Has this artist ever seen a baby?

In which John and Sarah spend five hours at the louvre museum in Paris seeking to answer the most important question in art history: have these artists ever seen a human baby?
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  • @vlogbrothers
    @vlogbrothers Жыл бұрын

    This video was inspired by a brilliant tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@anan0tanna/video/7048950728416709935 (I know other people have played Has This Artist Ever Seen a Baby Before, but this particular tiktok was my inspiration!) -John

  • @historiana781

    @historiana781

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi John! Thank you so much for watching and liking my video enough to keep up the “has this artist seen a baby” energy.

  • @pablokorona

    @pablokorona

    Жыл бұрын

    I do dig how she rated them. Or perhaps better said, she *reviewed* them on a star scale. :)

  • @petiteflower5259

    @petiteflower5259

    Жыл бұрын

    @@historiana781 I feel like my life is better for having watched your video now

  • @fdm2155

    @fdm2155

    Жыл бұрын

    Well I must have been way ahead of the curve when I visited Avignon nearly 20 years ago. The Palace of the Popes had a 50 picture exhibit featuring Madonna and Child pieces. And yes, many of the babies looked like middle aged men 😆 And of course I asked: have any of these guys ever seen a baby OR a naked woman?

  • @cpatnaude7

    @cpatnaude7

    Жыл бұрын

    I have seen lots of babies. They come in many flavors: skinny, CHONK, stretchy, fetal, passive, CHAOS, dark, pale, squishy, solid... Let's just say that they have seen a baby, but all babies are unique and need snuggles. #DFTBA going to snuggle my kids every day, even when they are embarrassed by it.

  • @ash_harper
    @ash_harper Жыл бұрын

    i’d love to see two works by the same artist with baby improvement so as to give the commentary: “you can pinpoint with some accuracy the point at which this artist met a baby”

  • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

    @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @nolongervisible5850

    @nolongervisible5850

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @lindsaykat3675

    @lindsaykat3675

    Жыл бұрын

    😂 you've given me a new thing to look for at museums

  • @Shrooblord

    @Shrooblord

    Жыл бұрын

    wahahahaha +++

  • @TheGrumbliestPuppy

    @TheGrumbliestPuppy

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @joeyspizza8
    @joeyspizza8 Жыл бұрын

    Thing is, Michael Cera could actually be 400 years old and STILL look just like that

  • @ThatReplyGuy

    @ThatReplyGuy

    Жыл бұрын

    He truly is timeless.

  • @InnuendoStudios

    @InnuendoStudios

    Жыл бұрын

    That was *clearly* Millie Bobby Brown

  • @percussion124

    @percussion124

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @i-will-sing-no-requiem

    @i-will-sing-no-requiem

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

    @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

    Жыл бұрын

    He also may have accidentally wandered into the 17th century the way he accidentally stars in movies without realizing he's even acting.

  • @allieborland3819
    @allieborland3819 Жыл бұрын

    Omg! My friends and I went to the Louvre in June, and we also played "does this artist even know what a baby looks like?"! It was so fun! We also laughed for like 10 minutes over the statue holding guy

  • @politereminder6284

    @politereminder6284

    Жыл бұрын

    I didn't even know that this is a thing people do. 😅🤣🤣🤣

  • @Lurklen

    @Lurklen

    Жыл бұрын

    Oddly enough, that guy looks like he should be holding a baby, and in no way looks like he is trying to hold *that* statue, and I think the artist was just like "Imma be real, I do not know how to draw a baby, here's a nekkid lady statue instead...I spent a lotta time doing those in school."

  • @jama211

    @jama211

    Жыл бұрын

    @@politereminder6284 You can do the same with animals! Has this artist ever seen a cat?

  • @suzannenixon8870

    @suzannenixon8870

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jama211 Or horses!

  • @popenieafantome9527

    @popenieafantome9527

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jama211 that reminds me of that one painting in where artist was like, “I’m sure a cat is just a small dog with human facial feature.”

  • @theworldwhispers
    @theworldwhispers Жыл бұрын

    It doesn't matter how fairly commonplace it is to see Sarah in videos these days, my brain will always be like "the yeti?!" every time. I hope this never changes.

  • @percussion124

    @percussion124

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @Eden.H

    @Eden.H

    Жыл бұрын

    Went straight to the comments to say exactly that :D

  • @IAmTheSkittlesFairy

    @IAmTheSkittlesFairy

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @dawn8293

    @dawn8293

    Жыл бұрын

    I'll be real. I forgot about the yeti joke, and I am thrilled to be reminded.

  • @tiffy717

    @tiffy717

    Жыл бұрын

    Can someone explain this yeti joke

  • @Adeith
    @Adeith Жыл бұрын

    I can assure you, very few painters have seen a horse and its the best thing ever

  • @dftbarachel
    @dftbarachel Жыл бұрын

    “i don’t know if this is a good painting but after all this religious iconography and mythology it was just nice to see a 400 year old Michael Cera cradling a statue”

  • @The_Nascence_of_Nichole

    @The_Nascence_of_Nichole

    Жыл бұрын

    He's aged really well!! 💖

  • @dftbarachel

    @dftbarachel

    Жыл бұрын

    @@The_Nascence_of_Nichole hi nichole! 🥰

  • @The_Nascence_of_Nichole

    @The_Nascence_of_Nichole

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dftbarachel HI hunny!! Foundja 😍💖

  • @louismyers8845

    @louismyers8845

    Жыл бұрын

    I loved that part🤣

  • @hexeddecimals

    @hexeddecimals

    Жыл бұрын

    Do you know what that painting is called?

  • @samuelhamblin7535
    @samuelhamblin7535 Жыл бұрын

    I made myself laugh at the end because i thought you were going to say "the artist had not only seen a baby but was one" as if the answer to all these bad baby paintings was that no artists had ever once been babies they were all Benjamin Buttons

  • @chubacca21

    @chubacca21

    Жыл бұрын

    Same!!!

  • @gearoidconnolly1182

    @gearoidconnolly1182

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @melanieniemann4160

    @melanieniemann4160

    Жыл бұрын

    Same, but my prediction was that he was going to say the artist had not only seen a baby, but actually loved one. The contrast between loved and held was enough for me!

  • @annafantasia

    @annafantasia

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @pleasestopsubscribingtomyc3360
    @pleasestopsubscribingtomyc3360 Жыл бұрын

    i'm absolutely loving the most recent "just for fun" videos! reminds me of old school vlogbrothers :)

  • @ToriKo_

    @ToriKo_

    Жыл бұрын

    Giraffe

  • @RialVestro

    @RialVestro

    Жыл бұрын

    Is your name a reverse psychology thing or what? Now I really want to check out your channel...

  • @pleasestopsubscribingtomyc3360

    @pleasestopsubscribingtomyc3360

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RialVestro it's kind of a practical joke where both sides have to participate for it to work

  • @henrietteneuschwander219

    @henrietteneuschwander219

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @percussion124

    @percussion124

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @scottformica9314
    @scottformica9314 Жыл бұрын

    I feel like... that's it. I've seen the Louvre. Got the Mona Lisa in there for approximately the time you'll get to see the Mona Lisa at approximately the size of the Mona Lisa, got a tour of all the VERY interesting babies. Like, what more is there? Boom, case closed. John Green, bringing you to the Louvre OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET.

  • @vlogbrothers

    @vlogbrothers

    Жыл бұрын

    Still worth an IRL visit if you ever get the chance! If only for the Jacques Louis David paintings and Liberty Leading the People! -John

  • @OneRandomLeo

    @OneRandomLeo

    Жыл бұрын

    Honestly, the Egyptian artrfacts are to die for... I was in there so long they almost locked me in

  • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

    @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

    Жыл бұрын

    @@OneRandomLeo Locked in with some ancient, possibly cursed Egyptian artifacts sounds like it would have been interesting.

  • @jeka8826

    @jeka8826

    Жыл бұрын

    @@OneRandomLeo The dream for everyone reading The Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler

  • @lindsaykat3675

    @lindsaykat3675

    Жыл бұрын

    @@OneRandomLeo But have you been to The British Museum?

  • @miacoss9809
    @miacoss9809 Жыл бұрын

    I think some of these artists have just seen SUPER ugly babies and decided to take that and roll further with it than they should've done.

  • @jobriq5

    @jobriq5

    Жыл бұрын

    I love that one where the baby has the exact same side-eye look as the woman holding them

  • @jamesclapp6832

    @jamesclapp6832

    Жыл бұрын

    In defense of the artists, perrspective, proportion and foreshortening we're still in their "infancy."

  • @iazonv-alt

    @iazonv-alt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jamesclapp6832 I groaned and smiled at this comment. Well played.

  • @Gesepp95

    @Gesepp95

    Жыл бұрын

    They were also gullible enough to believe the new parents who told them that their baby was cuter than any other. Working backwards from below-average is a great way to reach goblin-tier.

  • @fdm2155

    @fdm2155

    Жыл бұрын

    Plausible!

  • @BlueScreenCorp
    @BlueScreenCorp Жыл бұрын

    I am glad that John and I both recognize a 400 year old painting of Michael Cera when we see one

  • @MarvelousNysa

    @MarvelousNysa

    Жыл бұрын

    Came to the comments to see if this was here already, cuz same

  • @afeathereddinosaur
    @afeathereddinosaur Жыл бұрын

    Your intrepid spouse has the capabilities of raising the eyebrow dramatically, that is a good ability, keep it up

  • @defaultmesh

    @defaultmesh

    Жыл бұрын

    when the rock is sus

  • @mfaizsyahmi

    @mfaizsyahmi

    Жыл бұрын

    >keep it up what? the eyebrow? please give her a break. we don't want her to have facial cramp!

  • @nonnewtonian2357

    @nonnewtonian2357

    Жыл бұрын

    Spock levels of dramatic eyebrow arching

  • @NeaeraNeaeraNeaera
    @NeaeraNeaeraNeaera Жыл бұрын

    I often think about how the statues were painted and when people found out, they said they would have looked really gawdy with intense colours and stuff... But the technology probably is just picking up the basecoat and stuff and there would have been so much more detail added on top.

  • @driverjayne

    @driverjayne

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe but I would 100% believe the Greeks and Roman's were just gaudy AF. Subtlety is not their strongest trait.

  • @one_smol_duck

    @one_smol_duck

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh that's a good theory. I want to believe you're right. Otherwise -- how can you carve something so intricate then just slap some blocks of color on it and call it a day?

  • @MakeRetro

    @MakeRetro

    Жыл бұрын

    So basically, ancient statues were just giant Warhammer models.

  • @greencellist

    @greencellist

    Жыл бұрын

    I think the same. If you look at mosaics from the same time, you see subtlety and shading. It's not like they didn't understand color theory

  • @kf10147

    @kf10147

    Жыл бұрын

    I recommend looking at the fayum portraits to see just how lifelike some ancient art was! There was the little speculative story I read about a party in ancient rome only lit by candles and oil lamps and being wine drunk when you see a painted statue and mistake it for a serving boy. That idea just haunts me.

  • @KyleJMitchell
    @KyleJMitchell Жыл бұрын

    I'd like to note, some of these examples appear to fit more into the category of "had never seen a baby above the neck". We all get the reasoning behind the old-man faces, but their heads should still be shaped like human heads, right?

  • @IrisGlowingBlue

    @IrisGlowingBlue

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @thingamabitch
    @thingamabitch Жыл бұрын

    Artemisia Gentileschi has some of the best paintings of babies from her time period because she actually had kids and was the main caretaker, plenty of time for observation.

  • @bartolomeothesatyr

    @bartolomeothesatyr

    Жыл бұрын

    I feel this comment needs more thumbs up, so here's another thumbs-up! 👍

  • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

    @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

    Жыл бұрын

    Gentileschi, a rare example of an artist who actually knew what she was painting about.

  • @winterkeptuswarm

    @winterkeptuswarm

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @riddhimanna8437

    @riddhimanna8437

    Жыл бұрын

    There is an anime called Arte loosely based on her life!

  • @MiddleAgedNerd
    @MiddleAgedNerd Жыл бұрын

    "He's just seen adults and imagined they were once smaller" is my favorite quote of the week. I realize it's only Tuesday but I'm confident nothing will top this.

  • @aquamus
    @aquamus Жыл бұрын

    Greek statues having once been painted really blew my mind -- what is, is not necessarily, and may not always have been

  • @possiblypoet

    @possiblypoet

    Жыл бұрын

    …much like babies 👶

  • @jobriq5

    @jobriq5

    Жыл бұрын

    It really is hard to imagine iconic pieces like the venus de milo in color

  • @JoelMatton

    @JoelMatton

    Жыл бұрын

    You might also be interested to know that many statues that are missing arms actually originally had bronze arms that rusted and fell off over time

  • @KyleJMitchell

    @KyleJMitchell

    Жыл бұрын

    Imagine how bizarre it would look if they painted parts of government buildings in Washington, DC, to "look more accurately" neoclassical. I think we would *all* hate it.

  • @thewiseturtle

    @thewiseturtle

    Жыл бұрын

    Did you maybe mean to write: "what is is not necessarily, and may not always have been, what was."?

  • @Leona8Cooper
    @Leona8Cooper Жыл бұрын

    😂I remember having a similar discussion in a Western Literature class, and the resounding question was "did the artists just never leave their studios or have children of their own?" And the resounding conclusion was a class-wide shrug and a "Maybe not."

  • @mommys-lil-tortlet
    @mommys-lil-tortlet Жыл бұрын

    this is also just a huge reminder of how many people who were capable of pregnancy do not have paintings in the louvre

  • @Quintinia

    @Quintinia

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @eggbertina

    @eggbertina

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @prayingmantis8148

    @prayingmantis8148

    Жыл бұрын

    maybe it's more people who had given birth not getting their art into the Louvre? You can be capable of pregnancy and never do it (hopefully that'll be me) or you could be incapable of pregnancy and see babies all the time and draw a million babies in your lifetime, or you could have once been capable of pregnancy, then stopped being capable of it, and then painted a bunch of babies and still not have your art recognised or appreciated

  • @emilygray2025

    @emilygray2025

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @alisalarsen9163

    @alisalarsen9163

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes!

  • @bethn2836
    @bethn2836 Жыл бұрын

    As a person with an art degree, this video is EVERYTHING. I now have a new favorite game to play while exploring an art museum.

  • @RachelShadoan
    @RachelShadoan Жыл бұрын

    This made me laugh so much! I feel like some of those artists not only haven’t seen a baby, but also they’re terrified by what they have heard about the babies they have not seen

  • @MerkhVision

    @MerkhVision

    Жыл бұрын

    This is so funny haha

  • @lillyfriedman6618
    @lillyfriedman6618 Жыл бұрын

    played this exact game at the louvre in May and again at the philadelphia museum of art last friday - the best ones are northern renaissance (Netherlands, Belgium, Germany etc. during late 15th century to the 16th century) because they have not seen babies, birds, or people with emotions

  • @KyleJMitchell
    @KyleJMitchell Жыл бұрын

    Never been to the Louvre but I understand that they should just officially change the name of the Mona Lisa room to "The People-Waiting-to-See-the-Mona-Lisa Room", since that's the real point. Good on you for shrugging it off publicly.

  • @grantbaugh2773

    @grantbaugh2773

    Жыл бұрын

    My college art professor told us that if we ever go to the Louvre we should just skip the Mona Lisa and look at a reproduction in the gift shop as we'd get a better look.

  • @sprinkledsunshine

    @sprinkledsunshine

    Жыл бұрын

    Last time I went to the Mona Lisa room it was not to see the Mona Lisa but to see The Wedding at Cana which is across from it.... and it was being restored 😭

  • @TheMeal

    @TheMeal

    Жыл бұрын

    "WHERE'S THE BIG MONA LISA HUNG?" -An American, probably

  • @fdm2155

    @fdm2155

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember hurrying to get ahead of a bunch of teenagers (it was European spring break apparently) and we wanted to get ahead of the to see the winged Victory. Meanwhile they had no interest in the statue. Probably on their way to see the Mona Lisa 😆

  • @thatjillgirl

    @thatjillgirl

    Жыл бұрын

    It's so strange how THAT painting became so iconic that it needs barriers and darkened glass to protect it from hoards of people who come for a faraway glimpse of it. I mean, it's a nice painting, but there are plenty of other ones in the Louvre alone that are also quite nice. It's also kind of a shame that you can't really get a pleasant, organic viewing experience of that particular nice painting now.

  • @dftbarachel
    @dftbarachel Жыл бұрын

    oh this is gonna be good

  • @cogspace
    @cogspace Жыл бұрын

    Such an insightful video. Thank you John and Sarah! I am beginning to wonder if any of us have ever truly seen a baby.

  • @benhansberry

    @benhansberry

    Жыл бұрын

    As the father of a currently 6 week old, it seems like of late I have seen nothing but baby

  • @AUnicorn666

    @AUnicorn666

    Жыл бұрын

    its a well known fact that babies go invisible when someone tries to look at them, therefore no one has seen a baby

  • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

    @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

    Жыл бұрын

    @@benhansberry But you have to test whether you have actually seen a baby by making a Baroque painting of a baby.

  • @hjpev6469

    @hjpev6469

    Жыл бұрын

    If people judged me by my baby drawing skills I would not only appear as if I had never seen a baby, but would look as though I had never even had one described to me.

  • @sebastiankelly374
    @sebastiankelly374 Жыл бұрын

    Some babies look like babies the way Lacroix tastes like fruit.

  • @sara-ww8eq

    @sara-ww8eq

    Жыл бұрын

    +++

  • @qwertyTRiG
    @qwertyTRiG Жыл бұрын

    A friend of mine did her PhD on the subject of how to present unknowns to the public in terms of archaeology. Like, we know this was painted, but we don't know how it was painted. Any repainting we might do is a guess (and is interfering with archaeology), but leaving it unpainted presents a false idea to the public. (Though she was focused more on tumble-down German castles.) Basically, she was studying what kind of reconstructions and guides most clearly explain to the public what's known and what's educated guesswork. (We are pretty certain that there was a window here, though we can't be sure, and we have no idea what shape it was.) Fascinating stuff. Her PhD defense was online, and I got to watch it.

  • @flowerheit4512

    @flowerheit4512

    Жыл бұрын

    That sounds like incredibly interesting work!

  • @melonlord1414

    @melonlord1414

    Жыл бұрын

    Not having a PhD in this, but I think with things that have a "manageable" size like statues, it would make sense to make replicas and paint them as close to what we think it looked like as possible and to display both versions next to each other. This is way harder when it comes to things like castles, though. We can't copy them. Not just because it's super expensive, but also because the mountain they sit on is part of the castles and copying a mountain would be a little bit excessive.

  • @qwertyTRiG

    @qwertyTRiG

    Жыл бұрын

    @@melonlord1414 One idea is perspex screens you can look through which overlay a sketch on the ruins, or VR technology.

  • @qwertyTRiG

    @qwertyTRiG

    Жыл бұрын

    @@flowerheit4512 Here's her TEDx talk: kzread.info/dash/bejne/rJeg18SNpdHdlJM.html.

  • @melonlord1414

    @melonlord1414

    Жыл бұрын

    @@qwertyTRiG Augmented Reality would be cool

  • @DasGanon
    @DasGanon Жыл бұрын

    Favorite Louvre memory: Getting Vaguely lost on the 3rd level going through relatively tiny room after tiny room until I stumbled upon that Joseph Ducreux painting everyone knows from everywhere and thinking "Well I may be lost, but I'm exactly where I want to be"

  • @fugithegreat

    @fugithegreat

    Жыл бұрын

    absolute gold!

  • @akshatdubey7904

    @akshatdubey7904

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @oswenaisla4016

    @oswenaisla4016

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

    @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

    Жыл бұрын

    If there's anywhere you could get lost, I think The Louvre isn't a bad option.

  • @livingforthestory
    @livingforthestory Жыл бұрын

    Exactly the vintage Vlogbrothers vibe we need in this, the trashfire year of our Lord 2022

  • @Tavaloux
    @Tavaloux Жыл бұрын

    Ok I now know what I’m gonna do next time I’m in a museum with someone 😂

  • @Upseti_Spaghetti

    @Upseti_Spaghetti

    Жыл бұрын

    Same!!

  • @elisa.llew-send

    @elisa.llew-send

    Жыл бұрын

    Definitely a top candidate of things to occupy Nerdfighter Travelers!

  • @lizmoss
    @lizmoss Жыл бұрын

    this made me laugh out loud many times. thank you, john.

  • @Jesssicaaharris
    @Jesssicaaharris Жыл бұрын

    The amount of joy I had when John said Michael Cera because I was really hoping I wasn’t the ONLY one.

  • @matthiasl.6551
    @matthiasl.6551 Жыл бұрын

    So happy to see you enjoying my city, Sarah and John! Have a great stay in Paris and for the authentic French experience, be sure to get stuck in a crowded metro! Signed, a frustrated Parisian stuck on commute, who's nonetheless grateful the new vlogbrothers vid dropped right now.

  • @susanjimenez5500

    @susanjimenez5500

    Жыл бұрын

    If it makes you feel any better, we New Yorkers get stuck on crowded metros all the time too! 🙂 somehow I'd rather be stuck on a Parisian metro... probably because then I would be on holiday in Paris! 😁 ❤️

  • @rickyn3023
    @rickyn3023 Жыл бұрын

    1:33 he’s ready to be folded into the King Cake

  • @d.f.4830
    @d.f.4830 Жыл бұрын

    I don’t know why, but the expression on the face of the guy holding the statue is very relatable 😂

  • @courtneywarren3698
    @courtneywarren3698 Жыл бұрын

    I’m in the NICU with my newborn baby and feeling very emotionally raw and scared. I watched this video when they took her to run tests in the lab. It’s the first minute I’ve been alone and had any space to myself. I needed a minute to giggle about the homunculus and about weird art. Thanks for being with me tonight. It’s like having a friend to distract me in the room.

  • @Ruthavecflute

    @Ruthavecflute

    Жыл бұрын

    I hope you and baby are well and do great :)

  • @aisadal2521
    @aisadal2521 Жыл бұрын

    They've never probably seen a woman either, let's be honest

  • @TheProdigalSaint
    @TheProdigalSaint Жыл бұрын

    Oh my goodness yeeees. My wife and I love to play this game with medieval painters. 😂 Also tons of fun is, “has this person ever seen a cat?”

  • @lindsaykat3675

    @lindsaykat3675

    Жыл бұрын

    I really wish I could comment with a picture of a cat I took at the Rijksmuseum 2 weeks ago

  • @KnowArt
    @KnowArt Жыл бұрын

    as someone who's "never" seen a baby, I would've loved an explanation why some of these where wrong. Some are obvious, but some look like babies to me?

  • @esthermerriken4408

    @esthermerriken4408

    Жыл бұрын

    Proportions are off - adult muscles that shouldn't exist - too much teeth in the mouth for the very young - wrong expression and poses in general - adults holding the baby off the center of balance - lack of baby flexibility... there is a lot

  • @2adamast

    @2adamast

    Жыл бұрын

    Indeed that's why when i saw photoshopped magazines I often thought this person has never seen a person.

  • @akshatdubey7904
    @akshatdubey7904 Жыл бұрын

    the last picture gives me pure bliss

  • @joshgoldenberg4398
    @joshgoldenberg4398 Жыл бұрын

    A super rare sighting of the Yeti? French the Llama!!!

  • @IMakeupStuff
    @IMakeupStuff Жыл бұрын

    This video made me laugh out loud more than once. John, you are a frickin DELIGHT.

  • @flowerheit4512
    @flowerheit4512 Жыл бұрын

    "he's just seen adults and imagined they were once much smaller"

  • @connierobinson1090
    @connierobinson1090 Жыл бұрын

    Based on my drawing skills, I have never seen a baby

  • @oafkad
    @oafkad Жыл бұрын

    Paris is such a good time. I was worried I'd get Paris Syndrome when we visited but we ended up walking for around 16 hours across two days trying to see everything. It felt like every centimeter of my leg bones had fractured by the end. We got on a cruise shortly thereafter and just laid on the bed gently touching our legs and hoping it would stop hurting. It took...a while.

  • @jeka8826

    @jeka8826

    Жыл бұрын

    The image evoked by "gently touching our legs" was so specific and so precisely what I do after way too much walking. It's a pain that demands to be felt, like maybe provoking the ache a little will heal it faster and you can't just NOT touch the sore muscles while you wait.

  • @Droopysmine
    @Droopysmine Жыл бұрын

    Just as Hank walked us through weird zillow houses, I will need more REAL stories from museums. I would pay for this audio walking tour of the Louvre. No shade to the "real" tour guide who walked us through, but this actually kept my attention. Happy to see other variations like "Has this artist ever seen a" dog/horse/human/shoe, etc. Please and thank you.

  • @Friendlyfarter
    @Friendlyfarter Жыл бұрын

    This video feels like a beautiful combo of learning things and being silly and it made me so happy. Thank you for continuing to remember to be awesome.

  • @Kblmquist
    @Kblmquist Жыл бұрын

    I never new until now how much I needed to see John at the Louvre playing has this artist ever seen a baby.

  • @Thetechnicolorchild
    @Thetechnicolorchild Жыл бұрын

    We used to play this is my college Art History class!

  • @flishyfish922

    @flishyfish922

    Жыл бұрын

    That's hilarious

  • @renaperl
    @renaperl Жыл бұрын

    This was such a great reminder that there are so many ways to enjoy art.

  • @jasoncrane
    @jasoncrane Жыл бұрын

    I see from your pinned comment that others have done this but this is my first exposure to the idea and WOW I LOVE IT.

  • @soren81
    @soren81 Жыл бұрын

    This is undeniably the best video in the history of videos. Looking at paintings will never be the same again.

  • @nataliepfost1967
    @nataliepfost1967 Жыл бұрын

    My husband and I couldn’t stop laughing. Great way to start the morning! Thank you for this

  • @EmInMI80
    @EmInMI80 Жыл бұрын

    I do love some good classical art humor. I knew my husband was the right one for me when we were solemnly touring the classical sculpture exhibit at the Getty Museum in LA and my husband dryly remarked, “raise your hand if you’re a bronze naked lady.” I cracked up when I noticed that pretty much all of the bronze naked lady statues had at least one arm up. 😂

  • @Hitiroshachi
    @Hitiroshachi Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for making what is now one of my favourite video on the internet. This has brought me such joy!

  • @chocolateer8907
    @chocolateer8907 Жыл бұрын

    “Babies are just tiny drunk adults” -all these artists

  • @nekrataali

    @nekrataali

    Жыл бұрын

    tbh children were viewed as immoral, irrational, ill-tempered adults and not objects of parental adoration until the mid to late 1800s.

  • @CJordanNicholson
    @CJordanNicholson Жыл бұрын

    John, this is probably one of my favorite videos you've made. Very fun and creative.

  • @chocfudgebrowni
    @chocfudgebrowni Жыл бұрын

    The comparison with the rhinoceros one too omfg

  • @marshmello3455
    @marshmello3455 Жыл бұрын

    I didn't know I needed this perusal of the Lourve's babies, but it turns out I did need it. My day is infinitely improved.

  • @elisa.llew-send
    @elisa.llew-send Жыл бұрын

    So many gems. Loved the context clues. Hope you enjoyed the Louvre!!

  • @raegune
    @raegune Жыл бұрын

    Well, this was a delightfully fun video. Thanks John!

  • @imakedoodleslol
    @imakedoodleslol Жыл бұрын

    take a shot every time john says 'baby'

  • @Meadowmeadowmoo
    @Meadowmeadowmoo Жыл бұрын

    I love that the final painting is my favorite painting I saw at the Louvre🥺

  • @criticalcontainment
    @criticalcontainment Жыл бұрын

    I've waited so long to see the yeti deliberately avoiding simply googling it, and today after many years I've seen her. Life is complete.

  • @NoaShaby
    @NoaShaby Жыл бұрын

    Can't even begin to explain how much I enjoyed this video! My two favorite things: babies, and John Green reviewing things!

  • @perryoakes1698
    @perryoakes1698 Жыл бұрын

    "400 year old Michael Cera" made me chuckle.

  • @lynnstewart3703
    @lynnstewart3703 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video! You're the most awesome tour guide ever. This video gave me so much joy and I was honestly laughing all the way through it.

  • @spineyswordfish
    @spineyswordfish Жыл бұрын

    You've forever changed how my significant other and I will interact with and appreciate the art museum experience.

  • @sara-ww8eq
    @sara-ww8eq Жыл бұрын

    "...and has seen a baby more recently than he has seen a human woman" 🤣🤣🤣

  • @AlmiraBat
    @AlmiraBat Жыл бұрын

    I love getting these videos, which are more slice of life rather than educational, because while I dearly love the educational content, these are very entertaining, and I had to be careful not to giggle in public while viewing it. Which is my favorite kind of Vlogbrothers video, regardless of the subject. :)

  • @Madeyemoody07
    @Madeyemoody07 Жыл бұрын

    I feel like this video can be considered under the educational category and therefore exceed the 4 minute imposed video length. Which would conveniently give me more louvre art to look at, and we all need more art in our lives.

  • @LittleMissTotoro
    @LittleMissTotoro Жыл бұрын

    I also love playing this game!! My current favourite weird baby/cherub are ones decorated on a building in my neighbourhood. They look like they are under immense distress trying to keep the windows from falling off the building. Amazing!

  • @numberboxgamer
    @numberboxgamer Жыл бұрын

    I'll take exception to the idea that Neoclassical architecture isn't neoclassical. If anything it is exceptionally NEO-classical specifically because it ISN'T classical. That's what makes it neo and what makes it unique and enjoyable for entirely different reasons. The exposed marble has always been a testament to how far society has come since the dark ages, to me. When I went to DC for the first time I, several times, made the comment to my partner that it's amazing how much marble and artists to carve it our society was able to produce and/or acquire for a seemingly inconsequential purpose. The fact that it remains unpainted draws attention to the material, not the design, and allows it to serve as a testament to post-capitalism and the world we might one day inhabit.

  • @bartolomeothesatyr

    @bartolomeothesatyr

    Жыл бұрын

    I was thinking along the same lines and came to the comments to make a similar observation. It's exactly the sterility of the unadorned materials that make it NEOclassical.

  • @surrexi
    @surrexi Жыл бұрын

    this video went straight into my "nerdfighteria favorites and essentials" playlist and ALSO made me want to play this game every time i visit an art museum for the rest of my life, lol

  • @OldManShoutsAtClouds
    @OldManShoutsAtClouds Жыл бұрын

    Aww, even on that super short clip your "intrepid spouse" gives off the most wholesome vibes ❤️

  • @shifat-day4251
    @shifat-day4251 Жыл бұрын

    as an oil painter this made me laugh so much, I needed it, thank you💖

  • @lindaodd5667
    @lindaodd5667 Жыл бұрын

    I laughed throughout the whole video. Thank you so much 😀🖤

  • @imberrysandy
    @imberrysandy Жыл бұрын

    This video was so entertaining; I can't believe you fit so much fun in less than 4 minutes

  • @debcarroll8192
    @debcarroll8192 Жыл бұрын

    What a fun video! My daughters (who are both now artists) and I used to have similar discussions when they were kids- except about dogs and other animals- whenever we went to art museums.

  • @MarcosProjects
    @MarcosProjects Жыл бұрын

    I've always been much more Hank-like in my strong preference for math and science over the arts and could only admire you and Sarah for being so artistic. Given that, I'm pleasantly surprised to see you two appreciating art in the kind of way I might rather than taking it overly seriously. Good to know artsy people can have fun with it too :D

  • @prayingmantis8148

    @prayingmantis8148

    Жыл бұрын

    You can be artsy fartsy or farsty on the artsy, art is for everyone 👍

  • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

    @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely. I finally get art.

  • @marikasdaughter6263
    @marikasdaughter6263 Жыл бұрын

    This seems like a fun game for any of the old art museums.. Loved mentioning the animal thing, could play that game too, "Has the artist ever seen the animal it has painted". It seems like that rhinoceros guy was given a brilliant overall description of the body shape but then when it came to the skin he was like uhhhh idk kind of like a fish but kind of like a reptile, but also kind of like leather but overall like an armadillo.

  • @jeka8826

    @jeka8826

    Жыл бұрын

    The description he was given said it had armored skin, so he drew literal armor. What else can you do?

  • @miss118jess
    @miss118jess Жыл бұрын

    This video has absolutely brightened my day! I'm so grateful for these little pockets of laughter and light - thank you for this John!

  • @luannnelson2825
    @luannnelson2825 Жыл бұрын

    I love this video! You should do another one, since you’re doing the museum thing, on paintings of saints being tortured to death but not appearing to notice anything unusual going on.

  • @Lynne15832
    @Lynne15832 Жыл бұрын

    I laughed so hard. I am embarrassing myself at work with my stifled laughter and tears.

  • @lindsayrigby707
    @lindsayrigby707 Жыл бұрын

    I was at the Met Cloisters with my partners on Saturday, and we played this precise game, which has been a favorite of mine for many years! (Spoiler: Very few medieval artists had seen babies, but those who had seen them had REALLY seen them.)

  • @emeraldeea
    @emeraldeea Жыл бұрын

    love this old school style of vid so much

  • @maryfranco3810
    @maryfranco3810 Жыл бұрын

    One of my faves! A very fun episode!

  • @Margaretfogs
    @Margaretfogs Жыл бұрын

    Sarah and John and travel and art? Yes please!!

  • @grtlyblesd

    @grtlyblesd

    Жыл бұрын

    Imagine them setting up a tour. They could travel free by getting a flock of groupies together to go with.

  • @marynewton338
    @marynewton338 Жыл бұрын

    I think about that Neoclassical thing all of the time. Like, in an attempt to emulate this very specific style, a completely different thing ended up being created.

  • @lauraspruce2023
    @lauraspruce2023 Жыл бұрын

    the amount of love I have for this video is unmatched

  • @JustinWoo
    @JustinWoo Жыл бұрын

    This video was simultaneously more goofy and way better than I thought it was going to be based on the title.

  • @LucijaC24
    @LucijaC24 Жыл бұрын

    I have this similar game with my best friend caled What is Mary thinking? We send eachother paintings of Mary we come across (we're both catholic so it's not all that dificult;) and the other tries to figure out what Mary is thinking at the moment. There's alot of eye-rolling, to tell the true, so she's mostly bored or anoyed

  • @The_Nascence_of_Nichole
    @The_Nascence_of_Nichole Жыл бұрын

    I feel like most of these ppl either had really bad first encounters with babies, or just had nightmares about them, and refused to get closer in the future even for research purposes... "Nah, I'm good, I got it, KEEP THAT THING AWAY FROM ME!!!" 😂🤣

  • @vatsalamolly
    @vatsalamolly Жыл бұрын

    I can't explain why I loved this video as much as I did... But this has to be saved for future revisits immediately!

  • @N3rdfightermom
    @N3rdfightermom Жыл бұрын

    This was a WONDERFUL diversion and an emotional ride: from humor to horror to thought provoking to laughing out loud. Thank you John (and Sarah)

  • @AgentMaayan
    @AgentMaayan Жыл бұрын

    "I don't know if this is a good painting" - it made you feel something, so it is a very good painting in my book. Thanks for letting us tag along on your visit!

  • @averycockburn31
    @averycockburn31 Жыл бұрын

    Was Michael Cera ever a baby or did he descend from heaven (or ascend from hell) 400 years ago as an eternal adolescent? Someone should check.

  • @dorissaclaire
    @dorissaclaire Жыл бұрын

    John. This video is so good. Brought joy, thoughtful. Thank you for giving it to us this week!

  • @XxMCRroxnonstopxX
    @XxMCRroxnonstopxX Жыл бұрын

    This one one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. Thank you.