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A lovely documentary on a great landscape painter. No booming music or modern politics or flashy editing, no monotone naration or confusing non-linear narrative. I love it.

If John Constable was foreign rather than British, the Brits would love him!

Thank you for posting this. 🙏

Gosto e me inspiro tanto em Jhon Constable, que já assisti esse vídeo várias vezes. Nunca fiz nenhum curso de artes, mas gosto de desenhar apenas paisagens a lápis. Tenho muita vontade de conhecer esses lugares onde Constable viveu e pintou obras maravilhosas, mas ainda não tenho condições financeiras pra realizar esse sonho. Parabéns pelo excelentíssimo conteúdo desse vídeo. Vou assistir mais vezes. Amo esse artista.... JHON CONSTABLE.

his England is much like the one I remember growing up in there in the 1950's

When i get my business and money going, i will travel and paint all over. Not to sell and make money. Not to stoke my ego. But to pursue that which cannot be attained or explained. Its like you are transported somewhere else once you tap into the zone. Many ways to get there, but for me its painting.....or riding a bike.

@elizabethdarley8646

3 жыл бұрын

Yes- I fully agree. More power to you, Mr F.

This makes me want to see some of those paintings. ❤

Captivating. Thank you. Heureux que John Constable ait été admiré en France ! Happy he was admired in France.

Superb doc. The production, writing, and especially narration were all spot on.

Cheer~~~a peace officer with limited policing authority, typically in a small town.😊

my gran used to take me on day trips to Brighton during my two weeks staying with her in the summer.......a respite from the rigors of grammar school

John Constable is my family ancestor.

@2msvalkyrie529

Жыл бұрын

Did you inherit his talent ?

Growing up we had a copy of the Hay Wain and visiting Flatford Mill was truly special to be at the place I had grown up with

@MickAngelhere

3 жыл бұрын

@@dtaylor4552 that’s awesome

Remembering John Constable... Thanks again for your upload !!!

@2msvalkyrie529

Жыл бұрын

Again..?!?! Your devotion is very touching.

@MiaFeigelsonGallery

Жыл бұрын

@@2msvalkyrie529 Always ....

I enjoyed this and agree that Constable was an important and revolutionary painter, but he owed much to the Dutch landscape artists of the 17th century, van Ruisdael for example, not least in his study of huge skies over low landscapes.

Great documentary- as long as no one disturbs me as I imbibe the information here! Thank you, Mr Sooke. Elizabeth Darley, artist in UK

Huge kudos to the director/producer, and to the excellent Alistair Sooke - whose utter lack of affectation contrasts admirably with most of his colleagues'. This really is a superb documentary. And the music is perfect. Thankyou.

@penguinegg01

5 жыл бұрын

My feelings exactly. All art documentaries should be like this and full credit should go to the presenter Alistair Sooke and the the director, Spike Geilinger.

@infowazz

4 жыл бұрын

totally agree it was perfectly done. i took many screenshots of the landscape.

@elizabethdarley8646

3 жыл бұрын

I find it very difficult to absorb visual and worded information simultaneously so, to understand what is said here, I watch it in silence and listen to the sounds only , several times. then, eventually, I feel I can marry them as I am supposed to be doing from scratch!

Oooh! Listen to the honest social economics stated here! Refreshing to hear someone say it! Economics is very revealing if as unbiased as possible.

"His paintings are like accumulations of marks..." Nailed it!

Excellent biography, thanks

I spent a night at that cottage in the Hay wain at Flatford mill. It felt quite weird with all the modern plumbing and electricity., lovely place though.

Happy birthday, Master Constable and thanks for sharing this wonderful art documentary, IamUvo !!!

Constable was a truly great painter, but his reputation has suffered from his images being prettily scanned on to a thousand tea towels. Take a closer look at Constable however and you will see something darker, more serious and painted with greater pain than nearly any other artist in history.

@infowazz

4 жыл бұрын

In Philadelphia art museum there are a few Constables. They don't stand out as extremely attractive or extraordinary. Unless you know the history. I totally agree there is some pain and darkness in there. well said.

Thanks for sharing this wonderful Art Documentary. Happy Birthday, Master John Constable !!!

@dtaylor4552

4 жыл бұрын

John Constable is my ancestor.

I think that they should make a film about him and his work and life

Que belleza

nicely done documentary! thank you for the upload!

Thank you! Thank you!

Fanatastic!

As ever, shame about the snide presentation. But the pictures are great.

I wish I could save these beautiful pictures

£250 in 1824 is about £30,000 in 2021. aproximately. Not a bad income for one painting.

@elizabethdarley8646

3 жыл бұрын

Turner's were a minimum of £25,000 each.

Mashaallah

Such beautiful pictures

Constable must have been an influence for Sir John Everet Millais.

Nice!

Really enjoyed this! Could someone explain the "heavy symbolic longing" at 25:33?

@kecukraftwork1988

6 жыл бұрын

John longed for Maria, and the landscape almost mimics that. Her house is far away, distancing itself from John with hedges, fields, a fence, and trees that almost block the view. Maria was in sight, but not within reach.

@aryehfinklestein9041

6 жыл бұрын

I agree generally with Kecu here. But a less ambiguous though cruder symbolism might be found in the trees pointing heavenward that lie between him and his beloved - which may be seen as phallic images expressing both his yearning for her and his frustration at their being apart.

So, Turner was the rich kid and Constable was the poor kid, well, relatively speaking!!!!

A bit hyperbolic about the 'social conditions' at the time; also, the wagoner and other workers are hardly idealized in the painting.

54:48 What the hell happened to Constable's colours ? That rainbow is not a rainbow, I feel we are not looking at what Constable actually painted.

Someone tell me what music they took at 30:00? Just beatiful.

@ggstudio6664

4 жыл бұрын

fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis - Ralph Vaughan Williams - opening sequence but the whole piece is beautiful

Really good- I wish the presenter would have cooled it on the cynicism though.

@elizabethdarley8646

3 жыл бұрын

I agree- educated people today who seem to have quite pale skin (me too!), seem to believe that they are guilty for their own fathers and use apology to explain their heritage. I, for one, don't do that!!!! I have a degree in painting and I would present a different approach to John Constable's work.

Vasilis Ioannou Art on facebook.

What implications does this have on your qualifications, if any??? As a non licensed observer I think it would be amazing if you could share any N.T.S.B. or FAA processes involved with an (infraction)? Or just an (/accident) ? I know your channel is for "in" guys but, I'm sure some of us you have drawn in with you skills and amazing engineering wonder what happens in unforeseen issues like this...

He must have been inspired by van Dyke.

So blurry the paintings can't be recognized. Why bother with tiny blurry photos?

This is called art not that contempory crap that is pushed down our throat these days.

@edwin11373

4 жыл бұрын

It's the sign of the times. Don't forget that Constable's art was also considered as "crap" by some of his contemporaries. The same happened to the Impressionists, the Cubism movement, etc.

@elizabethdarley8646

3 жыл бұрын

@@edwin11373 Mmm, I think that John Constable's work is derided much more than say, Picasso's. People find human skill to make beauty quite frightening! People are safer (they believe) with uglification. Easy!

This was great! It shows that the Hay wayne was not really the best of Constable. Maybe he was one of the forerunners of the impressionist movement, but hardly a revolutionary.

So English ? So revolutionary ? Why so many words? We have similar landscape paintings about 100 years earlier by Jacob Van Ruisdael as Waterfall at sunset or Oaks at a lake which I prefer.

Que vient faire,à troubler l'exposition et à m' ennuyer, ce goderulau à la chemise froissée devant les tableaux que qui regarde ce vidèot voudrait bien pouvoir contempler sans l' aide de ses commentaires ?

William Turner was truly a great man amd painter the rest were animals and useless.

@AJ-ut7rr

4 жыл бұрын

And the rest are still animals, racist,cruel, useless, self centred, mental, xenophobic, selfish, hatred of other cultures, abusive, aggressive, depressed, unsocial, destructive, stating and mocking other cultures depressive.

@AJ-ut7rr

4 жыл бұрын

Oh forgot inhumane, stealing other cultures wives, no purpose, boring. It is a great pleasure to have relationships yourselves and stealing other cultures woman and then destroying the DNA and the world and then leaving the men of those culturez lolnely and depressed and destroying theor society. West is shit whether you like it or not. Staring at other people is racist and hurt their feelings and you get away with it bastards. You break your oen british law and do not get arrested and then mock other countries for their breaking of the law. I will take back my criminals who you are protecting and eventually will return home to my country.

@elizabethdarley8646

3 жыл бұрын

@@AJ-ut7rr Name them, please, as I don't know their names.

'The painting of this dog is delicious. Good enough to eat.' This guy and his opinions are getting on my nerves. Wish he'd calm down and reveal what is. That's enough thank you.

@reverendsaltine6852

4 жыл бұрын

xyzllii agreed. The guy is a sht-hook.

@Unfunny_Username_389

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe he's Korean??

@2msvalkyrie529

Жыл бұрын

Deserves more likes. Po faced lot on here obviously.?

Constable may be one of England's greatest painters, but he is considered second tier when you look beyond Britain.

@Phantomrasberryblowe

5 жыл бұрын

Bullshit. He’s one of the greatest painters of all time.By the way how many English painters do you know?

@anonymousforever

4 жыл бұрын

+S.L.S and you would know this definitively because you are a great master painter yourself?! I bet you have never even picked up a paintbrush in your life. Always the unskilled, talentless and ignorant people who think that they can judge the worth of another person's work. Constable is far out of your league.

How can you ride a bike with such a terrible seat position?

@robinfereday6562

2 ай бұрын

Practice