Art Cooking: Dutch and Flemish Still Life Painting

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[aaamandac]

I love how even today, we're still taking still life pictures of food - although instead of carefully arranging the food for a portrait, we're doing the same for a picture to be shared on instagram or social media. It'll be interesting to see years from now what the trends will be seen as from our time. Thanks for another amazing episode!

[marchabuyuan-llanes]

This channel is just so offensively underrated.

[sonikj]

I’m not being funny but I wish the narrator would narrate my life her voice is so soothing

[AlejandraEngelhardt]

"PFFFTTT"
Butter and cheese on everything please!

[ss-iywr]

Dark alternate timeline show me PBS arranging the dead birds still life

[estrellacasias]

Art cooking is my favourite series on this channel I love it.

[Yoeri]

As a Dutch man, i am very impressed by your pronounciation of Gouda. Chapeau

[ShesAaRebel]

Buzzfeed is doing their own version of this show. And while it's mildly interesting, there's just something about the quality that these videos are made in, as well as the way the information is presented, that makes me feel like I'm actually learning something, and becoming smarter. Whereas with Buzzfeed it just feels like a casual conversation.
I suppose a good comparison would be journalism vs tabloids. Both are reporting something, and both require a similar skill set. It's just that one gives off a better impression in the end.

[wolfjeanne]

Actually nailed that Dutch pronunciation Sarah!

[natashiagushue]

I love how the Art Assignment showcases women. I never got to learn about female artists in my art history classes

[MM-uwtt]

I love that you tried speaking Dutch! I'm Polish and it's criminally common for people to mispronounce everything from names, words to cities in Polish. The fact that you put in effort to try to say Gouda the proper way - such care and effort. Love it

[lawrencecalablaster]

I love Dutch paintings so much- the details and idiosyncrasies of every artist speak to me.

[saraserna]

Really interesting video!
This genre of painting is called "naturaleza muerta" (literally dead nature) in Spanish and I had always seen it as a sad leftover of a magnificent party, a sad, gloomy depiction of those foods nobody wanted, yet you changed my view with the explanation of the context and the meaning of this paintings.
I think I'll enjoy looking at those now! Thank you very much!!
And greetings from Colombia :)

[berni]

This is simply wonderful, I loved not only the effort you made to recreate the painting, but the background narration explaining the elements, the context and all that.

[ronnepony]

you are actually doing really well on the Gouda pronunciation that was cool to hear after the endless Goooda Americans usually do

[JessieCarty]

The reflection how a photographic view is different from the still life is such a fascinating thing to reflect on!

[nutkja]

I’ve always been obsessed with these dutch still lifes! I love how amazingly detailed they are and the food looks delicious!

[bonbonbonbonbonbon]

Art Cooking is one of my favourite series on YouTube, thank you!

[EvlFlp]

Came back from a 'meh' date here in Amsterdam, saw this episode, watched it, happy again. Content, style, 'voice' and voice good again. Really enjoyed it. Also: heard "and yes that is My version of the Dutch pronunciation" and had to rewind to hear you say Gouda because you pronounced it so truely perfectly natural Dutch that I haddnt noticed that you as an American had diverted so far from the Americanenglish haha. I actually know quite a lot about these subjects *Dutch art..history, food (and technology) but Still this was deeply interesting to watch. If you ever need a research volunteer here on the ground, let me know. But this was already such a well done video, again. Thanks

[safflower_s]

yay! my favorite area of the Hermitage museum is where Dutch still life paintings are displayed, and now I'm inspired to visit it again.
and little self-portraits in the reflections? brilliant!

thanks for the video!