I didn't know I liked Paintings this much before I found this channel it's always great to look at the history behind each piece

I like when artists paint themselves in reflections in their paintings. It’s a fun detail.

You know …. I’ve looked at this painting many times over the years and never saw Van Eyck’s self portrait in the reflection. His paintings never cease to amaze me.

I love your videos but I've never felt such a personal bond to a painting before. I was diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) 7 years ago, but thanks to modern steroid treatment I'm now free of both conditions. So I can empathise with the intense pain, fatigue and immobility that Joris van der Paele suffered every day. Of course he could afford the most expensive medical treatment of the day, but it was probably so useless he would have been better off without it.

van Eyck is more than a master artist; he was a freaking genius.

The "cloth" that you describe as protecting the book is actually a leather cover that is folded around the book and extends beyond the book to form a bag-like structure to.protect it. It is also used to hang the book from a belt. You can see examples in museums and other paintings.

The detail is insane. The description was fabulous and insightful

One afternoon (about a year ago) I was watching one of your videos and my youngest kiddos came to join me. They ended up being hooked and are now so excited when they see copies of art that they recognize from your channel. It's like a scavenger hunt when we visit art museums or any place with hanging art.😊

I love this narrator. Her dry humor and detailing the story behind the paintings is fascinating and entertaining. I'm so happy to have come across this channel.

KEEP ON POSTING, I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!

Most expensive doctor's note in history. Beautifully described!!

This is absolutely one of the best channels on KZfaq. You teach so easily, I’ve never been as interested in art as you’ve helped me be. Thank you x

Thank you for posting these videos! You've made art history accessible for those of us who don't have the time, knowledge, or resources to properly dig in.

As you point out - the detail is insane! The chainmail is so photo-realistic or should that be hyperrealistic? Once again a brilliant art lesson! 🙂

You made me realize how much stories are reflected in art. Love your videos and I wish there was more content like this on KZfaq.

Painfully detailed is a good description-

Why is Mary so shady? She's looking at grandpa like he just shit himself 😭

I love van Eyck, he was a true genius of his time! His paintings are so detailed, beautiful and alive! Thanks again for your great and amusing videos!

The detail of this painting is amazing. Thanks for this post.

The details look like they’re in 3-D. Stunning!

He takes off his glasses because they are reading glasses. He doesn’t need them to look up at a person. Otherwise, well done, Art Deco!

These videos are so good ... I hope you're enjoying doing them!

Thankyou for mentioning the heraldry. It’s an obscure subject so often overlooked.

that self portrait detail is NUTS, jan van eyck u will always be famous

Oh my goodness, the research and dedication to your videos is astounding. Thank you so much. I love your videos. This painting is incredible.

Love this channel. I've learned so much with each video. Not sure how long you research each painting, but you provide great insight that helps me to a deeper level of understanding. Thank you for this video. I look forward to each one.

Brilliant. I love that this was detailed enough to diagnose a medical condition. I remember seeing one painting where the puckering on a woman's breast showed she had the early stages of breast cancer. Sadly, l can't remember which painting it was.

Earlier today, I was jonesing for a new Art Deco video. You did not disappoint! ❤

This is like commissioned self-insert bible fanfiction. “Omg Mary! You caught me right in the middle of reading about how pretty you are UwU”

This is better than going to a museum. 😊

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By far, one of the coolest channels on KZfaq. Thank you for taking the time and for your knowledge of art and history. What a great way to expose people to art. ❤

I LOVE UR CHANNEL SO MUCH PLS KEEP POSTING❤❤

Is love to go to a gallery and have a tour with you guiding me, maybe in headphones. It's amazing learning all the details with a tad of humour thrown in. Keep helping us understand classical art!!

Without your commentary, I don't believe I would have noticed a contrast between the realistic depiction of Paele and the more idealized, or romantic, presentation of Mary and Baby Jesus. The detailed depiction of Paele really stands out to me now as somewhat apart from the the other figures.

As always, insanely great value 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Love this channel 🫶💖💖✨️✨️💖💖🫶

Every time I start one of your videos, I think, (again), "Wow, I love her voice!"

I love this painting and I love Van Eyck. I’ve even seen it in person but I never knew it’s backstory so thank you for making this video!

Iused to not be into paintings , but gain more interest everytime I watch your videos. So many things are missed until you point them out ..please keep making the vids ❤️❤️

Great video, with ALL the details, and no unnecessary music!

Two things: Sorry, that's not cloth between his hands and the book. It looks more like a cloth bound book, so the cloth is integrated into the book cover. You take a "normal" book with wooden covers and it geht's sewn in into precious textile like silk. Or it is even a girdle book, where you also add more material (leather or cloth) to the book covers, but you keep one side longer, so you can carry it. This version would also make the book to a personal prayer book and even add to the importance of it. And second: at that time period glasses usually were reading glasses, so it's quite normal that he wouldn't use them to look at Mary. It's not the right type of lenses to look at things further away.

Jan van Eyck is probably one of my favorite artists from this period. They had so many little 'easter eggs' and the paintings make you feel like you're almost in the painting and observing what's going on.

I love your delivery and editing

I became so excited when I saw you'd uploaded a new video! Great job! As always :) Thank you for making me aware of art and its beauty, as well as the stories/details about it!! I've found myself seeking out details on paintings and observing them in a way that I'd never even notice before! Thank you!

I'm not an artist, but I love art. I love when you post because I feel like I am learning and you make it entertaining. I love to hear about the story of the painting, the meaning, the detail, the colors, the artist, etc...

Please do more videos--a lot more. I learn so much about art from you, more than from a lifetime of reading and visiting museums.

I love the education that you give us. Thank you.

I love how you “break down” the paintings!

Another briliant video! I can hardly wait for each one!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="89">1:29</a> also a parrot, it's an Indian ringneck parakeet to be specific,.which is a type of parrot, just like budgies/parakeets, just very smol parrots

I love this channel so much every time. I love learning about paintings because of this channel.

What a treat it is to pop open the laptop and see that you have posted a new video! This one was just as interesting as all the other ones you've made. I don't think I have seen this painting before. Or, at least not that I can remember very clearly. There are pieces of it that feels familiar, but I can't really discern if it's because I have seen this beautiful painting before or just me mixing up this one with some other piece of art from this time period/in this style. Nevertheless, it's a gorgeous painting and your commentary is just fantastic! This really is one of my absolute favorite channels on all of KZfaq.

Saturday morning highlight Art Deco posted a new video! Your videos are delightful.

That detail is incredible! Love your content!

What a gift, to be able to restore a man's reputation with a painting!

You are an amazing tour guide. Thank you. You help me see things, I would have easily missed.

Mysterious illness, detailed painting, talented artist, and revolutionary medical knowledge surprisingly goes well with each other and also feel like a thriller mystery story.

Eyck is truly talented- All his art is so detailed and amazing!

The depiction of the carpet, the hanging behind the Virgin is extraordinary…the entire painting is a tour de force. Always fascinated by this painting even as a child…there’s so much to see. It has even more meaning since I’ve spent over 20 years disabled by multiple autoimmune and neurological disorders. The treatments are better than he would have had but still very mixed in the results.

As you do, I find the details amazing. Jan van Eyck is a boss!

I am so glad to see another video!

Your research is impeccable. It is very much appreciated. Thank you. Ps. What are the dimensions? That adds greatly to the understanding of the whole piece.

I enjoy your videos so much! Thank you for creating them.

Van Eyck's paintings take my breath away.

Better information than I ever got in my art history classes!

I love the historical context and the absolute examination of the metatexual meanings in the paintings. With a nice dry humor.

This channel is so good. Always an instant watch when I see a new vid is out. Keep up the great work!

I have admired Jan van Eyck since I was a young art student standing in front of the spectacular Arnolfini wedding portrait in the National Gallery, London.. (I loved your presentation of that portrait too!) I wish we had more facts about this revolutionary genius! So little is known about Van Eyck's early life and neither the date nor place of his birth is documented.. and yet he has always been a huge inspiration to me! Thank you for this exceptional video.. 👏👌

Your videos inspire me to keep creating art!

i told my mom about your channel when i first found it like last year

I enjoy your videos so much that I actually recommended this channel just this morning, before I found this new one. Many thanks.

Just found your channel and have binge watched almost all of it. The evolution of your description is just wonderful. Subscribed, as i need more! I wish my art history teacher had been even a fraction as good as you. I wouldn't have doodled the year away. Love it!

This is one of my favorite paintings. Good job on the presentation. I will say though, that many books from this time period had cloth attached to the cover, so that you could wrap the book in the cloth when not in use. They didn't survive the centuries though, many of those books were rebound later on.

The bird is a rose-ringed parakeet (ringneck parrot), originally from the Indian continent and parts of Africa. 😊

On the rarity of parakeets- Flanders would have been a part of the Hanseatic League at the time. Ports would have farily regularly experienced ships coming back with trade from the Mediterranean with all sorts of exotic goods, including those from the Holy Land. It must have been spectacular for an artist to go down to the docks and see what new things you could see and use as new models. It's why you have things like monkeys showing up in Brueghel's paintings, with the port in the background.

This painting is one of the most amazing things to behold. You can stare at it for hours and still discover new details. I went to Bruges last year and it was the most amazing experience I had in the city (and that means a lot). :)

A winner once again! Was that “St.Donations” :-) church? I love the detail not only in the painting but equally in your excellent, intelligent yet humorous videos. Keep it up! Best wishes from and amateur Scottish artist.

Van Eyck. Always a thumbs up!

I always look forward to these videos ! I’ve learned so much about art and history ❤

Thank you for this video! 😀💐💐💐

Always such fascinating insights into these paintings of long ago.. Excellent research and narration.. always with a touch of humour! Perfect.. thank you! 👍👌🙋🏻‍♀️

It is a superb video, as usual, and there are a couple of other things it may bear on Mr. van der Paele's health. He has swollen earlobes, which may mean nothing, but he also has a diagonal ear lobe crease (DELC) or Frank’s sign, a deep crease or wrinkle extending to the earlobe. Some studies suggest this indicates a greater risk for coronary artery disease, which can cause heart attacks. Then, there's clubbing of the fingers: Clubbing is a more distinct symptom primarily associated with chronic low oxygen levels in the blood. It often indicates problems with the lungs, heart, or digestive system. Clubbing usually happens because of long-lasting (chronic) low levels of oxygen in the blood, known as hypoxemia. This can be due to various conditions, including: Lung diseases, such as lung cancer, cystic fibrosis, or pulmonary fibrosis. Heart diseases, especially those that result in congenital cyanotic heart disease (heart defects present at birth that result in poor blood oxygenation). Gastrointestinal diseases like Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. Liver disorders, such as cirrhosis. Exophthalmos describes a condition where the eyeball protrudes from the eye socket, making it appear to bulge. It can affect one or both eyes and may occur due to problems with the thyroid gland. Exophthalmos is not a condition but a sign of a disorder. Commonly, it can signal a problem with the thyroid gland. Graves’ disease is the most common cause of exophthalmos. And last but most important, that is one big butt, freekin parakeet. These birds are on the small side, averaging 7-8 inches, and weigh 22-32 grams when fully grown.

Interesting analysis, but I think in at least one point you fell victim to the common custom of pressing some deeper meaning out of sometimes trivial details. I am talking about the glasses. I suspect you are too young to know from personal experience, but if one needs reading glasses when getting older, these are only good for short distances. In this case, Joris obviously would want to get a clear picture of Jesus and Mary, so of course he would take them off! And by the way, I don't think his hands appear particularly swollen, in size and appearance they fit well with the generally somewhat overweight body of the man. Funny to me is that van Eyck went to the trouble of making the fingernails look dirtier than would be expected from a purely scholarly worker...

I always enjoy the videos that you post. Thank you.

Thank you for this humorous analysis.

The diagnosis of giant cell arteritis is plausible. The prominent blood vessels over his temples would be hardened, nodular, tender and pulseless arteries, not veins. He would have suffered from headaches, scalp tenderness, shoulder girdle pain and generalised muscular pain and stiffness, especially after waking. He may have had jaw claudication making it painful to chew his food. Without treatment there is a high risk of sudden blindness, but GCA isn’t fatal and he would have eventually recovered, though any sight loss would be permanent. Steroids would have relieved his symptoms in 24 hours had they been available.

This is perfection!

For anyone visiting Bruges there's a whole museum dedicated the making of this painting. Really awesome

You make every painting so informative & interesting. I thank you!👍✌️

Fascinating!

You make paintings fun! Thank You!

Incredible

You are one of my favorite presenters on KZfaq. I’ve learned so much and always look forward to your posts. Thank you! ❤

The detail & quality of work is amazing.

"Morning Stiffness" I can relate.

You can live longer by getting paintings made of yourself. I sit for a painting every day and have done so for the last 472 years. It really works.

It's always a pleasure to watch your videos ❤❤❤

Liked the analysis. Makes sense, while I am not an MD, I have studied Pharmacology, and you can too --- all y' need is a library card. Of course, you might have to free up some time, as reading takes time. Or got to school.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="109">1:49</a> It is so fascinating how 3D those pearls look, like I can reach out and pluck one off! 🤯🤩

The first thing I noticed was the Indian Ringneck parakeet-which parakeets are parrots, btw. 😉 I have one, so I recognized it immediately.