Van Gogh's Ugliest Masterpiece

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Van Gogh's Letters -- READ THEM ALL!!!!
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Charles A. Riley, "Color Codes: Modern Theories of Color in Philosophy, Painting and Architecture"
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Maureen Ryan, "The Role of Van Gogh's Suggestive Color In His Decoration Canvases For The Yellow House"
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Martin Gayford, "The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Provence"
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Van Gogh paintings in Arles: colours and brushstrokes
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Van Gogh’s Use of Colors
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Samantha Clark, "Van Gogh's Use of Colors"
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Joshua C. Taylor, "Nineteenth-Century Theories of Art"
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Ogden Nicholas Rood, "Modern Chromatics"
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@madhatter8509 5 жыл бұрын

"Ugliest masterpiece" is what I call my art everytime

@johannfer7073 4 жыл бұрын

try again😁😁

@madhatter8509 4 жыл бұрын

@@johannfer7073 Haha yes I'm trying :') I forgot I made this comment

@user-ou9zk3cm4x 4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't even call any of my art a masterpiece

@patchesmalonescolorfulthin9313 4 жыл бұрын

Universal feeling

@zerika1362 4 жыл бұрын

I think ive seen you before..

@flamingogh_ 4 жыл бұрын

I love night cafe. I don't think it's ugly the way we're taught in school, I think it's ugly in the way it feels. It's an ugly atmosphere, but a beautiful painting of that ugliness. If that makes sense.

@tuanjim799 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's not at all ugly in a "eeew, that's a shitty painting" way. It's just depicting something dark. it's beautiful in the same way that a Dostoevsky novel is beautiful, even when it's depicting some of the harshest, ugliest aspects of human experience.

@jw4390 4 жыл бұрын

What do you learn in school lol

@corntastrophy 4 жыл бұрын

It's kind of like how music can be "ugly". It's not that it sounds bad, but it sounds so hurt and suffered that it's beautiful.

@phobusapollo2591 4 жыл бұрын

Go tell Van Gogh😂

@corntastrophy 4 жыл бұрын

@Juan Perez I come here to escape politics and not talk about it for once ...

@shadeyshade4880 5 жыл бұрын

So basically, this was the first cursed image

@LilRotte3 4 жыл бұрын

Not really. You know who created it, when and under what circumstances this painting was created, and what is depicted in it.

@tangyorange6509 4 жыл бұрын

Whoa when I like this comment it goes from 1.1 to 1.2

@isaacthebrubhimself8923 4 жыл бұрын

No it was actually ooga booga’s carving in the 3rd cave of the anchient rome

@eekns 4 жыл бұрын

No, curses are not real.

@diegosilva3927 4 жыл бұрын

@@eekns It's a joke.

@lifeonmars9157 4 жыл бұрын

This painting is incredible. Staring at it for too much time makes me feel trapped and my breath starts to be shorter...so weird and amazing

@cait2123 4 жыл бұрын

So true i felt like i had my asthma attack early

@johannfer7073 4 жыл бұрын

@@cait2123. Amen

@Bunny-ch2ul 4 жыл бұрын

It's my favorite Van Gogh for exactly that reason. His happier paintings feel forced to me. This is a punch straight to the gut. It's amazing in person.

@SecretaryBirdable 4 жыл бұрын

Stendhal syndrome.

@LEVENTSELEVE686 4 жыл бұрын

true. i felt chills.

@dayc5933 4 жыл бұрын

The overhead lamps in this painting look like eyes

@carefulnow8118 4 жыл бұрын

Came here to say this

@charmedprince 4 жыл бұрын

Drunken eyes

@SmileySuperSam 4 жыл бұрын

i was just noticing this on this rewatch too! i think we're kind of drawn to the lamps, with the steady line of them, their emitting light, maybe there's something about perspective and lines here too. whatever it is, the three lights are giving off that skeezy yellow, and all three are looking right at you, the viewer, almost highlighting the gaze we feel but cannot see from the bartender. even as all the other patrons look away, absorbed in their drink, the bartender and the eye's of his bar stare right at us. let's just say i can feel my social anxiety just looking at this one.

@dayc5933 4 жыл бұрын

Liar of Lesbos precisely, i think of the room as one giant flesh like alien entity embodying substance abuse anxiety depression looking upon its prey that it swallowed, slowly digesting them with its acidic gaze and melting their consiousnesses into the walls and furniture thus creating aboiling pit of despair that you the viewer are hopelessly trapped in.

@WintaAssefa 4 жыл бұрын

and it's so haunting.

@DeadlyLazer 4 жыл бұрын

The pool table doesn't have holes. Wonder if that was intentional

@capucinebertin4055 4 жыл бұрын

Carom billiards tables don't have holes. French game. The rules are different.

@DeadlyLazer 4 жыл бұрын

@@capucinebertin4055 interesting. I didn't know that, Thanks for the info. Guess i can delete my comment now haha

@capucinebertin4055 4 жыл бұрын

@@DeadlyLazer No, by all means. It's an interesting comment. It caught my eye because I'm french and I knew that. But I still had to search for the english name of that game. So you know... Sorry if I came across as an arrogant french.

@markusmeldre 4 жыл бұрын

What a wholesome exchange.

@sushinotwasabi9124 4 жыл бұрын

2 gentlemen the senate needs

@jamesh1369 4 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful painting. Unsettling, but not even remotely ugly.

@pattiturville3963 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, this is no where near ugly.

@spark1484 4 жыл бұрын

I only had known more famous works by Van Gogh but after watching this video this piece has become my favorite already

@forestbubblegum 4 жыл бұрын

It is a very beautiful painting indeed but I believe that the unsettling and dark feeling the painting gives off is what makes it ugly

@scoopishere7881 4 жыл бұрын

It doesn't look ugly, it feels ugly.

@Hirnlego999 3 жыл бұрын

Not unsettling either

@cutienerdgirl 4 жыл бұрын

Welp, he succeeded. This painting makes me feel like I'm too drunk to stand up, feel like I'm trapped, and it makes me feel like I'm going mad.

@thinginground5179 2 жыл бұрын

it gives me nausea and anxiety

@vittxrio5198 5 жыл бұрын

Suddenly I had a weird feeling when I saw this painting. I can't explain what truly is, but I felt like you were on a sad, lonely, eerie world.

@tranhothuyan7974 4 жыл бұрын

Lol, i feel you. The more i watch this video, the more scared i am.

@identicalgd2446 4 жыл бұрын

VITTXRIO I feel like I’m trapped

@mrttripz3236 4 жыл бұрын

I like Impressionism

@jesmijoseph8065 4 жыл бұрын

Because you are suffering from same feeling...me as well

@elishaso 4 жыл бұрын

Unsettling

@poweroffriendship2.0 5 жыл бұрын

_The more ugly, old, nasty, ill, and poor I become the more I want to get my own back by producing vibrant, well-arranged, radiant colour._ *~Vincent Van Gogh*

@kitzthekat7977 5 жыл бұрын

How about you stfu

@ujustgotdunkedon4523 5 жыл бұрын

Friendship lol I thought u where talking about yourself

@poweroffriendship2.0 5 жыл бұрын

@@ujustgotdunkedon4523 Nope. I said about the quote.

@maxsimes 5 жыл бұрын

its pretty evident that the greatest works of art come from people in times of despair

@thinginground5179 2 жыл бұрын

@@kitzthekat7977 Why? Why the fuck is everyone being such a cunt in this comment section? Literally everyone is an asshole, my god.

@wthalex9319 4 жыл бұрын

this photo makes me feel physically anxious

@jennamarcus4283 2 жыл бұрын

came here to say this

@landahoy1706 4 жыл бұрын

6:05 it lowkey looks like benedict Cumberbatch

@user-pj7we7wd5t 4 жыл бұрын

Plot twist : Benedict is the reincarnation of Van Gogh

@atrabashoaib771 4 жыл бұрын

Or hugh Laurie

@russelldaynos5618 4 жыл бұрын

haha i read that comment at the same time the painting was flashed 😂😂😂

@alanparker9898 4 жыл бұрын

bendydick cucumbersnatch should play him in a film

@ernigee 4 жыл бұрын

Actually benedict did play a role of vincent van gogh for bbc documentary, i've watched them on youtube too

@NateandNoahTryLife 5 жыл бұрын

If you haven’t seen Loving Vincent I’d highly recommend it! It’s a gorgeous film that gives you a lot of insight into his life and style.

@curiousworld7912 5 жыл бұрын

I would also highly recommend 'At Eternity's Gate'. It took me a bit to understand just what Schnabel was doing, but once I got that the film was not a 'bio-pic', but was a meditation as seen through Vincent's eyes, I was blown away. (And Willem Dafoe was robbed at the Oscars.)

@poweroffriendship2.0 5 жыл бұрын

I watched it on Fox Movies and I have no doubt that it's pure oops magnum.

@tdv10 5 жыл бұрын

i once read somewhere that all those paintings they made could cover whole London

@ceejayblacks1834 5 жыл бұрын

If you want a bit of a Fiction twist on his story that's still based on true facts the Doctor who episode is really good. Really helped me appreciate who Vincent would've been like as a person :)

@naderzein2435 5 жыл бұрын

Loving Vincent was amazing and got robbed of the best animated feature Oscar

@sirlancelotmcbutt7150 5 жыл бұрын

"Theres a new nerdwriter video every wednsday" god i wish that still was the case.....

5 жыл бұрын

Quality over quantity

@BooyaMoonAgain 5 жыл бұрын

I miss it too

@gowtham12349 5 жыл бұрын

He don’t make much money to make this shit every week

@shamsow 5 жыл бұрын

@@gowtham12349 He doesn't make much money *because* he doesn't make this shit every week. More videos = More ad revenue

@qwertyman1511 5 жыл бұрын

@@shamsow cgp grey probably makes more.

@TsetsiStoyanova 4 жыл бұрын

The brushstrokes are short and strong

@Orangetoastsss 3 жыл бұрын

You don’t say ?

@moderatorliz4971 4 жыл бұрын

THIS was brilliantly explained. I cannot begin to thank you for sharing this video. Van Gogh is one of my favorite painters, and this added so much more information for me as I learn about art. Thank you!

@mayainactiveemail3986 5 жыл бұрын

This is considered ugly?! (laughs in no art skills)

@gramursowanfaborden5820 5 жыл бұрын

@@JotechLung no it is ugly, it is ugly intentionally because he wanted it to be ugly, because the ugliness portrays the feeling of being in the cafe.

@gramursowanfaborden5820 5 жыл бұрын

@@JotechLung that is the play on words that the video uses as it's premise, yes. the painting IS ugly, it is visually unpleasant to look at, and the video explains why and how it is artistically effective and how the juxtaposition is interesting and insightful.

@cabrondemente1 5 жыл бұрын

*cries in no art skills

@droiD392 5 жыл бұрын

intentionally, masterfully, ugly

@christopherrapczynski204 5 жыл бұрын

@@JotechLung youre implying the painting isn't ugly but the stick man is, as if effort or visual coherence displays quality. That's true, which is why this painting is ugly, it intentionally lacks fundamental visual coherence, such as perspective and shadows. Your logic is inconsistent.

@Graymasterful 5 жыл бұрын

How do you make such perfect videos, everything from the editing to the commentary to the structure is mastery.

@rhidiandavies1991 5 жыл бұрын

Because he spends what feels like 7 years making 7 minute videos.

@saumykapri9764 4 жыл бұрын

That relatable moment when you are so good that even the ugly thing you make is a masterpeice...

@amandalewis8590 4 жыл бұрын

There’s a madness to his paintings that is visceral. The lack of literally mixing the colours gives it a manic quality that can be either jarring or soothing depending on his colour theory within a given painting

@NateandNoahTryLife 5 жыл бұрын

If you liked the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam I can’t recommend the Kröller-Müller museum enough. It’s maybe an hour or so outside the city. They have the second largest collection of Van Goghs in the world, including some of my personal favorites, and crowds a tenth the size of Amsterdam. Plus you’ll get to find yourself in the gorgeous countryside in their outdoor sculpture gardens.

@bambufan3636 5 жыл бұрын

I just gave a visiting friend exactly the same advice yesterday :)

@claymountain1300 5 жыл бұрын

Honestly everything out of Amsterdam is better...

@nanaichinose7007 5 жыл бұрын

wow i lived in amsterdam but never knew this. i've only visited Van Gogh and Rijkmuseum :(

@izzatradzi10 5 жыл бұрын

Heard there's an Amsterdam light festival, starry night where his art was published.

@sebastianlicht939 5 жыл бұрын

This painting hangs in the Yale art gallery, anyone can view it free of charge. Don't forget to ask for the headphones, you can type a code into them displayed on some of the art. Van Gogh gave this painting to the man in the white jacket, he owned the bar and the apartment above it which Van Gogh lived in.

@HoH 5 жыл бұрын

Very thorough analysis!

@yt-sh 5 жыл бұрын

YOU SHOULD CHECKOUT HIS OTHER WORK kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLGYmalzx7zYdps.html

@ThisisBarris 5 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you here man! Love your work.

@achreflegend1319 4 жыл бұрын

Im still wondering who is vango He must be an unknown artist

@ABlackCountryWoman 4 жыл бұрын

I think the UTuber wrote the name phonetically, on purpose.

@fus9549 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@cadcal8075 3 жыл бұрын

He is probably a contemporary painter of vanku and maybe a relatives of bango.

@snowleemw6889 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@cyncynshop 3 жыл бұрын

Bangor?

@kasiaz.1783 4 жыл бұрын

This has always been my favorite van gogh, and thus one of my favorite paintings and have seen it In person a good dozen times, I never thought of it as conventionally 'ugly' before which is odd. I've always thought it was beautiful but I see it now

@steve154life 4 жыл бұрын

Beauty is in de eye of the beholder

@simonegad 4 жыл бұрын

it's so very beautiful.

@mariliaalmeidamagalhaesfer5300 5 жыл бұрын

The lamps look like eyes staring at me, makes me feel even more unconfortable

@nanacandraw1508 3 жыл бұрын

thanks I cant unsee it now

@QueenBee-gi3wu 3 жыл бұрын

Ikr! its the first thing I saw as well

@katherinechisholm2914 4 жыл бұрын

I actually think that the painting looks really cozy, the yellow lighting makes it kinda inviting imo

@DAyangBRICK333 4 жыл бұрын

You may have a drinking problem

@periwinklesprinkles 4 жыл бұрын

me too!!! i was literally searching the comments for someone who feels the same lol. to me it captures the feeling of a late night in a cozy place

@nathanbarraza2776 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I get what you mean it's chill ya know

@saravanheukelom5458 3 жыл бұрын

The composition and colours are actually very good

@ML-ly9hg 3 жыл бұрын

That's what I feel first, but then, when I keep looking at it, it slowly makes me feel anxious.

@kimbatha3555 4 жыл бұрын

It’s incredibly heart breaking. On his death bed he glanced at his brother and said I want to go home. I think he said that because he was incoherent and wanted to see his father. He never got to see his father before his death

@Engelbird 2 жыл бұрын

Theo didn't even arrive until after Vincent died.

@thisisfine.4784 Жыл бұрын

Their father died before Vincent died and Theo was by Vincent’s side when he was dying :((

@shmudnurmu6709 5 жыл бұрын

Nerdwriter1 has some of the highest quality video essays on the internet. The editing, production quality, analysis, and visual presentation of research are all so crisp, beautiful, and easily understandable. It's a shame and a miracle that these videos come out once a month. The artistic education i've gotten out of Nerdwriter videos is absolutely amazing.

@thecreativeidiot8779 5 жыл бұрын

Red/green color combinations are FASCINATING to me. It's really interesting that red/green became the dominant color theme of Xmas, especially because the two are so brash next to each other. It's almost like we all decided as a culture that CHRISTMAS MUST BE AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE. Keep up the great work my friend!

@eleSDSU 5 жыл бұрын

Let's just be happy that it isn't bright green and bright pink.

@MagusMarquillin 5 жыл бұрын

However, the combo is usually mellowed out with a lot of white, invariably if you live somewhere it snows, plus stories about Santa Claus and Jesus both typically bring in white. There's often many other colors in adition when it comes to decorations, gold in particular is a common Xmas colour, and brings some class even if it's no less loud. But yeah, it's really interesting how each holiday seems to have it's unique preset colour scheme.

@yicel486 5 жыл бұрын

idk why this seems wholesome to me lol

@Senpai-nb4io 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Christmas is loud, it’s october and I’ve still been hearing people sing jingle bells

@biksw 5 жыл бұрын

I love these painting analysis videos. I hope you'll do more in the future.

@SaladDongs 5 жыл бұрын

TDB < DSotM

@azortheturkahai1168 5 жыл бұрын

Türkçe altyazısını ekleyin de biz de beğenek be dostum :) Bilgiye ulaşma hakkı kutsaldır.

@jordanlin4437 5 жыл бұрын

The visuals in this video is absolutely amazing.

@johannfer7073 4 жыл бұрын

yes.. I really love this type of video. ans of course those paints as well

@johannfer7073 4 жыл бұрын

yes.. I really love this type of video. ans of course those paints as well

@halimadjozic4741 4 жыл бұрын

I wish I could see what colours he used for this painting. I’m colorblind.

@simonegad 4 жыл бұрын

so sorry. my friend and mentor al hansen fluxus artist was also color blind. rip al.

@gavinreid5387 4 жыл бұрын

The colours have faded.

@jaear6032 3 жыл бұрын

buy colorblind glasses. save and spend money for experiences.its more worth it

@janotopspin 3 жыл бұрын

it's nothing special man

@arpitdas4263 3 жыл бұрын

Mainly red for the walls,an aggressive am unnerving colour,and green for the tables and glasses,a pale ugly shade of sickness

@cwade620 5 жыл бұрын

Love that you're taking your time with these. Your uploads are one of the best examples of quality over quantity!

@boog2265 5 жыл бұрын

0:27 * hair cake PTSD intensifies *

@chestermanalo8901 5 жыл бұрын

Boog *H A B E U S E E N A C H E F P L S*

@dirtthrower1998 5 жыл бұрын

Jesus fucking christ I forgot about that now I need to see my psychiatrist.

@syk0492 5 жыл бұрын

god it gave me flashbacks

@dirtthrower1998 5 жыл бұрын

does anyone know the song?

@jesmens 5 жыл бұрын

Jesus that video popped up in my recommended. I don't know whether to feel scared or happy lol

@Ziad3195 3 жыл бұрын

it's not unsettling for me. I wish i can feel the unsettling feeling you get from it. it's kinda warm and cozy for me.

@lorenzo33631 4 жыл бұрын

00:29 that song brought some memories

@vigneshmallya7094 3 жыл бұрын

Could you please direct me to the source

@ingeborg-anne 5 жыл бұрын

*Internally corrects the pronunciation of "Gogh" every time*

@TehMightyWhale 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah it actually hurts to hear everyone butcher his name

@jordanoneill7052 5 жыл бұрын

I mean, I'm from the UK so I pronounce it Van Goff, let me tell you, you wouldn't want to hear us trying to pronounce it like "fenn hkhorcgh" or however it's really pronounced in dutch every time. That would be a lot more painful...and pretentious as hell.

@TehMightyWhale 5 жыл бұрын

Still hurts buddy

@splodge5714 5 жыл бұрын

Yawn.. always a comment about the mispronounciation of his name. Nice video. Thanks.

@zezinharias 5 жыл бұрын

Dutch is not even a real language. It's just german for drunk people.

@mariat.1442 5 жыл бұрын

Not only did I love the analysis of the painting, but the effects in the video, particularly when the colors gradually appear from red, to green, to yellow and then the rest were absolutely spectacular. Great job as always!

@lillyp6186 5 жыл бұрын

In the painting I always fricken’ lock my eyes on the guy with the white outfit and it just freaks me out every time😰

@nathanbarraza2776 4 жыл бұрын

It's cause you a pussy

@Grace-iv1ho 3 жыл бұрын

@@nathanbarraza2776 lmfao

@thinginground5179 2 жыл бұрын

@@nathanbarraza2776 hey chad fight me. ill fight you in that bar

@kristelboop 3 жыл бұрын

no wonder why i always feel uncomfortable during christmas

@stonekeykongmusic642 5 жыл бұрын

This night café reminds me of the cafés I went to alone or with my friends when I was a student. I actually find it almost comforting. I remember the heat, the drunk old guys, the loneliness, the beer smell. It sounds sad but I don't know why... I liked these moments and I still do like remembering them. I felt real darkness there some days, real friendship other days. It inspired me to put real raw emotions into my music and drawing.

@eleSDSU 5 жыл бұрын

I find it cozy, it remi ds me of the cafes I went to to play billiards, they had old men hunched and a backroom where people played dominoes, the one I went most times actually had green and red walls and that yellowy lighting only interrupted by the colder light avove the billiard table. Nostalgia can make anything beautiful and expressed by a master like van Gogh makes its job easier.

@samitpaudel7886 5 жыл бұрын

Look at Edward Hoppers' paintings.

@salad1000 4 жыл бұрын

4:18 smart people: sulfur yellow me: poop yellow

@Mariam_Kir 5 жыл бұрын

I love this video! It is an art itself. The essay, the video, the use of sounds and music... it's all brilliantly done!

@aniketwagh6477 3 жыл бұрын

I'm just seeing this painting for the first time and the feeling of anxiety and sorrow is quickly noticeable in the surroundings, reminds me of times I've sat alone in cafes and bars like this. It's an uneasy feeling, yet it somehow feels attractive as well.

@MiamiMarkYT 4 жыл бұрын

I love Van Gogh so much. I’ve only seen one of his paintings in person and I stared into it for about 20 minutes before a line began to form behind at which point I went to the back of the line so I could look a second time. Thank you for the video.

@saulettanirbergen2065 5 жыл бұрын

Your videos are masterpieces. Truly, whenever you make a video, I feel as if I'm walking out of it with more understanding in the world

@MultiConnor01 4 жыл бұрын

this is one of my favorite videos. the way you combine narration, sound design, and graphics to create a compelling story about complex material like this is incredible. please keep doing it.

@_angela._ 4 жыл бұрын

"ugliest masterpiece" is how my mom describes me.

@yesterdaysguy 5 жыл бұрын

I've missed these - I loved your understanding art series.

@beingpras 5 жыл бұрын

I'm inspired by the level thought you put into each video Mr. Puschak !! 🙏🙏🙏

@loveinthematrix 2 жыл бұрын

This is a realistic example of what a social bustling setting looks like when you look at it from sober eyes (even tho VG was probably not sober) looking at something from the distance of loneliness and mental illness. He may have been depicting the setting itself objectively, but it feels more like he is depicting through his on eyes which are tinged with this deep separation from the people around him even though he was right next to them. Maybe that’s why it feels and looks ugly. He felt connected in nature, so there is a love attached to it, there is a sense of oneness. When he is inside, it’s almost like it was synthetic to him, like walking into the matrix. It’s sad but honestly weirdly relatable. One of my favorite songs is the Nirvana song “Dumb” - when you’re mentally ill you can either pretend to fit in in settings like this, or you can see the truth of the experience which is lonely and sad.

@chuforeichi 4 жыл бұрын

I kind of like it. The colors are nice and the large shadow is intriguing big and silent. The focus, the man is off centered and facelessly staring at you, like he’s greeting/acknowledging you. And there’s pink flowers in the back. A very calm and quiet painting.

@backhaendl 5 жыл бұрын

Roses are red, I can't hear, where's my ear? -Vincent Van Gogh

@eatshipanddie6045 5 жыл бұрын

Ear blood is red, Paul please don't leave me, Cafes are scary, My painting is intentionally ugly.

@ToxisLT 5 жыл бұрын

After "the incident" Van Gogh's friends used to asked him, Vince, you are such a beautiful man, why did you cut your ear?! And you know what Van Gogh told them? -"WHAT?" edit: capitalization;)

@shihtzupuppy823 5 жыл бұрын

Marvin Filipp I ATE IT BISS!!! 🤩🤩🤪🤪

@shihtzupuppy823 5 жыл бұрын

Marvin Filipp HIS EAR TASTE SO GOOD DAMN!!! 🤪🤪🤪

@monkeydad47 5 жыл бұрын

@@eatshipanddie6045 that dosen't even rhyme!!

@eertikrux666 4 жыл бұрын

The jumpscares... not sure how paintings can be so scary but it worked

@Vampii__ 4 жыл бұрын

Ugliest Masterpiece? 😍😍😍 Didn’t expect to get featured in a video omg, thank you guys!!!

@sanamsitaram7940 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@wig.8gles 4 жыл бұрын

Why do I feel weird and I feel scared and trapped when I see that painting?

@mariemistlake5077 3 жыл бұрын

Wdym?

@wig.8gles 3 жыл бұрын

@@mariemistlake5077 I feel weird... Idk I can't explain it but it's really weird.

@sarahmolnar8075 3 жыл бұрын

for me it kinda feels like i see it through a fish eye lens, because it has that warped effect... makes it feel like it’s seen through a surveillance camera but that is probably just me. I get what you mean though, it also feels like the white man is staring at me

@wig.8gles 3 жыл бұрын

@@sarahmolnar8075 Yeah

@alexgrigas1696 5 жыл бұрын

I've actually seen this one in person! My first primary thought when I saw it was how the weird perspective lines capture drunkenness.

@neoxid501 5 жыл бұрын

Did you intentionally mean to unbalance us with the 4:3 aspect ratio? xD (great vid as always ❤️)

@laartwork 5 жыл бұрын

Its to match the painting's aspect ratio. He did it too on the last video as well.

@Statusinator 5 жыл бұрын

I'm more unbalanced by the Human Cake music

@themasstermwahahahah 5 жыл бұрын

It looks great on an iPad

@sibamboportraits 5 жыл бұрын

You're one of my best narrators and storyteller. You make anything sound cool. Always look forward to watching your vids. Keep it up!!!

@troybutts6565 3 жыл бұрын

my mom had a replica of this in our living room and when I was little I remember only being able to recognize the single man. the rest was just jumbled garbage in my toddler eyes. beautiful art now that I look at it and I feel kinda connected to the painting in a way

@souvikbhattacharyya2480 5 жыл бұрын

I am so exited to see this ! I learnt a lot from you nerdwriter! You make me see things differently. Thank you!

@indieA 5 жыл бұрын

Dude. You're the Bomb!!! One of the biggest reasons i started making video essays... Heavily influenced.. Kudos!

@b44442 5 жыл бұрын

*[ n i n j a s p a m ]*

@Th0rNe 5 жыл бұрын

worked. +sub

@MicaRayan 5 жыл бұрын

It was delightful to see....I like these paintings...it is so raw with emotions especially the enigmatic brushstrokes. You did a good job showcasing it in such dramatic presentation !

@eyesglow1777 4 жыл бұрын

“Ugliest” dude have you even seen the details like I can’t even draw a glass of water and Vincent Van Gogh paints a café that looks a bit creepy and then it’s considered “ugly” 😂

@wallabror 4 жыл бұрын

The word ugly in this context refers to the ugly side of the world the picture is depicting. In my native language the word ugly can be used to describe someone who acts mean. Ugly doesn't only refer to beauty on the outside, but also the inside. And the inside of this piece is ugly.

@tiat3137 4 жыл бұрын

He literally spends the WHOLE video praising and explaining the details of the painting. Maybe you should have actually watched it before commenting 🙄

@DAyangBRICK333 4 жыл бұрын

It's not considered ugly. It was titled ugly by the artist. Try watching the video again.

@appull60 5 жыл бұрын

I love when you breakdown paintings.

@classicalmusic1175 4 жыл бұрын

"Van gock", "Van go", "Van Gough". Why are there so many different pronunciations of his name? and which one is right?

@nationalgamerzz3489 4 жыл бұрын

van gogh

@toatatoa 3 жыл бұрын

Generaly one can always assume the US Americans pronounce foreign names wrong.

@okuyasuniijimura 3 жыл бұрын

In english it's "Van Gou" I think. In german it's "Van Gogh"

@JiveDadson 3 жыл бұрын

Van Gahk, sort of. The k is very soft, barely there. It's certainly not Van Go, as this video pronounces it.

@lukasvanklinken4367 3 жыл бұрын

In Dutch, which was his native tongue, it is pronounced 'van Gogh' with two raw, guttoral g's. It is very hard to pronounce for someone who does not speak Dutch, even though it looks simple.

@Jimmy_Johns 5 жыл бұрын

I was never a fan of paintings, but your channel has changed my mind a lot. When you know the story behind the paintings, and you get such a nice explanation, it all makes sense. Thank you SO SO much, your channel is great!

@dragonmummy1 3 жыл бұрын

This is my favourite Van Gogh. I’ve been fortunate enough to see it “in the flesh” twice. It stopped me in my track, I felt I could hear him urging me “look, look! “. I read that he once wrote that if he painted a tree, he didn’t want people to see a tree, he wanted them to feel it. I certainly feel him in this painting. I could write a page about what I get out of it.

@TheCanvasArtHistory 5 жыл бұрын

What a great video! You're a huge inspiration for my own channel on Art History!

@DavidYates8 5 жыл бұрын

This painting must have influenced the design in Breaking Bad.

@dennisvillafuerte8989 4 жыл бұрын

Binge-watching your channel. Amazing content and the commentaries are so insightful and so professional sounding. The videos are also well made. As a graphic designer these type of content is my cuo of tea. Subscribed. Keep up the excellent work.

@skyesylver8032 2 жыл бұрын

this painting makes me think of that moment before panic or a breakdown when you feel utterly alone even in a room with others and drowning in yourself because no one can pull you out of you. it's ugly in that feeling it reminds you of, of dark moments that are never pretty and certainly don't feel pretty to go through, but beautiful in every stroke and the wonderful way he got the message across.

@jordan640 5 жыл бұрын

Can we pleaseeee get a spin-off channel from you just of your art analysis? They are always so illuminating!!

@nurulizzati971 4 жыл бұрын

when he showed the paiting of Cafe Terrace Night, i realized the painting in my living room was actually a Vincent's work 😅

@thinginground5179 2 жыл бұрын

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@justamoteofdust 4 жыл бұрын

just finished watching a masterpiece called “Loving Vincent” based on this wise soul’s tragic life and thankfully stumbled across your channel through the “The Death of Socrates” video. thanks to this particular video here that I could make so much sense of that movie now. The whole of the movie is created using oil paintings and does include some of his famous paintings, of which this one is a part too. love your work, keep it up! ✌️

@108Romato 4 жыл бұрын

You guys are sooo good at analyzing, presenting, and documenting--- in 7 minutes yet. Kudos!

@MonotoniTV 4 жыл бұрын

Van Gogh: "this might just be my mashterpieshe"

@theworstmistakegodhaseverm2147 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t know why but once in a while I’ll always come back to this video

@simple22travel11 5 жыл бұрын

his work is so amazing because he suffered so much, through his suffering came such amazing beauty which he left behind and the world will forever be amazed and thankful loving Vincent.

@mina0rahman 4 жыл бұрын

Very insightful essay. Thank you. I became interested in Van Gogh's work after playing the game "Cube Escape" the art of which is heavily inspired by Vincent's mannerism and even symbolic of some significant and insignificant memories of his life. It's truly amazing that his art and his letters go hand in hand in contextual terms for understanding his work that one would overlook otherwise. What an excellent blend of literature and visual art! I wish we were taught about him in school.

@michaelkpp7285 3 жыл бұрын

I think this analysis also fits well with the aesthetic of neo-noir cinema, especially the colour schemes of movies like Nightcrawler, Taxi Driver or Fight Club

@magpie405 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, but there are some common mistakes when it comes to the color wheel and secondary colors. The three primary colors are those that can't be made mixing by any other colors, they are cyan, yellow and magenta (not red). Secondary colors are the combinations of two primary colors: purple, green and red. Complementary colors are pairs of colors that are opposite on the color wheel, the complementary of a primary color is always a secondary color formed by the two other primary colors, they are: magenta-green, yellow-purple and cyan-red. Different tones of reds are complementary to different tones of blue, the more a red leans towards magenta (such as a raspberry color), the more its complementary blue will lean towards green (like a turquoise), but it won't be actual green. Hope this helps someone, there's a lot of misinformation when it comes to basic color theory

@amlyczywek 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, that's interesting ;) Do you know what he says in 4:17? I mean, I can't understand the name of that color and I try to translate it into Polish c:

@magpie405 5 жыл бұрын

@@amlyczywek "sulphur yellow" it's a bright yellow (a little green)

@amlyczywek 5 жыл бұрын

@@magpie405 Thank you ☺️

@Adam-ne2qo 3 жыл бұрын

When you mentioned Terrace Cafe i couldn't help but smile as i had a canvas poster of that painting in my room

@JmanPlayzz 3 жыл бұрын

this is the best video on youtube. i cant pin point one single reason, the colours, sounds, style all combine to perfection.

@julajohanna 5 жыл бұрын

If you could only have uploaded this earlier I had an question about this painting on my art exam :(

@jaya6964 5 жыл бұрын

Will you please talk about Hogarth's 'A Rake's Progress'.

@mjstc7893 2 жыл бұрын

I find the painting to be cozy and comforting for some reason

@isabobora6450 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, this video is a masterpiece! It's so amazing to watch something so well done like this! Congratulations and thank you for the great content and edition of this video! Really nice 👏👏👏👏

@Zeino 5 жыл бұрын

00:27 As SOON as I heard the music, I remembered filthy frank cake videos

@vigneshmallya7094 5 жыл бұрын

Which music is that? Please.

@NateandNoahTryLife 5 жыл бұрын

*our senses are mediated by emotion* Very well put... human life is a rollercoaster of emotions. To only play into the highs does feel insincere!

@stevoofd 2 жыл бұрын

Van Gogh was a childhood idol of mine. I loved his work from the first time I saw it, and reproduced a select number of works in aquarel when I was 11. It was only when I reached adult phase though that then significance and uniqueness of his works really dawned on me, especially the contrasting colors and the oftentimes strange perspectives. The story of the man was a sad one however, and I wish he would have got the recognition he deserves, which unfotunarely only was reached post mortem. There are few artist who compare to his unique style, but I for one loved his breakaway from traditional art contemporaries and the way he, stubbornly believed in his own work. He was determined, devoted, and had a very peculiar relationship with nature, space and shapes. His work keeps on inspiring me. Great video!

@lauravalente4839 5 жыл бұрын

same ever since i went to the museum in january hes been my favourite

@steverubio6072 4 жыл бұрын

When its worst but still be called a masterpiece.

@arkangel8380 5 жыл бұрын

*complementary. Not complimentary. Common mistake but they two different meanings. Complimentary is something that comes for free whereas complementary is when two things complement each other.

@feanaaro8652 5 жыл бұрын

The videos are great and everything, but as a "Nerdwriter" this is an error one should avoid.

@WoWNightwhisper 5 жыл бұрын

Where are you getting this from? He says complementary (2:43, you hear 'eh', not 'ih') then also shows a quote that has the word in it (2:58).

@feanaaro8652 5 жыл бұрын

@@WoWNightwhisper 2:04

@gramursowanfaborden5820 5 жыл бұрын

what pedantry.

@feanaaro8652 5 жыл бұрын

@@gramursowanfaborden5820 what useful contribution to the discussion

@noel7255 5 жыл бұрын

This painting was in my art history final, thank you for not failing me

@richardwagner5742 5 жыл бұрын

I love van Gogh! His use of paint strokes and colors is fantastic!

@MysteryPancake 5 жыл бұрын

i can't believe you used the official Hair Cake soundtrack!

@loaloita 5 жыл бұрын

This video is the type on immersive analysis I wanna have when looking at a painting.

@oliviaburton4935 4 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy these, looking forward to other interpretations and analyses

@glennlavertu3644 5 ай бұрын

I grew up with this painting at my local museum (Yale Art Gallery) and it has always been my favorite in their collection. Whether it was ugly or not never occurred to me. Today I see the dichotomy of beauty vs ugly to be a trick being played on us to keep us in line. Most of the art/movies/stories/dance/music I love and find most meaningful is that which is often deemed to be "ugly".