What Is The Treachery of Images?

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  • @guysongirls
    @guysongirls Před 8 lety +1710

    This is not a pipe. It is a painting of a pipe. But it's not even that! It is a video of a painting of a pipe. BUT it's not even that! It is most likely an image taken from the internet of a copy of a photo of the painting of the pipe. I love this painting.

    • @ManHeyuan
      @ManHeyuan Před 5 lety +9

      In reality, everything may only be an illusion.
      3D = 1D X 1D X 1D
      Can you prove 1D physical existence?
      Thus, is the concept of 3D real?

    • @ManHeyuan
      @ManHeyuan Před 5 lety

      @Carpet Hooligan
      How are seemingly perfect images formed from light distortions?

    • @gouravbhatt8868
      @gouravbhatt8868 Před 4 lety +1

      Dude you are funny

    • @cheesycheesecake1
      @cheesycheesecake1 Před 4 lety +5

      They're just pixels on our screen

    • @orangewarm1
      @orangewarm1 Před 4 lety +1

      The painting is ok

  • @Belboz99
    @Belboz99 Před 8 lety +804

    I've been learning Spanish and German and I'm amazed at how many words we take at face-value as the "correct word" to use in a sentence, but if asked to describe that word, what it really means besides how it's used, we fall short.
    For example the person living in the apartment is the tenant. We know to use the word tenant, but only because we've been taught it's the correct word to use. But if you studied a romance language like Spanish, or better still Latin, you'd know that it stems from the Latin " tenēre" which means "to hold". Once you realize this, the correlation between another word such as "Lieutenant" become obvious, someone who holds the fort in lieu, or in place of, someone else. This correlation is lost because the meaning is lost.
    We're at the point with the English language that most English speakers don't even realize that "Monday" comes from the older usage of "Moon Day", let alone that several of our days of the week come from Norse Gods, such as Woden, Thor, Freyja.
    The original meaning to the words we use every day has become so detached from their original meaning that to most people who speak the language, the words only have a meaning when used in the context with which we're taught. Monday is the 2nd day of the week, we know it comes after Sunday and before Tuesday, but what does the word really mean? Without that context, it's original meaning is completely lost, and is has no meaning in it's place.

    • @J_C95
      @J_C95 Před 8 lety +7

      +Dan O'Connell Hasn't this been a constant process in the development of language? EDIT: you never implied it wasn't

    • @Belboz99
      @Belboz99 Před 8 lety +45

      Jake Cordova The main difference with English vs other languages, is that in most languages the words that share common origins are largely still in-use.
      In English, this is quite a bit different. We'll often use a Germanic word (English's ancestor) for one word, but we might swap out a word from French or Latin for related words.
      Thus we have situations where what would normally be a root word "Hold" in Germanic, and a number of related words with Latin origins "Tenacious" (Hold fast), "Tenant" (one who holds) "Lieutenant" (to hold in place of).
      Most other languages which have these Latin-derived words keep the meaning because they don't swap out words from different parts of the Indo-European language tree. "tener" in Spanish, "tenir" in French, "tenere" in Italian.
      Of course this is just one example of many, English is a Germanic Language at it's core, but Germanic words only account for around 1/4 of the vocabulary. Another 1/4 is French, another 1/4 is Latin, another 1/4 is a mixture of Greek, Unknown, Other, and Proper names.
      simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language#/media/File:Origins_of_English_PieChart_2D.svg

    • @J_C95
      @J_C95 Před 8 lety +3

      Very interesting, I'd never considered that.

    • @360.Tapestry
      @360.Tapestry Před 7 lety +1

      it's your advantage whether you want it or not

    • @knecht6974
      @knecht6974 Před 5 lety +11

      Um dude Im pretty sure monday isnt the second day of the week, its the first. After all it comes aftet the weekEND.

  • @benc1449
    @benc1449 Před 8 lety +4878

    this is not a comment

    • @kerrydennehy
      @kerrydennehy Před 8 lety +174

      +Ben Collier This is the best not comment ever! This is not a compliment.

    • @ThePooper3000
      @ThePooper3000 Před 8 lety +71

      These are not letters.

    • @benc1449
      @benc1449 Před 8 lety +53

      +ThePooper3000 these are not words

    • @ThePooper3000
      @ThePooper3000 Před 8 lety +57

      Ben Collier That wasn't a reply, nor is this one

    • @Plastic_Kong
      @Plastic_Kong Před 8 lety +5

      +Ben Collier yur ghey lol

  • @rexdaileg6573
    @rexdaileg6573 Před 7 lety +418

    I was listening to Tree and smoking a Bear whilst sitting under a Kanye when a Pipe came running by.

    • @guitar3421
      @guitar3421 Před 7 lety +83

      Tree=Indy PsyRock band
      Bear=A badass forester's tobacco
      Kanye=Exotic tree
      Pipe=You're on drugs

    • @4MXW
      @4MXW Před 2 měsíci

      @@guitar3421 😂

  • @edwardblack3263
    @edwardblack3263 Před 8 lety +3819

    Have you considered doing an 'understanding philosophy' series. Just a suggestion.

    • @Nerdwriter1
      @Nerdwriter1  Před 8 lety +289

      +Pigeon Ferguson I have considered it .

    • @edwardblack3263
      @edwardblack3263 Před 8 lety +68

      +Nerdwriter1 Is it a possibility in the future, or an idle curiosity, like my questions?

    • @Nerdwriter1
      @Nerdwriter1  Před 8 lety +327

      Certainly a possibility.

    • @edwardblack3263
      @edwardblack3263 Před 8 lety +47

      +Nerdwriter1 You've peaked my curiosity now, your articulate yet straightforward and well made 'understanding' videos would suit a breakdown of philosophy. May I ask, how would you tackle the field? Would you focus on individual philosophers? or on a particular philosophy?

    • @j.i.18
      @j.i.18 Před 8 lety +8

      +Nerdwriter1 I would love that! Please do one, you explain things so well and it would be immeasurably helpful to tons of people.

  • @arpeggi45
    @arpeggi45 Před 8 lety +925

    Nerdwriter has been killing it lately

  • @gabriellebass1591
    @gabriellebass1591 Před 8 lety +891

    Well that's enough thinking for today

    • @MrRobot01010
      @MrRobot01010 Před 6 lety +19

      I just watched his video on how to understand Picasso and my brain hurts. My brain literally hurts. Am I an idiot?

    • @melvinsuruswadee7558
      @melvinsuruswadee7558 Před 6 lety +3

      Hahahahaha

    • @ZAIDAAS99
      @ZAIDAAS99 Před 5 lety +5

      @@MrRobot01010 I dont know. If you are, youre certainly not the only one!

    • @nieshamae
      @nieshamae Před 5 lety +1

      😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

    • @Doctor_Straing_Strange
      @Doctor_Straing_Strange Před 4 lety +2

      Enough thinking for this year

  • @M1s7erH
    @M1s7erH Před 8 lety +230

    The sentence makes perfect sense on many levels.
    This (representation) is not (literally) a pipe.
    (The word) "This" is not a pipe.
    This (is a framed painting and) is not a pipe.

    • @Tutorp
      @Tutorp Před 6 lety +30

      Also, "this (painting) is (titled) 'not a pipe' " (which, incidentally, it is not).

    • @Ignirium
      @Ignirium Před 3 lety +6

      The sentence below is true.
      The sentence above is false.

    • @jainilsheth9879
      @jainilsheth9879 Před 2 lety

      Loved this observation, brings forth new meaning!!

    • @voyagetoart3115
      @voyagetoart3115 Před 2 lety +1

      You have taken this from Foucault 's essay

    • @KokoGogo1728
      @KokoGogo1728 Před 2 lety

      @@Ignirium No. Just no.

  • @andrewgarrison7485
    @andrewgarrison7485 Před 8 lety +966

    I want a mug that says "This is not a mug".
    Please please please please!

    • @trissummers7856
      @trissummers7856 Před 8 lety +101

      +Samuel Vimes Well, that would be fallacious. You can ask for a picture of a mug that says, "This is not a mug."

    • @theparkourhobo
      @theparkourhobo Před 8 lety +70

      +Tris Summers Well, you could say that the word "mug" is not actually a mug, but a collection of symbols/sounds we use to represent a mug.

    • @Banned4Life
      @Banned4Life Před 8 lety +35

      +theparkourhobo But then again, we could argue that the concept of a mug without linguistic representation is meaningless; we could argue that the signification makes the object. The question of communication vs essence. Very much Chomsky, Wittgenstein and Plato. We're all so much dumber in thought than the philosophers of language. We could sit here and keep pounding out three-sentence theories for days.

    • @theparkourhobo
      @theparkourhobo Před 8 lety +5

      Johan P. I'm so out of my league D:

    • @andrewgarrison7485
      @andrewgarrison7485 Před 8 lety +24

      I approve this debate.
      And at some point, it might occur to one that a mug with the words "This is not a mug" is a joke intended stimulate questions about truth, logic, and what is the difference between definition and language. In other words, it's a joke that makes anyone who reads it, the butt of said joke.
      It's a very smug mug indeed :-)

  • @splashlog01
    @splashlog01 Před 8 lety +160

    "You call that a pipe, this is a pipe"
    -Some guy, a long time ago

    • @winkie3331
      @winkie3331 Před 4 lety +4

      "Oh, a tough ghy, huh? What're you gonna do, beat me to death?"
      - Man bludgeoned by pipe

  • @SeRoAnthem
    @SeRoAnthem Před 8 lety +134

    Meanwhile Magritte is laughing "lmao i was just tryin 2 mess wit u niggas lol"

    • @LegendaryGauntlet
      @LegendaryGauntlet Před 8 lety +42

      That was precisely his point, maybe not worded exactly like this :-)

  • @austingaebe5400
    @austingaebe5400 Před 8 lety +97

    Thank you for this. Rene Magritte is one of my favorite artists. In fact I'm saving some cash to buy a print of one of his paintings in The Empire of Lights series. I remember seeing one of his works at a museum with my dad (who honesty could care less about modern art) and he said exactly what I believe Magritte would've wanted us to say, "It's like seeing a nightmare." His works are so confrontational and beautiful and this was a very great video analyzing his most famous work. Please continue to bless my timeline!!

    • @Nerdwriter1
      @Nerdwriter1  Před 8 lety +13

      +Austin Gaebe Thanks for the kind words, Austin!

    • @luisdelolmo3469
      @luisdelolmo3469 Před 7 lety +1

      Austin Gaebe , you should visit the Magritte museum in Brussels, Belgium. it's definitely worth your time and money! :)

  • @CDiggy
    @CDiggy Před 8 lety +281

    Why does it feel like my brain is dancing?

    • @roundtriptoheaven1848
      @roundtriptoheaven1848 Před 5 lety +4

      Because Magritte & Foucault just did a tap-dance on top of it.

    • @howtubeable
      @howtubeable Před 4 lety

      Because you're high on intellectualism. The painting is worthless.

    • @stepanvalek3363
      @stepanvalek3363 Před 2 lety

      @@howtubeable and you, sir, are very ignorant

  • @theriffwriter2194
    @theriffwriter2194 Před 8 lety +502

    So it could just as easily be called "treachery of language"

    • @24jollie
      @24jollie Před 7 lety +18

      Or "Semiotics in art". Rather odd that he references Saussure without discussing the concept of signifier and signified in his terms...

    • @danielhuelsman76
      @danielhuelsman76 Před 7 lety +65

      You could go a step further and say "the treachery of symbols".

    • @MrCannibalMan
      @MrCannibalMan Před 7 lety +4

      +Daniel Huelsman Semiotics is super fun. I thought so at least. I had a whole class on it last year, and I had a blast.

    • @SHPrtz
      @SHPrtz Před 7 lety +3

      with the deconstructive/logocentric angle he took on the art your suggestion would be far more fitting, after all the french have a tradition of privileging language above all else in analysis

    • @Mraquanetchris
      @Mraquanetchris Před 4 lety +4

      Just caught a snipet of something by Lyotard where he sates that insistence on Signs is a from of social control.

  • @combomlambam
    @combomlambam Před 8 lety +13

    Evan, +1 mug request from Turkey.
    Keep making these, man. Outstanding work. I'm glad that your talent had the chance to shine in public, instead of being locked in a university lecture hall or somewhere else.
    You compact high quality knowledge and present it through your art. Delightful..

  • @melissaesmeco
    @melissaesmeco Před 6 lety +1

    "This" is probably the best CZcams video I've ever seen in my life! As an artist who studied in an art school (only for 2 years ok) I have learnt more insight from this video than in all my fine art and art history lectures. I've always loved surrealist art, I paint a kind of surreal art myself, but this video just gave me a wave of brand new appreciation for the genre. Blew my mind. Thank you for creating it. 🐝

  • @cassandraskyler
    @cassandraskyler Před 8 lety +466

    Fuck I'm too high for this.

    •  Před 8 lety +12

      +Niuniu Lai Too high?
      I feel like I'm not high enough for this, it's intimidating.

    • @Pleaseunderstand
      @Pleaseunderstand Před 8 lety +59

      Try rewatching this video after your plane has landed.

    • @riles342
      @riles342 Před 8 lety +2

      dude im in the clouds rn but i feel like the world is finally making sense

    • @melissapeterson342
      @melissapeterson342 Před 6 lety

      This is not a doobie.

  • @RahulSiyanwal
    @RahulSiyanwal Před 7 lety +9

    I just love the way you use particular words in your explanations. Each word holds an unambiguous meaning. How can I write like you?

  • @LevyS
    @LevyS Před 2 lety

    I just knew your channel 2 days ago and I am already loving. The themes, the script, the music background, everything is loveable. Thank you for your work.

  • @NickyThanksYou
    @NickyThanksYou Před 8 lety

    I watched one of your videos today. I had never seen nerdwriter before today. Now I am several videos down and I now have to binge watch every video you have made. Phenomenal. Well done. On fleek. 100,000 subscribers is a fraction of your future. Keep it up, I will head to your patreon page soon too!

  • @Avalyn_Wu
    @Avalyn_Wu Před 8 lety +54

    I honestly shouldn't be surprised that your videos are always fucking awesome. I totally agree with the first portion of the video. I was never really into visual art so the question "what am I supposed to feel?" really resonates with me. This video, along with your other Understanding Art Painting videos have helped me learn how to appreciate visual art. Thanks for the amazing videos, they're always what I look forward to during the week.
    PS. Can you do an Understanding Art for a David Fincher film? In my opinion he's one of the best directors working today.

    • @Nerdwriter1
      @Nerdwriter1  Před 8 lety +8

      +ASENBAISEN He is a wonderful director. I would love to do that.

  • @QUARTERMASTEREMI6
    @QUARTERMASTEREMI6 Před 6 lety +80

    *“As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be.”*
    - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes

  • @jessepinkeye2339
    @jessepinkeye2339 Před 4 lety

    I love how you use deconstruction criticism to critic this artwork + explained symbols and signs (even mentioning Saussure) without mentioning semiotics.
    I really love this video. In my world literature class, when we critiqued a text, I watched your videos as inspiration on how to critic a certain work. I studied few channels including this one and it really helped me!

  • @khambrelgreen
    @khambrelgreen Před 8 lety

    upon seeing this work in high school art decades ago, i never realized how much it resonated. years later when i began painting myself, i insisted on the conceptual basis of my work needing to be understood. each of my pieces and paintings is made of a visual element, a conceptual foundation, a verbal clue (or red herring) and the audience. without them working in conjunction, i have mere clutter in my studio.
    thank you dissecting this piece, Nerdwriter.

  • @sliverofamoment
    @sliverofamoment Před 8 lety +4

    I love this! Magritte is one of my favorite artists. I saw his art at the Art Institute of Chicago two summers ago and I could have spent hours speculating at the content of the paintings. The painting that struck me the most was "the Rape". It's quite something. Anyways, I'm excited for next week as always!

  • @daemonCaptrix
    @daemonCaptrix Před 7 lety +114

    Most famous dad-joke ever!

  • @delyodobrev3382
    @delyodobrev3382 Před 5 lety

    you are AWESOME. Even going a little further than most descriptions of the painting and the series wrap it up. Thank you

  • @jennat7419
    @jennat7419 Před 7 lety +6

    I am terribly impressed with your work. Lovely job. Keep up the good work.

  • @AlleyBetwixt
    @AlleyBetwixt Před 8 lety +6

    Lovely video!
    Startled me a bit because I'm literally, right now as I go through my subscriptions, working on a Magritte re-make of sorts. It's in my lap. One of the Interpretation of Dreams pieces instead of the not-a-pipe Pipe. Magritte has been a favorite artist of mine for over a decade now since I first saw his work in middle school at SFMOMA. It's stunning stuff in person. I guess most art is, but yeah. The combination of precious detail and smooth rendering is unsettling/mesmerizing.
    Great work with all the text manipulation. Very fitting.
    I tip my representation of a bowler hat to you!

  • @haryman222
    @haryman222 Před 8 lety +4

    Holy shit that was amazing. I've never seen this piece pulled apart and contextualized like you just did. It makes the painting even more impactful.

  • @Dee-yx3el
    @Dee-yx3el Před 8 lety

    LOVE your lessons on art history. Thank you for doing this.

  • @av5829
    @av5829 Před 4 lety

    This channel does wonders to bring about amazing thoughts. Truely makes you think, no matter how old the videos are I always go back to them.
    Thank you for making these videos.

  • @KarlBunker
    @KarlBunker Před 8 lety +103

    That is not a mug.

  • @rafaelmoreno1985
    @rafaelmoreno1985 Před 8 lety +6

    Hey, Evan. I'm from Brazil and I'm interested in the mug. I think your channel is awesome!

  • @mjism
    @mjism Před 8 lety

    absolutely loved this video and will probably marathon your whole channel for the next few hours !!

  • @pranith001
    @pranith001 Před 8 lety +1

    Your videos always make me think and humble myself. Thanks for that man.

  • @jancerny8109
    @jancerny8109 Před 8 lety +133

    Here's a paradox: how do you deconstruct the notion of reference in imagery and language if said notion is truly without meaning?

    • @willt.9654
      @willt.9654 Před 8 lety +14

      Egg salad sandwich

    • @punked101
      @punked101 Před 8 lety +3

      A BLT

    • @willt.9654
      @willt.9654 Před 8 lety

      +punked101 oooh good thinking

    • @fatboydupre
      @fatboydupre Před 8 lety +11

      cos the deconstruction is as meaningless as the notion

    • @SHPrtz
      @SHPrtz Před 7 lety +18

      as much as I detest deconstructivism I think its proponents have a valid answer in that culture, history, power structures etc maintain or preserve an arbitrary relation between signifier and signified through convention, and the excision of convention allows signifier and signified to drift apart unanchored in our minds in such a way that is truly representative of reality. whatever the fuck that is.
      The fact that they must communicate this frantic desire for the deconstruction of all convention through language is, I think, the greatest irony of all.

  • @eli-en
    @eli-en Před 8 lety +10

    Hey, I have been a fan of your channel for a time now, I'm happy you decided to do this full time.
    ... AND I'm from Finland and I want the mug too :D

  • @neets1981
    @neets1981 Před 8 lety

    I love this series so much. Always blowing my mind with your analysis!

  • @JonnyDoLake
    @JonnyDoLake Před 8 lety +2

    Your videos keep getting better and better!

  • @chriscamarata2564
    @chriscamarata2564 Před 8 lety +31

    Great video as always!
    To start, I rarely if ever comment on youtube videos but I had to say I've really loved how much more frequently your videos are coming out. I check literally every day for new videos to my subscribed channels and you're one of the ones I look forward to most of all.
    As a physics degree science buff and medical student, I find that people like me benefit extraordinarily from your art videos. You know a great amount about science-y topics but far more than anyone I've seen about art, history, and media and your ability to communicate that is so well done.
    If you're wanting to do more Understanding Art videos, I'm sending my request for a Big Lebowski video! I love the movie but I'd really like to see what you could come up with, knowing I won't be disappointed.
    My only regret is that I think your level of analysis is so deep that it is hard for your channel to become as mainstream as channels like VSauce (another favorite). You have almost the same quality with 1/100th of his subscribers. Good luck in the future, I wish I knew more about advertising on youtube to help you but I'm sure you'll skyrocket soon.

  • @johnparadise3134
    @johnparadise3134 Před 7 lety +3

    This is the first video of yours that I have watched. It was very cool. I will watch more!

  • @emanuelfranco9218
    @emanuelfranco9218 Před 8 lety

    I'm from Brazil and I'm very sad that we don't have channels as interesting as yours here. Every video that I saw on your channel inspires me to continue searching about understand things, understand art, music, movies. Thank You! You're making the difference in whole world, even with this guy here on Brazil.

  • @oliviaburton4935
    @oliviaburton4935 Před 5 lety

    Wonderful work, both Magritts and yours!

  • @javaks
    @javaks Před 5 lety +11

    "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." - Sigmund Freud

  • @hitachicordoba
    @hitachicordoba Před 8 lety +5

    I remember seeing this painting and Duchamp's Fountain in art class and being like "what"

  • @saurovrc
    @saurovrc Před 5 lety

    Extremely thought provoking and very well interpreted .I always wondered about this painting .Thanks for the video

  • @piaschuhmann2527
    @piaschuhmann2527 Před 7 lety +1

    I love how the Nerdwriter gives every video a little dramatic twist with his voice at the end. Makes the content seem even more impressive and important.

  • @AbbiySantana
    @AbbiySantana Před 7 lety +17

    me: *gets existential af*
    you: well, that was fun!

  • @d3ada5tronaut
    @d3ada5tronaut Před 5 lety +3

    honestly as an artist doing art which plays on some idea in a tricky way is one of the most amusing things. Doing amusingly clever things with art is why I do art. It's a joke to me, and I think it was to Renee in at least some way too. But one of those deep jokes you have to think about and don't quite make you laugh, but smile while pondering

  • @anantjani2187
    @anantjani2187 Před 6 lety +1

    I can't thank you enough for the link to Foucault's essay on Margritte. Much obliged!

  • @nadiabairamis3854
    @nadiabairamis3854 Před 7 lety

    This was such a pleasure to watch! I hope you follow up with a video on semiotics. Your videos are so accessible and so beautifully written.

  • @nicholastrice8750
    @nicholastrice8750 Před 5 lety +7

    "Ceci n'est pas un pipe" is tantamount to saying our perceptions, the intersection of which is essentially our own individual, flawed perceptions, creates our consensus reality, the world. A world built on subjectivity, but proceeding from a Source that is beyond all explanation, is by definition a world we cannot comprehend.
    Thus, I suppose, "ceci n'est pas in pipe". Even though it is clearly a pipe. That is the paradox of reality.

  • @frozeneternity93
    @frozeneternity93 Před 8 lety +53

    Happy birthday for yesterday, dude

    • @Nerdwriter1
      @Nerdwriter1  Před 8 lety +12

      +FrozenEternity Thanks!

    • @hc661
      @hc661 Před 8 lety +4

      +Nerdwriter1 I've always been wanting to get into philosophy, history and art. I hope you could create some more about this stuff, art styles, philosophies or types of religion or your views on socialism or other things like that.I would love to donate and take part in your channels growth, but as a college student from the third world country I have limited options. Thank you for putting up intellectual content , makes me realize how much time I waste watching stupid stuff on CZcams instead of this.

    • @nandinineelavanan4144
      @nandinineelavanan4144 Před 3 lety

      Why did he say my birthday will be yesterday?? I don't get it

  • @nickplummer8301
    @nickplummer8301 Před 8 lety

    That was a very good, very concise and very clear piece. I have not thought of De Saussure since my semester abroad in college - brings back a tonne of memories and a nice little reminder that not every aspect of my degree was lost on me.
    Sir, you have earned my subscription.

  • @dankengine4451
    @dankengine4451 Před 7 lety

    one of your simplest videos. fitting to the message. one of my favorites so far

  • @DRUMMER567890
    @DRUMMER567890 Před 8 lety +3

    You're the greatest. Mugs for overseas please!

  • @NEMIHEMERA
    @NEMIHEMERA Před 8 lety +3

    Happy Birthday!

  • @moonpeanuts
    @moonpeanuts Před 5 lety

    Aaah i love Magritte! He’s my fav artist ever! I’m glad you did a video on him!

  • @conorbrendandunne160
    @conorbrendandunne160 Před 7 lety

    Thank you so much for the link to Foucault's essay, I couldn't find it online anywhere!

  • @sylvial1985
    @sylvial1985 Před 7 lety +3

    hats off, respect.

  • @The0007rishabh
    @The0007rishabh Před 7 lety +193

    a man has no face

    • @greyfox6786
      @greyfox6786 Před 7 lety +6

      that's kind of the idea.

    • @masoncantrell787
      @masoncantrell787 Před 7 lety

      rishabh bajpai you know. know know

    • @savinsnsn
      @savinsnsn Před 7 lety +28

      but a face...
      ...have a man?
      *vsauce music starts playing*

    • @acc2876
      @acc2876 Před 4 lety

      And somehow that's "art"

    • @drakep.5857
      @drakep.5857 Před 4 lety +3

      @@acc2876 you obviously dont understand art.

  • @PragyaNama
    @PragyaNama Před 7 lety +1

    I have fallen in love with this channel... everything is just so beautiful... the music, the presentation, his voice, the narration, the way everything makes sense and nothing makes sense at the same time. Damn your channel is so so so so much better than a lot of crap that happens on CZcams

  • @lindsaybenton4882
    @lindsaybenton4882 Před 6 lety +1

    I spent the summer in Brussels, Belgium and had the opportunity to visit the Rene Margritte museum. How work both fascinated and challenged me. I hope you get to visit it one day if you haven't already. Thank you for this video.

  • @bcudz
    @bcudz Před 5 lety +3

    He said, "It will be my birthday yesterday." Interesting in the context of the video as a whole

  • @LouiseAttaque888
    @LouiseAttaque888 Před 4 lety +7

    Nerdwriter's video about the ugliest Van Gogh's masterpiece was recommended to me and from then on I've been binge-watching all his painting related videos. Now I can't stop. Please (don't) send help.

  • @YGHycYC21
    @YGHycYC21 Před 8 lety

    absolutely majestic channel! please continue making videos!

  • @estebanperezsalvadores7681

    This was amazing
    Always looking forward to your updates

  • @Charleroifa
    @Charleroifa Před 8 lety +121

    The painting is not about language. You forgot to analyse the context in which the painting was created. The painting was created in a time when realism was popular. Magriitte simply mocked the realist artists.

    • @frostpiercer1178
      @frostpiercer1178 Před 6 lety

      Charleroifa painting was created way back before when humans lived in caves xD

    • @harrybrown8672
      @harrybrown8672 Před 6 lety +7

      frostpiercer the word "painting" is used as a noun, not a verb.

    • @howtubeable
      @howtubeable Před 4 lety

      Abstract artists had been around for more than 20 years before this painting.

  • @RonaldReaganRocks1
    @RonaldReaganRocks1 Před 8 lety +6

    It seems like this guy could do a great video on "Vanilla Sky."

  • @avaunt90
    @avaunt90 Před 7 lety

    I keep coming back to this one. In my opinion your finest video!

  • @WendRend
    @WendRend Před 8 lety

    Fantastically articulated. You are on the right path.You are expertly conveying complexity.

  • @usernameTheInnerTube
    @usernameTheInnerTube Před 8 lety +3

    As soon as I heard the music I knew it was Ferris Beuhler! Cool! Oh and By the way, Happy Birthday!

  • @wuh-huw9950
    @wuh-huw9950 Před 4 lety +40

    Magritte: “Naw I just wanted to confuse people”

  • @ekatsotsoria5802
    @ekatsotsoria5802 Před 8 lety

    Thank you for this quality of research and analyses. Discovered Nerdwriter last night, and can't get myself to stop watching all of your previous stylish releases:)
    And Yes, we are watching you from OUTSIDE the US..

  • @kiwikakashi
    @kiwikakashi Před 8 lety

    One of the best channels on YT. Cannot wait till you inevitably get big, you deserve it.

  • @mudkips8399
    @mudkips8399 Před 8 lety +32

    It is weird that I try to stay ignorant of arts meaning? I love paintings but I generally don't dissect them. I enjoy them for what they are...a holder of a memory, a piece of reality that doesn't exist...like with songs. I'm a huge music lover, but I never care about lyrics. I just enjoy songs in there entirety, as a whole soundscape. I stay ignant dawg

    • @ahmedtevez
      @ahmedtevez Před 8 lety

      +Mud Kips that's not weird at all. I too do the same. Its like not wanting to beak behind the closed door to see that its just another room in the house.

    • @joshlee1090
      @joshlee1090 Před 8 lety +18

      +Mud Kips “I have a friend who's an artist and has sometimes taken a view which I don't agree with very well. He'll hold up a flower and say "look how beautiful it is," and I'll agree. Then he says "I as an artist can see how beautiful this is but you as a scientist take this all apart and it becomes a dull thing," and I think that he's kind of nutty. First of all, the beauty that he sees is available to other people and to me too, I believe. Although I may not be quite as refined aesthetically as he is ... I can appreciate the beauty of a flower. At the same time, I see much more about the flower than he sees. I could imagine the cells in there, the complicated actions inside, which also have a beauty. I mean it's not just beauty at this dimension, at one centimeter; there's also beauty at smaller dimensions, the inner structure, also the processes. The fact that the colors in the flower evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is interesting; it means that insects can see the color. It adds a question: does this aesthetic sense also exist in the lower forms? Why is it aesthetic? All kinds of interesting questions which the science knowledge only adds to the excitement, the mystery and the awe of a flower. It only adds. I don't understand how it subtracts.” - Richard Feynman

    • @mudkips8399
      @mudkips8399 Před 8 lety

      +Josh Paulson aye, there's different ways to appreciate things.

    • @joshlee1090
      @joshlee1090 Před 8 lety +1

      Mud Kips I'm glad you read it that way. That quote come come off a bit condescending, but it's the artist who can appreciate without overthinking.

  • @meisheencalsado4142
    @meisheencalsado4142 Před 4 lety +8

    The thumbnail immediately reminded me of The Fault in our Stars

  • @tconwaystacy
    @tconwaystacy Před 8 lety

    I love it when you make a new video and I get to enjoy it with my morning cup of coffee. Keep up the good work I love all the new stuff you've been doing lately. And happy birthday!

  • @ArtHistorywithAlder
    @ArtHistorywithAlder Před 3 lety

    So cool...I have always loved this piece. This is the best explanation of this painting I've heard. Man, I love art

  • @chobo301
    @chobo301 Před 8 lety +14

    nice!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @mbear1639
    @mbear1639 Před 7 lety +70

    I feel kind of dumb now.
    You made philosophy and abstract understandable.

  • @mailmesandipanroy
    @mailmesandipanroy Před 8 lety

    Hei Evan!Belated Happy Birthday !I am from Indian city Kolkata,kudos to you to make such videos...simply love them!Keep it up!you enlighten me with lot of knowledge!I would have really found it boring to read all these stuff in text.I can guess how much effort and hard work you put in to make a single video like this....to put is philosophically....your plant the seed ,raise the tree and give us the fruits it bear !Thank you!.....keep it up! cheers!appreciate it !

  • @slantos2668
    @slantos2668 Před 8 lety

    Just stumbled on Nerd Writer - I am loving your series! Started with Kintsugi.

  • @kharrisonwalker
    @kharrisonwalker Před 6 lety +9

    "His voice is soothing, but not as soothing as Morgan Freeman's."
    -Chantelle

  • @sophrapsune
    @sophrapsune Před 7 lety +74

    That is not a Nerdwriter mug.

  • @anthrochick1696
    @anthrochick1696 Před 7 lety +1

    Beautifully explained. This is one of my favorite pieces of artwork and I love the logical ridiculousness of it.

  • @Sea_witch_
    @Sea_witch_ Před 8 lety +1

    it i SUCH a delight to watch your videos man. Thank you for all of this, nothing makes me happier than a mind opening experience.

  • @mtealey34
    @mtealey34 Před 8 lety +6

    Whose pipe is this? That's not a pipe, it's a pipe baby? Whose pipe is this? It's Ned's. Who is Ned? Ned the Head baby, Ned the Head.

  • @kjetilsenNOWAY
    @kjetilsenNOWAY Před 7 lety +3

    What is the intro song?

  • @michaelsalmon9419
    @michaelsalmon9419 Před 8 lety

    This was amazing. Thank you so much for this, and happy belated birthday.

  • @nataliabaronamartinez1380

    WOW! just came across your videos and you are seriously amazing! my heart rate started to accelerate as I was understanding the reason behind many things

  • @mtsarch
    @mtsarch Před 7 lety +4

    I was smoking a bent billiard while I watched this video, purely by coincidence.

  • @dougalbug79
    @dougalbug79 Před 8 lety +4

    Hi, I am a new viewer, and really enjoy your work. However, and I am not trying to undermine your work here, but I 'd hope to maybe give you something to think again about, with relation to this painting: 'ceci' does not mean 'this' in French. It means 'this [thing] here'. The sentence is referring directly to the image above, rather that, as you say, itself. There is a grammatical object to the subject of the sentence, which I feel affects its' meaning and its' meaning in relation to the picture.
    Ah, ignore me, I'm going home now anyway.

    • @kerrydennehy
      @kerrydennehy Před 8 lety +1

      +Douglas Burgess Very good grammatical information for all us non-French speakers, not at all detrimental to Mr. Puschak's argument as a whole

  • @PrincessOfPi
    @PrincessOfPi Před 7 lety

    These are brilliant. Please continue to make more.

  • @NFSCfan
    @NFSCfan Před 7 lety

    Very insightful and thought provoking. Thank you, as always, for making the topic so accessible.

  • @Palozon
    @Palozon Před 8 lety +8

    I want your channel to grow

  • @crazyadolescent16
    @crazyadolescent16 Před 7 lety +3

    Am I the only one here who doesn't study art, philosophy, English or any related topic in college but still watches for the love of it all?

  • @dyno8426
    @dyno8426 Před 8 lety

    Happy Birthday, +Nerdwriter1! :D

  • @budjitresvalles6397
    @budjitresvalles6397 Před 7 lety

    I just discovered your channel, @nerdwriter! Well done! Love your videos!