek and Roman philosophy - the importance of building foundations within our lives that derive from good values to create stability. An emotional physical spiritual and mental experience that helps create stable foundations within relationships allowing us to integrate all of the senses in providing us with an innate ability to perceive. Many thanks for the insight
He bee holy.
Was it the tree of Knowledge or the Knowledge of Good and Evil?
Cupid yes but an Angel, I don’t think so. Wouldn’t, as it’s a mythological character, weren’t they referred to as a Putto, a cherub or cherubim?
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Lovely informative talk. Can i suggest not standing in front of the picture though? It would be so lovely to be able to study it in more detail while listening...
The fly that I so much did scorne,
hath hurt me with his little horne.
Brilliant and entertaining lecture. Amazing how many insights you packed into 10 minutes. But why do you call the figures "theatrical"? Exactly what do you mean by "theatrical"? Thanks.
Thanks for this - very enjoyable. Though the "hind" mentioned at 7:16 is surely an ass - which adds another layer to the fable.
⚜ Never Give Into Temtation! ⚜🕊
Cranach and Holbein were quite competitive. Which artist do you think is better
"Fee-nez"?
my tradition describe the angels with mighty wings with perfect symmetrical features and are genderless.
Why was nudity painted so much? Didn't that make people uncomfortable? Were there prudes of the time who spoke out about the lack of decency in the amount of nudity painted by artists?
This video title feels like an accusation. I had nothing to do with those bees!
(Pretty cool video with great commentary though in all seriousness)