Bruegel: Birth Of A New Genre
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Sullivan, Margaret A. “Bruegel the Elder, Pieter Aertsen, and the Beginnings of Genre.” The Art Bulletin, vol. 93, no. 2, 2011, pp. 127-49. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/23046590. Accessed 23 July 2023.
Zagorin, Perez. “Looking for Pieter Bruegel.” Journal of the History of Ideas, vol. 64, no. 1, 2003, pp. 73-96. JSTOR, doi.org/10.2307/3654297. Accessed 23 July 2023.
Sullivan, Margaret A. “Bosch, Bruegel, Everyman and the Northern Renaissance.” Oud Holland, vol. 121, no. 2/3, 2008, pp. 117-46. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/42712203. Accessed 23 July 2023.
Alpers, Svetlana. “Bruegel’s Festive Peasants.” Simiolus: Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art, vol. 6, no. 3/4, 1972, pp. 163-76. JSTOR, doi.org/10.2307/3780341. Accessed 23 July 2023.
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I know right? It feels like a complete history lesson.
Nerdwriter is a true inspiration and I’m glad you’ve taken off from his work. You guys both make fantastic Art History content.
Reminds of the Chinese art "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" which was painted ~450 years earlier. It captures the daily life and bustling activity of people in a prosperous city during the Qingming Festival, which is a traditional Chinese festival that falls around early April. The scroll illustrates the urban life of the time, showcasing various scenes like a bustling marketplace, crowded streets, a bridge over a river, and people engaging in various activities.
Unfortunately when referring to art history most people tend to refer to the western world, even when most of the actual "firsts" were done in different parts of the world.
@@Jarino507 That's true. In this case I didn't mind it so much though, I get what he was expressing in the context of his video. I just thought that if this was the kind of thing that inspires the author and if he wasn't aware of this work, he might be interested to learn about it.
@@Jarino507 Discussing "firsts" in parts of the world that don't feed into the European globalizing era are indications of the common intelligence to be found in all human societies ... but they don't really inform the structure of the world we live in today. Sure, the Mayans had a concept of "zero" before Fibonacci imported the Indian/Arab version to Europe ... but did being first "matter"?
Many civilizations hoarded innovation in their elite classes, hindering extrapolation ... for some reason, in Europe, the merchant/adventurer class had more access.
@@secularmonk5176 It's more so about the fact several non-white artists/inventors often don't get credit despite being the first ones to do things. Also, since this video is about firsts in art history, I'd say it is relevant? Not dissing the creator of the video in any way, just commenting on the unfortunate aspect of society.
I don't believe you've ever made a video that I didn't deem worth my time at the end of it. Another fantastic video essay. I loved every second of it. Thank you again Evan for the stellar work.
you might like ladyknighthebrave, she's worth a listen. I think she is amazing
In the Netherlands we have this romantic image of people ice skating from paintings like these. As it happened, late 16th century was the coldest period in western Europe during what's called the "little ice age", a period from roughly 1400-1800 where it was colder than usual in western Europe. I thought that was mildly interesting.
Bruegel is one of my favourite artists of all time. I particularly love his style and that of other Early Netherlandish artists because it sits somewhere between the more stylised Gothic art of the Middle Ages and the more naturalistic style of the Baroque era. It gives the scenes of ordinary life he depicts a sense of magic and symbolism that later paintings lack.
This makes me think of Fredrik Marinus Kruseman's painting "Joy in the dead of winter". One of my favorites. Beautiful skies, buildings and landscapes with people having fun on the ice.
Thanks for the reminder of our own Dutch history. We take these paintings and painters kind of for granted. But it is really special.
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Pieter Bruegel is one of my favourite painters. :)
Recently, you featured two pieces from The Detroit Institute of Arts. The Nightmare is on permanent display as well as Bruegel's “The Wedding Dance” in your montage at the end. If you get a chance, pay the museum a visit.
I’d always thought of the Romantic era as being the start of “democratic” art. This was so cool to learn about!
Romanticism was in the first half of the XIX century, it has nothing to do with the Renaissance which started 4 centuries earlier. If anything, it was against humanism and rationalism by the way. Both have nothing to do with "democratizing" anything, whatever that might mean
I walk, live, work in Antwerp, where Breughel once did. Go to see a painting of his from time to time at mayer van den bergh called de dulle griet 😊
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Beautiful, and a sentiment that would continue to shock the art world. One of my favourites here is “The Angelus” by Jean-François Millet - and amazing to see the impact and repercussions it had during its time.
Thank you again.
We're going to Vienna in november and we're super excited to see a whole lot of Bruegels!
I was locked on Hunters In The Snow in a puzzle store like 15 years ago. Have it on my wall now. Love this painter.
A very nice essay. So short, but so full of information! ❤
one of China's most famous scroll paintings captures ordinary people, and painted over 500 years before Bruegel. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Along_the_River_During_the_Qingming_Festival
Beautiful and very interesting. Thanks.
I just want to say thank you to the Nerd Writer. Over the years you have almost singlehandedly introduced me and made me passionate and appreciative toward art. Thank you!
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Damn, it ended just as it was taking off. Another awesome video, thanks Evan
Year after year, you have provided us with amazing essays. I am grateful especially this time because I now have 2 new historical figures to explore! Gracias Gracias
Now I want to buy a print of such paintings. As a Belgian I should appreciate it more, lovely video!
yea such a wholesome evolution from our area, I think you should! Aquiring art is very worthwhile :)
A Eurocentric view of art history. “Arguably” and “significant” are doing a lot of heavy lifting here. Can it really be argued that prior to 1500, no works of art (music, poetry, painting, literature) depicted the common person.
Really interesting, I wonder if they could be considered as sort of “photographies” of old times? As in, those paintings appear to be a moment captured in time
It almost looks like people are playing hockey in some of these paintings
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Great stuff. People need to know this. Just saw a list of UK public's favourite paintings - No1. Starry Night. No2. A Banksy (?!?!) Piet Bruegel was one of the truly greats, with Bosch and Vermeer. I can stare at his pictures for hours.
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I love your art content! Can you do more about John Sargent, he is also my favorite
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Thanks for the video. I would love to see one about Jheronimus Bosch!
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I do appreciate older art, but there's only so much enjoyment I can really get from religious subjects (I'm not religious) and formal portraiture (which can get repetitive). I sometimes say I prefer modern art for this reason, but really the cutoff point is probably here, earlier, where this video examines.
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honestly I really regret never having gotten your book, I feel like that would’ve been a more worthwhile purchase than what I’ve done with the money considering how each of your videos blasts open my brain with color, really love what you do and am gonna check in on it :)
I just knew him from the Fleet Foxes Album Cover and from Melancholia. But didnt know he was such a revolutionary! Thanks for this video :)
The death of icarus is easily his best painting! Can you do a "understanding art" video about it?
It's fascinating how people equate european art history to world art history so easily. Depicting ordinary folks in art could have happened in other civilizations and in different eras.
The reason for that is because painting and drawing has its greatest affinity of quantity and quality to Europeans. It is from western artistic tradition that pervades throughout the world because it’s most admired. The art produced and generally likened by the rest is not derived from east Asia, South Asia and the Middle East but from Europe and it’s extensions.
I knew it was going to be Bruegel from the thumbnail. I love his Blind Leading the Blind.
@2:53 I'm guessing there's some significance to what can be seen in the small mirror but I can quite make it out on my phone
Any chance of making one for Dürer?
Amazing work. I wish this style remained popular amongst modern artists
It seems technological advancements (you mentioned how art reproduction costs lowered) always lead to cultural shifts. What will people in 500 years say about the internet's effect on society and culture?
It'll be a hive mind reflecting on its youth ... there won't be "people" 😀
Hey, I'm taking an art survey class right now, great timing!
3:41 isn't that painting featured in Tarkovsky's Solaris?
Yes, please.
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as someone who was born and raised in a town named after brueghel near where bruegel was born this was an immediate click
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Is it weird that I see a line from Brugel to Where's Waldo
It's always worth the wait for our videos.
I didn't know that some form of hockey was that old. Cool.
I'd put a big asterisk on the primary claim of this video. No question that Bruegel is important for the Renaissance tradition of painting and engraving. But one has only to browse the Luttrell Psalter or the Fecamp Psalter or any of a number of late-medieval Books of the Hours (which surely influenced Bruegel) to find non-satirical depictions of common people in labor and leisure. You will find countless more examples if you allow religious scenes, which after all, mainly depict not kings and nobles but peasants and ordinary tradesmen, albeit in elevated circumstances.
Will your book be available in audiobook format? Sorry if this is a dumb question.
Beeldenstorm translated literally is the Statuestorming, a very literal name for what was happening
I love your work, just wish that you would disclaim that you are talking exclusively about european art
2:26 does anyone know the name and publisher of the book where this page comes from? I’m specifically looking for this book.
@@go_to_sleeep Hello! Thanks; I already found it on Internet Archive.
you threw us the Bruegel out
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Art is everything
"The Hunters in the Snow" and Caravaggio ;] I see the alignment NW.
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And now we're back at that shit
@@Dimitris_Balf i know ,but i was not refering to taste though..... More about gatekeeping
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I always pronounced Bruegel as 'Broy gull', not 'Broo gull'. But I'm not Dutch, so I could be wrong.
Am Dutch. Can clarify. The last name is still around, but spelled differently than in the 16th century. Now it is spelled as Breugel. However, it is unlikely the pronounciation has changed. The eu sound is as in the french word for fire: feu.
I miss when your videos were longer and not only excerpts from your book. Great material nonetheless.
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Can you make a video differentiating beautiful, picturesque and sublime?
0:36 'and'?
I love your videos but I miss subtitles
How the sacred become the profane
the unbridled eurocentrism of this video overshadowed how well put together it was
Yeah, it needs a, “. . . In European Art,” needs to be added to the title
Neat.
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Did you retitle the video? I liked the old one...
Great Video, though one nit, you might want to state that your view is centered on European art.
Ah the proles
For the algorithm. ✊
Once upon a time in Hollywood meme at the painting they put in animal crossing
Great video but pls list ALL the art you're using.
The most represented guy in history is a carpenter's son
Wait. Was that somebody playing hockey 400 years ago?
What about in non-European art? Were there dipictions of common people there?
Arent there loads of medieval paintings depicting ordinary people?
Edit: Yes, there are hundreds... Im guessing this video is taking a narrow view on what counts as "significant" art
Me when im on trial in the Catholic Church in the 1500s : bRo It’S jUsT SaTiRe💀
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Bruegel is pronounced "Broygel", strange but true.
That's it?
Have you seen Andor yet?
Today I learned that they had ice skates in 1559. That’s crazy!
It's good to see something from you!
Can you please do a video on Kim Noble?
Her Characters and Paintings needs to be admired and respected by the wider generation in the public eye
So... the departure from religious depictions in art was actually the consequence of a political movement that exploited the fact that idolatry being a sin in the bible and the fact that northern countries tended to identify themselves as protestants? Can someone fact check me, was idolatry one of the main points in the separation of the England church by Henry the VII or it started with the protestant reformation?
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hey nerdwriter I have been watching your video since the beginning, I love your work. However I find your exclusion of eastern art and art from other culture other than western hemesphere (especially early eras before 1900s) rather disapointing. I think if you want to tell a full story about art and culture only representing western artist is rather disleading. thank you if you spend the time to read this.