These are the greatest culture videos on youtube. Thank you so much Waldemar Januszczak!

100% in love with Waldemar Januszczack. MORE PLEASE!

These programmes were first aired on the BBC about a decade ago, usually in the Autumn months. Loved watching them then as now. WJ is a master of interpreting art and a great art historian. Thanks Wald for enlightening us.

Thank goodness Waldemar is back!

He’s so damn good at what he does. Thank you, Waldemar.

@susievarnado2142

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agreed

Could listen to you all day...every day!.....Thank You!

Thank you… I love your videos… Thank you❤️🇨🇦

Just seeing Waldemar's face, presenting the program, makes me smile. Brilliant Waldemar, Brilliant! The Spooky Surrealist Freudian Hotel was the best. (The Train Photography section was amazing). Spooky Rocking Chair, nice touch! But then, pretty much everything you present has a nice touch. Thank you so much! You've done it again!

A new Waldemar is the best thing to happen to me this week! He's the very best! 🐤🔥

Waldemar, with his distinct waddling about like a goose on a mission to find his cornmeal, never fails to please. Thank you sir for another great video. AFLAC!!!!

@wombatlittle1

2 жыл бұрын

Waldy waddling !

You’re really good at this, you know! Better than any other art history class, book or film I’ve ever come across. Thank you so much.

@rookhoatzin

2 жыл бұрын

You might check out "Sister Wendy's story of painting". informative and so oddly interesting. She was a real nun, really knew her paintings, her story is worth checking out also.

@TheFrogballz

2 жыл бұрын

Agree

@seanh4841

2 жыл бұрын

@@rookhoatzin I was just going to say the same thing

@danielboard9510

2 жыл бұрын

@@rookhoatzin Yeah, but its just so fucking boring and doesn't really say anything!

@John-xk2sd

Жыл бұрын

@@rookhoatzin sister Wendy is a legend

The sign of a great story is when the ending is both a complete surprise and makes perfect sense - it's hard to do both. He begins the documentary with the Sun Tunnels artwork in Utah and how they frame sunrise and sunset, and then at the end ties this so well to the mystery of Monet's Impression Sunrise...so impressive. Bravo Waldemar!

Another Gem Waldemar. Thanks.

🌹🌟Waldemar Januszcak= Forget me not of the Angels 🌟🎀/♥ing your programs !! ♥ing Perspective!! 🎨🕯🪔

What would you give to accompany Mr. Januszczak while he's filming one of his programmes? The man is an endless fountain of knowledge. Thank you, as always, for all your hard work.

@shirleykathan-sayess5764

2 жыл бұрын

I am forever thinking I wish we were friends. If we were, I would just let him talk about anything he wanted and I’d just listen.

@rodwallace6237

2 жыл бұрын

Making films is as much tedium as anything. Setting up shots, lighting, camera, sound and then it start to rain. Hours to set up a sequence that might last 30 seconds. Even with just Waldemar and Matt, they are perfectionists and he once talked how it took all day to photograph Las Meninas. Catch a Falling Star. Earwig.

@danielboard9510

2 жыл бұрын

@@shirleykathan-sayess5764 The problem with just listening is, you forget to think.

@paigetomkinson1137

2 жыл бұрын

@@rodwallace6237 I've hung around with the filming of tv commercials, same kind of thing. I'd still hang out on set if Waldemar was there, talking about art. 🙂

@yubantwo2086

11 ай бұрын

​@danielboard9510 Oddly enough, when I read that comment about imagining being friends with Waldemar and just listening struck me as a wasted opportunity, even an imagine one. Listening evokes questions, answers to which would surely be enlightening and exciting. I spent the first two years at university undecided and torn between art and music. I'd been advised to take classes in oil painting to complete my portfolio, which I'd prepared without the guidance of a current instructor. To my naiive dismay, this resulted in rejection I'd been assured was only a temporary setback. Devastated, I regrouped, applied to a university and was accepted to study music. The unexpected challenge was that applied art classes were offered at the same time of day as required music courses. That, however, led me to art history, which became a passion. I ended up becoming an opera singer, living and working all over the US & Europe. Still friends with my university art history professor and 2 classmates, Waldemar J. brings illumination and the thrill of the road not taken vividly back to life and then elevates my interest & curiosity to new heights unimagined.

I cannot possibly like this enough!

Great video, great series, thanks.

Completely Brilliant....especially the comparison between the Moon as a Romantic entity or embodying Lunacy.

Thank you 🙏

Thank you Thank you so much for doing this!!!

If like to add that as a child of the west i grew up with steam trains. The long sound of their horn at night permeates your dreams, your conscience. I miss hearing it. It helped develop my imagination, love of reading and art.

omg chills.. i love painting at night.. so much ..

If you haven't seen his documentary on Petra being the true Mecca, holy crap it's mind blowing. This guy makes the best documentaries I've ever watched.

Another incredible piece of art from Waldy. He is the best.

Where are you Waldemar? We need more of your brilliant education!!

"A handy corpse as your light source" LOL! Love how Waldemar combines art, history and humanity!

Absolutely beautiful! Thanks again

Mr. Januszczaki, what a magnificent work you have done with this video!! It is so good! Thank you, thank you very much.

you, Sir, are marvellous. Love your program

So good to see Waldemar on KZread!!!

Re: your comments on Freud's fix on wallpaper, I recall that Oscar Wilde on his deathbed said something to the effect that, "Either this wallpaper has to go, or I do..."

Love watching these old BBC Four documentaries from a decade ago. They are nicely organised and presented.

Thank you for stimulating my old old painters brain,struggling to focus on my love Of ART. 🙏

I love how we’re all in love with Waldemar more than the art 😭😭😭 Love you Waldemar ❤️

This is my favorite of his art videos

I want to say this is my most favorite yet, but I just can't choose! Thank you! This was beautiful! (And the Mojave at night has its own mysteries doesn't it?)

@rodwallace6237

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a sure I saw the Sun Tunnels in a separate doc he did about American outdoor art. It kinda looked like a clips show, with some additional night time footage. But I don't care. Can't get enough of Waldemar. Glad to see Perspective picked-up these docs. I can't find the reference, probably some random YT but a commenter said Starry Night was a Protestant version of the Sistine Chapel. String Waldemar's art history documentaries in the right order and you have Civilisation 2.0.

I love art. And I love how Waldemar showcases art artists movements etc on his program. Better than any art class ever.

Waldemar is just the best, I wished he had 1000 more shows on the impressionist, and the Bible, I personally think he is a Christian. God bless you W!!!!

@John-xk2sd

Жыл бұрын

He's an athiest like most Brits

You are one of a kind. So informative, so intelligent, so funny at times and so able to relate the artist's work to the times and politics. Now, at 78, I understand the importance of impressionism and also the incredible life and art of Van Gogh and always know that I am not wasting any time seing your videos and listening to you, sometimes many times over again, so that I really understand the different art periods and what initiated thm. I took art history as part of my degree program in 1987, but little did I know and understand until decades later with your 5 star presentations. Thank you for your genius.

@carolfranklin758

9 ай бұрын

This comment was so well put! At 82 I have to say despite an art history degree from a very fine college I have learned so much from these videos! Really profound insights which reverberate thruout our culture. Thank you! For these extraordinary videos.

Just stopping by to give the sound editing department some kudos. 👏🏼👏🏼

Those train photos were epic, some of the paintings disturbing and others beautiful all in all this was one amazing documentary 👍👍Absolutely fascinating as always👍

This whole program was a piece of Art, I saw the colour palets of Remington and Russell and lighting of Roger Deakins. It amazes me how many of those shots triggered memories. That part where you mentioned that cave art was by necessity done in the dark from imagination, was particularly insightful because sometimes as a modern human you take imagination as a given.

A wònderful episode of the Perspective series !! Very inspirational ! Thanks for sharing.

I have inked on all of Waldemar's videos.... he is a true genius of this medium!

I love your videos. But in this one, I was struck that not only are they about art, they are art in themselves. Bravo you!!! ❤️ Shirley

Brilliant … I never want it to end xx

Every one of Waldemar's programmes is a wealth of knowlege...marvelous thank you.

You could combine a trip here with a view of shrinking Salt Lake City for a meditation on our place in nature. These videos are priceless.

I like to imagine that if I knew which colors I was working with I could still paint, not just in the dark but blind if need be. Thank you so much for inspiring us with your love and passion for art!

So wonderfully done and insightful, Bravo!

@danielboard9510

2 жыл бұрын

You were doing well and then you said: Bravo.

Loved this-the idea of following the night in art was fantastic.

@danielboard9510

2 жыл бұрын

Surely all art is following the night. It is the expression of the light, and the fear of death. After all when there is no light. you fear death.

@unklejon4690

4 ай бұрын

Not necessarily when there is no light you might already be dead - just saying

Don't stop Waldemar, you were born for this:) could you do still life as well?

truly, listening to waldemar talk about art is a life changing experience

When watching one of your old videos, where you talk about Nighthawks, I started wondering about what happened to the paintings from Rod Serling's great series "Night Gallery". Seeing Nighthawk evokes the same feeling. Turns out nobody knows, they were purchased by various people and scattered about. They were all obviously loosely based on Night Cafe, Nighthawks ect... Some of them were quite good. One of the pilot episodes had Roddy McDowell as a greedy grandson who kills his grandfather. The butler creates a series of paintings where the grandfather climbs out of the family plot and pounds on the spooky mansion door. Art as a murder weapon.

@nicks931

2 жыл бұрын

Great comment. I remember those shows too. Thanks for dredging up fun memories!

@St.Linguini_of_Pesto

2 жыл бұрын

I can recall watching some of the reruns as a kid. Twilight Zone was (and still is) my #1 favorite series, since I was 6. I'd watch Lost In Space, Star Trek the (original!) followed by the Zone. It would be fun to look up what paintings those were in the opening of Night Gallery, and where they ended up. Thanks for giving me an idea for something to fill my time.

@nicks931

2 жыл бұрын

@@St.Linguini_of_Pesto Me too! How about Tales from the Dark Side? Dr. Smith was and is a creepy dude!

@mariemorgan7759

2 жыл бұрын

I watched all the Night Gallery episodes as a kid, always fascinated me and created my love of art!

So happy to have found fresh new Waldemar Januszczak documentary source 🙌

This the best art class online.. Thanks you

Hats off to Waldemar and whoever Wrote the intro to "The Art of the Night".

Great. Loved the music too.

I love that he revisits sun tunnels. They were great in the other film about American art.

Excellent documentary, as one would expect. It's just a shame about the frequency of the ads.

Another major documentary!

Still the best art documentary presentor! 🎉🎉🎉

Love these art documentaries! Thanks so much! Makes you see all the art presented in a different way.⭐

Big fan of Waldemar! Does he has videos about the Middle Ages manuscripts? if not, would be possible to consuder making something with that theme? thanks for all this amazing videos.

@MichelleECortazar

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Ill look forward to that one!

I always love your enthusiasm and passion Waldemar! It really draws us in and makes everything so entertaining! I wish my amazing aunt had not passed away a few years ago. She really liked art history and if she was still alive I would have recommended your channel to her.

Absolutely fantastically beautiful, yet dark-in-the-best way presentation Sir Januszczak. THE WORLD NEEDS MORE OF THIS! I hope that you can make more like this Waldemar. This was really mind blowing, at least for me. Thank you.

Thank you, Waldemar and Perspective for this fantastic video. It mirrored my feelings tonight as I watched it. I was feeling sad and lonely. This video made me somehow feel better and a little happier.

@AS-qg1xu

2 жыл бұрын

🌸

@paigetomkinson1137

2 жыл бұрын

Me, too. But tonight. Thirty minutes past VE Day 2022.

Ooh. I thought I'd seen all of this series, but I found one I missed.

Can't wait to find the time to savour this one!

Trains always seem important. Wonderful documenrary! And geeat to see Waldermar!

I love this guy!

Amazing! He is so witty!

As always an excellent documentary, and makes a good start at looking at 'nocturnal' art - some glaring ommissions though: Kuindzi and his famously luminous moon paintings, and, of course, James Whistler's famous and infamous Nocturnes. But, as always, enjoyable to watch 😎

Waldemar raises documentary to an art form. So many great links, fantastic research.

Waldemar , you are just wonderful! Bring it to life!

i just love the way you talk Waldemar

Waldemar, you are a genius....you are able to solve problems because of your curiosity and the lengths you go to in order to find answers. We feel we've had a free course par excellence in art history. Thank you!

And we can't forget that great Anglo-American poet P.G. Wodehouse, "Stars are God's daisy chains."

Brilliant

Beautiful, wonderful presentation. Great idea. Learned a lot. Thanks!!

Entertaining, thought-provoking and, as always, brilliant!

I 💜 Waldemar!

I love to learn about the connections of inspiration between various artists, writers, architecture, painters, religion and nature. It’s fascinating.

Amazing vid! I love your work, Waldemar :)

The wonder of art and artistic imagination. Thanks for uploading this very interesting presentation.

excellent. Inspiring, actually. original presentation.

I really enjoy your channel and I’m totally astonished why you didn’t get more subscription because your work is so well crafted, presenting known arts from a unique perspective. Thank you and please keep on the good work. I’m glad KZread has suggested your clip.

I've been trying to track this one down for a few years now! Thank you so much!

This is wonderful foreshortening skills, something that is probably one of the hardest effects to acheive in painting. Anyone that can do it, good for you! -48:48

I’m a huge fan. Demystifies, informs and makes me smile. Love all his films.

I have a youtube playlist called "Waldemar is the MAN".

Another Waldemar trip into art! Hooray! Ergot is where LSD comes from.

I believe you could present a documentary about soap dishes that I would find compelling. Bravo !!

Astonishingly well done!

Thank you.... Sunrise

Thank you for this

Thank you for the wonderful lecture

Brilliant, thank you WJ for this.

Suuuuper big big like congrats fans, loving weird inspirations studying genius artists is never enough and you are doing a great job guys, l enjoy often of Perspectives episodes on Rai 5 ltalian TV culture channel, but sharing our favorite TV shows now with invisible cyber audience is..such a suuuuper great satisfaction you could never imagine guys

Love this guy . I don't always agree with him but I am so very happy to listen and learn.