This Painting Is Weirder Than You Think. Here's Why.

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Art Deco

Жыл бұрын

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This piece is called Venus and Mars by Sandro Botticelli and it's not your typical 15th century painting because it's a lot weirder. It features the goddess of love, Venus lounging in the woods with her lover and the god of war, Mars. We catch them sitting on a grassy patch of a forest after one of their rendezvous. Mars is sound asleep and completely unarmed while four tiny half-goat half-baby creatures play with his armor. Recently, an art historian named David Bellingham questioned whether the two figures in the painting were actually Venus and Mars. He proposed that they might instead be Adam and Eve from the Bible. This painting is full of fun and surprises. It might even be hiding a secret hidden meaning! Let me know what you think is going on!
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@Art_Deco
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@storytimewithunclekumaran5004 Жыл бұрын
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@VoodooLily0522
@VoodooLily0522 Жыл бұрын
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@MysticaFaery
@MysticaFaery Жыл бұрын
Your ad was so funny 😂 and very interesting video
@senny-
@senny- Жыл бұрын
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@Sharonmxg
@Sharonmxg Жыл бұрын
Is it selfish of me to wish you produced more frequent new content like this? I absolutely love the way you dive into a painting and explain everything about it. I like your narration style, the sound of your voice, the subject matter.
@brakejanco
@brakejanco Жыл бұрын
It is not selfish, it is the voice of the people
@ChristinaTodd1970
@ChristinaTodd1970 Жыл бұрын
Call me selfish too because I wasn't more.
@kennieseverson2090
@kennieseverson2090 Жыл бұрын
Saaame
@smadnama
@smadnama Жыл бұрын
I looove these videos. I'd watch a new one everyday if possible. I believe half her views are me rewatching the previous videos.
@womerine
@womerine Жыл бұрын
There are endless paintings worth diving into. I love Art Deco content.
@snowlothar45
@snowlothar45 Жыл бұрын
A veiled and disguised self portrait of Botticelli expressing his love for his model, Simonetta Vespucci.
@donquijotedegranada
@donquijotedegranada Жыл бұрын
botticelli was gay, stop erasing homosexuals from history
@duck_in_a_cup
@duck_in_a_cup Жыл бұрын
I thought that was Giuliano de Medici
@kimberlyborowiak9779
@kimberlyborowiak9779 Жыл бұрын
I seem to remember a Greek mythology story about Mars' minions planning an attack on a city which worshipped Venus and Venus seducing Mars and drugging him or tiring him out to the point that he was unable to attack the city until they had a chance to fortify their defenses. I had been told that this was the meaning of this painting which would be supportive of the satyrs mocking a passed out Mars who had been bested by Venus.
@justaponyyy
@justaponyyy Жыл бұрын
well a greek myth definitely would never be about "mars" and "venus" but about ares and aphrodite
@mysticloverfairy1
@mysticloverfairy1 Жыл бұрын
Those are the Roman names
@justaponyyy
@justaponyyy Жыл бұрын
@@mysticloverfairy1 exactly.
@carlcushmanhybels8159
@carlcushmanhybels8159 10 ай бұрын
@@justaponyyy True, but they are basically the same, by different names.
@kyrab7914
@kyrab7914 3 ай бұрын
Historically, it seems Aphrodite might have been a war goddess in some part. She's a much older God than the Greeks. The Spartans in particular worshipped a war goddess aspect of her. This was ofc changed thereafter. What's interesting to me is how these somewhat foreign gods would be absorbed, but usually with a story of the Greek ones dominating or being better or whatever than them. Like still venerating, but in a "my God is better than your God" kinda way.
@maryjanerx
@maryjanerx Жыл бұрын
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@Sharonmxg
@Sharonmxg Жыл бұрын
I concur!
@ShirleeKnott
@ShirleeKnott Жыл бұрын
👍
@emeraldforest2
@emeraldforest2 Жыл бұрын
Yes!
@HappyHawthorn
@HappyHawthorn Жыл бұрын
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@momsterzz
@momsterzz Жыл бұрын
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@richardcoughlin8931
@richardcoughlin8931 Жыл бұрын
Love your deep dig into art. To my cretinous eye, Venus is a woman who’s pissed because Mars, her frat boy lover, has fallen into a drunken stupor before she even started to get undressed.
@JClover2
@JClover2 Жыл бұрын
My take on it too.
@joecolletti
@joecolletti Жыл бұрын
@@JClover2 and mine
@danielacastro.studio
@danielacastro.studio Жыл бұрын
That is why the goat boys are trying to wake him up!
@LizT-qx3xl
@LizT-qx3xl Жыл бұрын
I'm along the same lines, but more like "THAT'S IT?!?!?!" He did his business, and she's sorely disappointed.
@gooberextraordinaire
@gooberextraordinaire Жыл бұрын
literally my first thought was “not as good as you thought huh venus”
@Hollie0981
@Hollie0981 Жыл бұрын
This prompted me to research Simonetta's life and I have to thank you for that inspiration. I feel like her story gives more meaning to this painting. It was done after she died at 22, devastating Florence because she was loved by many. I'm also wondering if Mars here could be Botticelli, and/or Giuliano de Medici, as both were hit very hard by her passing. Mars looks pale, and we know Giuliano was killed two years after Simonetta died... could it be also a testament to shared grief? One might also self medicate with Beelzebub's Twinkie if that was the case! At any rate I absolutely frickin adore your videos, I learn so much and please NEVER STOP this incredible thought provoking content!
@snufflesboi03
@snufflesboi03 Жыл бұрын
I knew i recognized this painting, its from medici the magnificent!
@Hollie0981
@Hollie0981 Жыл бұрын
@@snufflesboi03 Really?? Very interesting! Did they imply Giuliano was Mars? Never watched it
@kimberly8695
@kimberly8695 Жыл бұрын
If the name Vespucci sounds in any way familiar, you may also know it from Columbus' botched 1492 voyage that landed him in the Caribbean, instead of India. One of the people traveling with him at that time was a man named Amerigo Vespucci, for whom the Americas are named.
@isoldejaneholland8370
@isoldejaneholland8370 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@fmor2779
@fmor2779 Жыл бұрын
Tbh, when I saw this painting first I thought the woman was, ehem ... disappointed with the result of the encounter and told the little satyrs to rudely wake up the man as a form of petty revenge. 🤭 It's so nice to hear a much more detailed and interesting background of this piece, specially Simonetta and the Satyr's fruit. *This is the second time that "Watson and the Shark" painting caught me off guard! 7:30 Hope you talk about it soon!
@nanimaonovi2528
@nanimaonovi2528 Жыл бұрын
I agree, my art teacher's interpretation was 'it looks like getting all that armour off him wasn't worth the bother.'
@emilybarclay8831
@emilybarclay8831 Жыл бұрын
@@nanimaonovi2528 this just in: the feared Mars, god of war and slaughter is a one pump chump 😂
@fmor2779
@fmor2779 Жыл бұрын
@@nanimaonovi2528 Oh! I was too embarrassed to speak my mind the first time I saw it on a class! I was doubting if to say it here, honestly. I still feel it was too much.
@katipohl2431
@katipohl2431 Жыл бұрын
No, Datura stramonium was transported to Europe by the gypsies who migrated from India towards Europe. Datura was used for visions and fortune telling by the gypsies. Accidentally I personally took some seeds mixed in a drink once and had a near death experience. Am a graduated botanist from Germany. Datura and South American Brugmansia are related but not the same plant.
@mimsydreams
@mimsydreams Жыл бұрын
Interesting. When was it transported? Would it have been around the time this artist painted this?
@ChristinaTodd1970
@ChristinaTodd1970 Жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks!
@MFLimited
@MFLimited Жыл бұрын
There is so much debate about when Datura arrived in Western Europe. But yes, there was at least one species of Datura (D. metel) in India and the Middle East before the 15th century. There are writings about the use of D. metel or D. stramonium during mediaeval times in Europe. Lots of scientists, don’t believe it because they have not found any remains of it from that time. That’s all. It makes sense that it would’ve made its way with gypsies
@MJBpeace
@MJBpeace Жыл бұрын
I also believe that what is on the painting is too big compared to the life sized datura.
@randl7423
@randl7423 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Can we use the term Roma instead of the outdated and offensive "gypsies" though, please? (Unless you are Roma, then of course whatever you're comfortable with.)
@oksana818
@oksana818 Жыл бұрын
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@Art_Deco
@Art_Deco Жыл бұрын
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@RosaHernandez-vy4dm
@RosaHernandez-vy4dm 8 ай бұрын
💯 % i agree 😂
@usamaepekonis
@usamaepekonis Жыл бұрын
Amazing video as usual. The way you describe the paintings are just so entertaining and yet also educational
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@user-oe1yy9cv4i Жыл бұрын
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@Art_Deco Жыл бұрын
Dang! I'm sorry I didn't add it to this video... 🤦‍♀️
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@Art_Deco
@Art_Deco Жыл бұрын
Thank you for saying that!
@robertpizor577
@robertpizor577 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Wasn't there a theory that the male model in the picture was Giuliano de Medici? If it was considering Giuliano's very public assassination it might have been a poignant reminder to watch your back, and not be lured into complacency. Glad to see you back!
@Stfuval17448
@Stfuval17448 Жыл бұрын
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@Art_Deco
@Art_Deco Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@MFLimited
@MFLimited Жыл бұрын
British actually guy here. Although this video is excellent; Tossing a salad (arse salad) is absolutely not what you think it is. A Satyr is pronounced with a long “A”. They’re similar to Fauns. Kew in London is pronounced like “Q” or queue, not coo. Datura is called “the devils trumpet“ not as a euphemism for male genitalia, but because the flowers are trumpet shaped.
@Saffron-sugar
@Saffron-sugar Жыл бұрын
Good points. I find it easier to look up the audio pronunciation of words rather than sound it out from an Encyclopedia.
@christopherscottcarpenter
@christopherscottcarpenter Жыл бұрын
Yet again, a morning where I drop everything to watch the new upload. My continued appreciation of one of my favorite channels on KZfaq!
@Art_Deco
@Art_Deco Жыл бұрын
Wow! That's amazing to hear. Thank you for watching! 🧐
@erdalmickeyilkturk
@erdalmickeyilkturk Жыл бұрын
I was dreaming about a commentary on my all-time favorite painter and here it is 😃
@helenalderson6608
@helenalderson6608 Жыл бұрын
Fun! I don't think the fruit is datura, though. Those suckers are wickedly sharp and stabby and not bigger than a baby's hand. Carlos Castaneda hadn't written his books on working with it and there might've been a few indigenous peoples in the west of North America playing with it for vision quests,...but. I think the painting may be more simple; He climaxed before her and immediately went to sleep. She wasn't "done" and the satyrs are what she would like to do to him, but he's unresponsive, so shes realized that a beautiful man is useless if he can't get the job done (or is done too quickly) 😂😂
@matthewthurlow1204
@matthewthurlow1204 Жыл бұрын
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@MFLimited
@MFLimited Жыл бұрын
Looking at the picture, I don’t think anything happened “between” Venus and Mars at all. All Mars Yes, that fruit is too big for Thornapple, whether they existed in Europe or not by the late 15th century, because there is a lot of debate about that. Apparently there was one species of Datura (D. metel) in pre-Columbian times in India and the Middle East. I guess it could have travelled?
@jackalope2302
@jackalope2302 Жыл бұрын
She's fully dressed and her hair's not messy. I think he passed out drunk before they grappled.
@hedgehod6437
@hedgehod6437 Жыл бұрын
Finally a piece by Botticelli! I enjoy your videos so much and he's one of my favorite artists, I'm so thrilled
@jessicam3676
@jessicam3676 Жыл бұрын
Catching this 3 hrs after it dropped and already 5000 views! I’m so happy for you! I feel like these videos are so personal, I hope everyone appreciates them as we have.
@adienbal6391
@adienbal6391 Жыл бұрын
I just love how in so many paintings there r multiple layers of sensuality and sexuality, while showing glimpses of it on the surface. Context to myths and news at the time. I mean, wow. U really opened my eyes to art
@aliraid1295
@aliraid1295 Жыл бұрын
1:09 we love a fallen angel reference
@Art_Deco
@Art_Deco Жыл бұрын
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@chopotronichappiness8917
@chopotronichappiness8917 Жыл бұрын
yes we do🤲
@adelem432
@adelem432 Жыл бұрын
In this video, you had about 2 seconds of Copley's "Watson and The Shark", from Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. When I go there with a friend, I always tell the story behind this painting. Perhaps you would consider this interesting work of art? (Loved Art History when in art school and love your videos!)
@jaschabull2365
@jaschabull2365 Жыл бұрын
I second this!!
@HolligaMan
@HolligaMan Жыл бұрын
The editing skills are getting better.
@Art_Deco
@Art_Deco Жыл бұрын
Thank you for noticing! I try to learn new ways to make the videos (hopefully) better all the time!
@nerd26373
@nerd26373 Жыл бұрын
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@Art_Deco
@Art_Deco Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@witchypoo7353
@witchypoo7353 Жыл бұрын
These goat babies reminds me of that one comic who draws children like he’s never seen a child before
@blueberry8102
@blueberry8102 Жыл бұрын
Botticelli is one of my favourite painters thank you so much for this vid keep up the good work ❤
@sarystar
@sarystar Жыл бұрын
You should make more videos about Botticelli's art !!
@jaschabull2365
@jaschabull2365 Жыл бұрын
"Pure unadulterated chaos." Vulcan: I disagree with that second word.
@AcornFox7
@AcornFox7 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating, entertaining, amusing, I love your videos! You’ve given me an interest in pictures that I would only have glanced at before,encouraging me to actually *look* and try to understand the narrative the artist was painting. Thank you for such a great channel!
@keroknight2989
@keroknight2989 Жыл бұрын
Is it weird that I like listening to your soft voice while explaining this beautiful painting 😮❤
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I love these videos so much and idk why, I haven’t the faintest about paintings or anything. They’re just so well made!
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@wwillwill3582
@wwillwill3582 Жыл бұрын
You really catch my attention. Love the style you explain the paintings. Thanks
@IRosamelia
@IRosamelia Жыл бұрын
OMG I wouldn't have guessed any of this! I adore the way you describe this painting, makes them so much more interesting!
@chopotronichappiness8917
@chopotronichappiness8917 Жыл бұрын
Venus is pissed because Mars fell asleep after the boom boom instead of cuddling. Sure looks like that. Probably called those goat babies to annoy the shit out of him
@adambeaudoin8818
@adambeaudoin8818 Жыл бұрын
You’re so good at editing. It’s where most of the comedy comes from. I love it
@monroerobbins7551
@monroerobbins7551 11 ай бұрын
3:22 I think my favorite bit is the little satyr just BLASTING a shell horn in Mars’ ear, lol
@hdervish2497
@hdervish2497 Жыл бұрын
It looks to me like Mars was premature and then assed out, leaving Venus irritated and unfulfilled
@drtoothbyday3185
@drtoothbyday3185 Жыл бұрын
I love the lively way you analyze the paintings, it’s really fun how you compose the whole thing! Can you do a video about Henry Holiday 1884 Dante and Beatrice?
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@ksy4747
@ksy4747 Жыл бұрын
Never seen this painting but recognized it as Botticelli's work right away 💛💛💛
@bluest1524
@bluest1524 Жыл бұрын
Super useful info, thank you. Love your channel. I would like to learn more about the datura theory.
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@jenjoy8276 Жыл бұрын
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@kirstenrodriguez443
@kirstenrodriguez443 Жыл бұрын
I'd love to see your take on "Susannah and the Elders" by Artemisia Gentileschi, and "Susannah and the Elders Restored" by Kathleen Gilje
@Gaia-Gaia-Gaia
@Gaia-Gaia-Gaia Жыл бұрын
What here fascinates me more is the artist in love.
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@llamasugar5478 Жыл бұрын
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@catube6915 Жыл бұрын
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@Art_Deco
@Art_Deco 10 ай бұрын
Thank you, Jamie!
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@lornae8683 Жыл бұрын
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@allie_hart Жыл бұрын
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@gvroussev
@gvroussev Жыл бұрын
Hi, I love your videos. As a small request, is it possible to include the current whereabouts of the paintings you narrate? Like city and gallery/museum/house?
@SuperCosmicMutantSquid
@SuperCosmicMutantSquid Жыл бұрын
I think my favorite artistic depictions of Mars is when he's shown at rest, the complete opposite of his symbol of the god of war.
@geralyn-mm
@geralyn-mm Жыл бұрын
Nice seque to the sponsor! Clever engaging dialog every single time!
@dahemac
@dahemac Жыл бұрын
You should get some datura seeds and grow them this summer. But not where pets or children can get at them. They are lovely. That green blob is so obviously NOT datura, which has a defining characteristic of being covered in many long sharp spikes, being cleft and being half the size of the smoothish blob in the painting. If Botticelli had meant to reference datura, if he knew about it at all, he would have had to put in its distinctive flower. The spines of the datura are also so toxicly poisonous that it is inadvisable to lay your hand on one as the cherub/satyr is doing. That would hurt a lot, just before your whole hand went numb. It would be more reasonable to publish a scholarly article asserting that it is a papaya.
@Saffron-sugar
@Saffron-sugar Жыл бұрын
Of course, it’s Venus and Mars. That’s the official name of the painting where it hangs in the National Gallery in London. I Love this! I’ve always wondered why Venus looks perfectly dressed; even pristine, hair in her complicated braids. Only Mars looks postcoital. I get the feeling that nothing actually happened “between” them at all. But the hand placement of Mars makes it look like his exhaustion is all from his own doing. The fauns/satyrs holding up the lance make it pretty obvious of what’s not happening. Mars is not rising to the occasion. He may be beautiful, but Mars is just a wanker. I kind of think these are Fauns rather than Satyrs, because Satyrs were usually depicted with erect bits and are Greek instead of Roman. But IDK. Either way, they are often a sexual symbol. Personally, I think the fruit is too big to be a Thornapple, whether they existed in Europe or not by the late 15th century. My guess is it’s something that’s supposed to be an aphrodisiac at the time like a fig or fennel or something.
@MFLimited
@MFLimited Жыл бұрын
Brava!
@joecolletti
@joecolletti Жыл бұрын
Might explain why Venus looks pissed...
@taylorbennett3375
@taylorbennett3375 Жыл бұрын
The title "Venus and Mars" is a modern name given to the painting long after it was finished as explained at 6:00. The title doesn't prove that the painting depicts Venus and Mars, but it's likely.
@bart2019
@bart2019 Жыл бұрын
That fruit looks like an avocado to me, but what do I know.
@jaschabull2365
@jaschabull2365 Жыл бұрын
@@bart2019 If there couldn't have been American-grown fruit in Europe at the time, I think that rules out avocado.
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@saraha.9149 Жыл бұрын
You're so good at what you do that even your ads are entertaining!!!! Look forward to your videos!!! ❤❤❤
@morgangallowglass8668
@morgangallowglass8668 Жыл бұрын
I love your work! Personally, examining the work, I am put in mind of Lancelot and Guenevere and their betrayal of Aurthur. Please, MORE VIDS!
@connieembury1
@connieembury1 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful commentary! Whatever botanist stated that the green thing was a datura is not much of a botanist. I grow angels trumpet in my garden every year and nothing on the plants looks even remotely like that blob.😄
@ajmittendorf
@ajmittendorf Жыл бұрын
A work of genius, not JUST Botticelli's painting, either.
@charlie93340
@charlie93340 Жыл бұрын
So many wonderful videos on KZfaq. Yours are undoubtedly the best.
@theninjamaster67
@theninjamaster67 Жыл бұрын
After reading the comments and getting a bit more context about the painting I feel like this painting could have been a jab at the husband of the model Venus is based on since one comment I saw said the painting was made after her death so it could be the grief stricken artist basically saying "I would've been better for her you never satisfied her" but using the affair of Venus and Mars as the stage at which the story is set so that it's subtext and not just full on text.
@CAMacKenzie
@CAMacKenzie Жыл бұрын
Daturas (thorn-apples, jimsonweeds) are not all New World plants. There are at least two I know of that are found in Asia, D. ferox and D. metel. D. metel, Indian thorn-apple, should have been known to Europeans as it had long been used as an "entheogen," but the user needs to be EXTREEMLY CAUTIOUS as Daturas (of the nightshade family) are also very poisonous, often deadly.
@IMAMONGUS
@IMAMONGUS Жыл бұрын
So happy to see a video from you! Love your channel!
@davidsaks1244
@davidsaks1244 Жыл бұрын
So glad your channel's arrived on my feed🎉
@LyleFrancisDelp
@LyleFrancisDelp Жыл бұрын
Great entertaining video. Please do one on Francios Boucher's Leda and the Swan.
@robbruce2128
@robbruce2128 Жыл бұрын
It may be a while before I get to London to see this work, but my favorite take on classical mythology is Benton's Persephone, where Hades isn't some handsome lord of the underworld, but a way-past-his-prime early 20th century farmer. Really nails him for the creeper he is. And details. Oh, it's got the details. Check it out, it's worth a monologue..
@idiom104
@idiom104 Жыл бұрын
That city hidden in the painting is so well done.
@aliraid1295
@aliraid1295 Жыл бұрын
Excited for this one👉👈
@80sdreamwave32
@80sdreamwave32 Жыл бұрын
You make painting history so fun thank you
@lillithcollins5192
@lillithcollins5192 Жыл бұрын
I mean the armor is blackened which was the trademark of the black army of hungry (not uncommon in art of the time period but usually religious art) and the man in the picture does bear a not too far off image of Mathius Corvinus the VERY famous king of Hungary. Not to mention he DID marry an Italian aristocrat who made no secret of her designs to rule the country should he kick the bucket (she may have even had his illegitimate heirs family killed). Wasps are also known to be matriarchal and parasitic as well......on the other hand his wife was a Frangapanni whose family was more associated with almonds than wasps. Also my entire historical knowledge of this time period is pretty much Hungary so I have a bias.
@Saffron-sugar
@Saffron-sugar Жыл бұрын
Mars looks a little bit like Mathis Corvinus, when he was much younger than when this was painted. But he looks even more like Sandro Botticelli himself. The actual name of the painting is “Venus and Mars“ and can be found in the National Gallery in London. I don’t have any reason to believe that Botticelli would’ve been preoccupied with the Hungarian throne at the time. It’s not impossible, but random. I think it’s Roman gods depicting Roman families.
@audreyanime
@audreyanime Жыл бұрын
I GET SO EXCITED WHENEVER YOU UPLOAD
@teresagoncalves4077
@teresagoncalves4077 Жыл бұрын
Excelente , me pone a detallarlo más , gracias
@chatita9527
@chatita9527 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant, funny, educating and eye-opening! THANK YOU ❤
@MattTee1975
@MattTee1975 Жыл бұрын
Great job on the ad segue. I.....actually watched the whole ad.
@bevturquoise4651
@bevturquoise4651 10 ай бұрын
Big thanks that I can learn Art History in my pajamas.
@loutami
@loutami Жыл бұрын
Have you ever done a video on Judith Beheading Holofernes? I'm fascinated by it!
@1972malberto
@1972malberto Жыл бұрын
Cheers for your vids I look at paintings differently now
@btskamatlabbehindthesceneh5547
@btskamatlabbehindthesceneh5547 Жыл бұрын
Your explanation is so funny 😂 especially in this one 😆
@Wendy-zl8kv
@Wendy-zl8kv Жыл бұрын
I enjoy your insights so very much!! Thank you ❤
@annapajak5116
@annapajak5116 Жыл бұрын
Love you.. post every week haha😊
@rIe1Ie_trash
@rIe1Ie_trash Жыл бұрын
Keep up with this type of videos!
@Art_Deco
@Art_Deco Жыл бұрын
I will!
@paulaharrisbaca4851
@paulaharrisbaca4851 Жыл бұрын
wonderful evaluation
@snypestaylor381
@snypestaylor381 Жыл бұрын
..INSIGHTFUL AND ENTERTAINING. TOP10 PAGES CURRENTLY. PLEASE COVER A COUPLE SPANISH ARTIST IF U CAN.. Grid, Greco, Goya.. etc
@Art_Deco
@Art_Deco Жыл бұрын
Love this! I actually covered Goya's Maya paintings a couple of videos back! Thank you for watching 😊
@curiousman1672
@curiousman1672 11 ай бұрын
My favorite euphemism is "making the beast with two backs." Rolls off the tongue.
@KarlBunker
@KarlBunker Жыл бұрын
You're so funny -- and educational!
@Art_Deco
@Art_Deco Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@ShirleeKnott
@ShirleeKnott Жыл бұрын
👍
@msshellm8154
@msshellm8154 11 ай бұрын
Well, Botticelli, you've done it again - 1st I couldn't take my eyes off Venus' weird neck, and now Mars' right leg just jumps out and screams at me! (So much so, that I didn't notice the two, peripheral Satyrs playing with the armour until you pointed them out! 🙄)
@xAlbinopiratex
@xAlbinopiratex Жыл бұрын
Yay!! I love this channel 😁
@Kiro6666
@Kiro6666 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful piece of art work love
@SparrowTeaDragon
@SparrowTeaDragon Жыл бұрын
I love this channel. I look forward to every upload.
@squadgeman3247
@squadgeman3247 Жыл бұрын
Satyr is pronounced "satur" as in Saturday (RP) or in American English "say tear" as in "say the word tear".
@bellablue5285
@bellablue5285 Жыл бұрын
Don't mean to be a brat, American English has two pronunciations of tear - like 'tier' like when crying, or like 'tare' to rip or rend. I'm assuming the latter, given I've only heard satyr as described in the first bit ('satur'), but I'm curious if there is supposed to be a different pronunciation?
@Myriako
@Myriako 11 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video! 😀🌺
@lanasinapayen3354
@lanasinapayen3354 Жыл бұрын
The animations are the BEST
@elizabethwilliams4705
@elizabethwilliams4705 Жыл бұрын
These videos are the best! Love this channel
@pinkyhodgkins2185
@pinkyhodgkins2185 Жыл бұрын
I think that was the best advertisement I have ever seen, love your videos!
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