This episode’s Community Spotlight is on Taos, New Mexico-based oil painter, Alex Chavez! Follow Alex on Instagram @alexchavez.art, on Facebook @artist.alex.chavez, and check out his portfolio www.alexchavez.art.

It's like I finished watching a movie about the Tudor's. Great summary, and a great artist that brought it all together.

I had seen pictures of his portrait of Henry VIII but never thought about the artist; very interesting.

Beautiful. I cannot thank you enough. I will be sharing this with everyone I know.

His art in “the dance of death” is amazing. He was able to breath life into death as an ever present character in our lives

I took more math/science/business courses in high school and college and from a lower income immigrant family so I didn't get to experience much art or spend time learning about it. As I've gotten older, I've developed a greater appreciation for art and this channel has been a wonderful resource to learn about different artists and paintings. Thank you and hope this channel gets more views and subscribers 🙏

the queen is back

Tudors tragic, Holbein magic. Hi Rachel, I don't know how I missed this earlier, another fascinating and informative stroll through the avenues and boulevards of art and history. The importance of the reformation in freeing art, philosophy and science is often underrated... Brilliant as ever, thanks.

In a perfect world, i would have met and had conversations with this incredible man. I recently saw a picture of the restored Anne of Cleves painting and it truly is impressive.

My favorite art channel... Your videos are so well produced and well researched.

Art and history woven articulately together and Holbein's importance completes the knit - ta. MB

Thank you for this video

Im just gonna say it! Every video you make your outfits are so intentional to fit the mood and tone of the artist, always love the little details and effort that goes into making the perfect videos. (Ps... where did you get that necklass)

Amazing video as always!

Just within the first few minutes, I was so impressed by the stunning artworks themselves, but also how Holbein was influenced by / managed to influence culture. I've read "The Idiot" and had no idea of this link between them. As a believer, I don't blame Dostoyevsky for feeling as he did... That's just the surface of my feedback to this great video. So much to learn. 🙂

yaaay a new know the artist vid! love these so much

I like the necklace you're wearing. It's very considerate to the artist's time.

Thank you so much for making these videos! They are so well thought out and beautiful!

I love this channel, please don't stop uplaoding, we are here to watch whatever you come up with

fascinating. Thankyou!

Brilliant and fascinating film, thank you.

Thanks!🙂

I've been enjoying your videos, you're doing a great job summarising these artists. I'll try and think of some suggestions of people you haven't covered:)

Great vid as usual

Please keep at this channel. Me and my good friend James love watching your videos, and learning about art is just so fun. I'll do my part by sharing your channel with a few buddies of mine, but if you keep this up you'll be huge in no time at all!!!

New vid yaaaayyyy

This channel remember me to: "100 Meisterwerke"! Very well in really enjoy it. My suggestion and wish is "Paul Klee"!

King's tinder of the 16th century :D

You forgot to point out that Holbein made his outlines by using the camera lucida. This is how he managed his marvelous painting from such a short time with the sitter. He would trace the images onto paper (these are the "sketches" that you refer to), take these cartoons back to his studio, then add the colours and the modeling from his imagination.

Great video as always. I'm guessing Holbein was interested in Italian Manierism, especially Titian and Lotto, by the look of his silks. Thanks for your job on this platform.

Swimming in that voice

Erasmus von Rotterdam is a very ambivalent figure btw. He was a humanist, a pacifist and somewhat progressive thinker who criticized the church on many ocassions, but he also was an antisemite who saw the forced baptism of jews that happened due to the spanish inquisition as a way the jews would corrupt christendom from the inside and in the end the whole world. Just thought that might be important to mention, otherwise ofcourse a great video again. :)

ohhh i fell asleep .. it was good

2:40 Can a man at that time marry a widower? Or a widow?

Once a female friend said to me: El que por mujeres entra por mujeres sale!!! Amazing how old the conflict of interest between religion and wealth is being going on!!! New to me that Protestant leadership had the same issues. Funny and scary at the same time. 🤣🤣🤣

I wonder how religion can have such drastic transformation in to something so sickening and nasty.