I have been an artist for forty years. Rembrandt is the beginning and end of what an artist is, was and will alway be. Think what he accomplished - in his era. No disrespect to those who came after.

@robertmicelli2946

Жыл бұрын

Amen

@TheStockwell

Жыл бұрын

I'm also an Artist. My favourite? Klimt. I've been to Wien/Vienna and set flowers on his grave..When I'm asked if he's the greatest painter of all time, I say, "No, the greatest painter of all time was Rembrandt." Best wishes from Vermont 🍁

@latitudeselongitudes1932

10 ай бұрын

Michelangelo is the greatest artist! A painter, sculptor, architect and poet. He painted the monumental frescoes(difficult technique) of the Sistine Chapel, he did masterpieces of sculptures such as David, Pietà, Bacchus, he was the architect of projects such as the dome of Saint Peter's Basilica, the Laurentian library, the Palazzo Farnese (seat of the french embassy in Rome), the Piazza del Campidoglio, he also wrote about 300 poems, mostly sonnets and madrigals.

@ontheroad3

10 ай бұрын

Maybe I have a very distant and tenuous connection with Rembrandt, it's all speculation of course but a part of my family were Portuguese Jews who fled antisemitism in Portugal and immigrated to Amsterdam, they lived in the city in the 17th century and then a part immigrated to my country (Brazil) during the Dutch colonization here, I imagine that others stayed in Amsterdam. It is well known that Rembrandt lived in the city's Jewish quarter and that these inhabitants were a source of inspiration for some of his paintings. It is possible that relatives of mine were Rembrandt's neighbors or walked alongside him in the streets, a fascinating possibility.

@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633

2 ай бұрын

It was a great era, one of the greatest in art. Vermeer, Van Hals, Ruydael, Pieter de Hooch, etc. Many brilliant artists, among which he was the greatest.

Rembrandt's best works send shivers down my spine. Simply breathtaking.

@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633

2 ай бұрын

Me too!

Rembrandt was way ahead of his time. If you look at his sketches in ink, you see his abstraction in his work. You can see from the way in which he painted that he also painted quickly. Everything, incomprehensible to anyone...

@thinker9115

2 жыл бұрын

I love those ink sketches. There is mood and movement, so much with such sense of life!

Mr. Rembrandt, thank you for an insight into the beauty of God.

I saw a documentary about Norman Rockwell who tells Rembrandt was his master idol. And is told that he had an oportunity to be in front of some Rembrandt paintings in Holland in private. And the hostess said Norman (an absolut genius of his art who never considered himself a painter, but an illustrator) get close to one of Rembrandt paintings and said humble and softly as if Rembrandt could hear: "Well, what do you think of me? Did I do it right? ". I thought it was so touching of how humble and respectfull he was in front of his master even being an incredible artist. I like to imagine that Rembrandt have answered: "You did very well, Norman"

@vfxforge

2 жыл бұрын

Which doc

@argeancomics3291

2 жыл бұрын

@@vfxforge Im not sure. I saw a few docs about him. But maybe is this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f46F0KWihdS3Y7w.html

@atlantic_love

Жыл бұрын

Rockwell was a cheater. Traced over everything and filled it in with color. The two are nothing alike.

@freckleheckler6311

10 ай бұрын

@@atlantic_lovehuh? Did you just pull that out of your butt? Utter nonsense 🥴

@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633

2 ай бұрын

Yes, but he knew full well that he wasn't even close to Rembrandt.

His ego and confidence and immense training allowed Rembrandt to humanize the divine because each scene starred him or a form of him or a thought or feeling from him.

Such a great artist ... Rembrandt should have been so happy to know that documentary in his behalf is being presented even today in 21 century.

@thinker9115

2 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, a wonderful artist.

@latitudeselongitudes1932

Жыл бұрын

Too bourgeois northern european sensibility. His art doesnt arouse or move me in the least. Dull beauty

@lecturideneuitat7989

Жыл бұрын

About Rembrandt in romanian kzread.info/dash/bejne/dXyCrJSzg8WxgdI.html

@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633

2 ай бұрын

@@latitudeselongitudes1932 You must be a dull person.

The masterworks of the golden age of Dutch Baroque and a disco beat - who could ask for more?

Rembrandt and Vermeer, two of my favorite painters. Especially for thier use of shadow, light and negative space.

@johnsain

Жыл бұрын

...and Caravaggio....

This was really good. I’ve loved Rembrandt since I was a child. I have a portrait of him in my dining room. Several years ago, I visited his house in Amsterdam. I think of all the famous homes I’ve visited, that one thrilled me the most.

@thinker9115

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, me too. I visited his house in the 1980s wonderful to see his work!

Love Vermeer, The picture in Arthur " Girl with pearl earring" and his self portrait is what I'd love to own.

Disappointed this documentary didn't talk about "The Storm on the Sea of Galilee"... I think it is one of the best work of Rembrandt! I am so in awe of it... such a masterpiece

Interesting documentary ruined by an obscene number of advertisements for products I would never buy.

@devinmichaelroberts9954

3 жыл бұрын

@@funnybusiness7840 they turned them off.. jeez man chill out. You sound like a psycho with anger issues

@Oscuros

3 жыл бұрын

Any documentary that needs mood music throughout it must be shit anyway.

@rynjeff1073

3 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@AlokShuklaArtist

3 жыл бұрын

Haha

@sarahjparnell

6 ай бұрын

At least it is free. 👍

Thanks so much for this documentary. He's always been in my top 3.

His articles are screaming humanism and so endearing to look at, brilliant documentary!

Большое спасибо за видео! Мой самый любимый художник! Рембрандт-это РЕМБРАНДТ! Узнал из видео, что его родители поддерживали его стремнение к живописи...? Спасибо им, что подарили нам такого неповторимого МАСТЕРА!

Informative and interesting. The music was just a little too obtrusive.

@summertime9629

3 жыл бұрын

15 is obscene!!! Google has absolutely RUINED KZread!

@diamondmike4074

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the music was distracting too my dear, dear friend.

@appletongallery

2 жыл бұрын

@@diamondmike4074 -You guys sound like real friends.

@appletongallery

2 жыл бұрын

The music is retarded.

@danielnichols5632

2 жыл бұрын

@@summertime9629 music is bollocks, doesn't belong here

Wonderful documentary! Thank you!

Masterful documentary remarkably illustrated. The Art Historians interviewed offer profound insights . Excellent editing 👌 Perfectly narrated. Engagingly constructed. Bravo 👏 Brilliant !

@tutubedo

Жыл бұрын

Excellent musical track too.

Thank you for this great documentary work on Rembrandt. I got interested in his final years…especially what he had on his mind when he’s painting.

Rembrandt is simply THE GOAT painter. Capable of executing immaculately technical works like "The Shipbuilder and his Wife". And at the same time impressionistic mystical stuff like "The Return of the Prodigal Son"

Amazing story of this wonderful Artist

He was surely the greatest etcher of all time

@freckleheckler6311

10 ай бұрын

Greatest etcher was rather albrecht Dürer.

An extraordinary creative human being

I have relatives that lived in Leyden in the 1500s. Huguenot from France.

Absolutely wonderful atmospheric brilliant, ahh imagine if we were able to step back in time,

Lovers of Rembrandt and film should watch Alexander Korda's film Rembrandt. The greatest painter in history played by the greatest actor in history. It is immensely moving.

@ontheroad3

2 ай бұрын

Greatest painter is Raphael

@ontheroad3

2 ай бұрын

Greatest overall artist is Michelangelo, a master of 4 arts, most dont go beyond 1 art

A fantastic doumentary for Art Lovers. Loved the Narration throughout. Not loused up by corny music, jokes, It was Somber, Informative and to the point. Rubens is the ecense of what it means to be a master, but starkly all too human. Do recommend!

@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633

2 ай бұрын

essence

A Great Artist.

that's why art is important in human life !

Excellent presentation.

For me he is the greatest artist of all time

@lecturideneuitat7989

Жыл бұрын

Is like Dostoievski in literature kzread.info/dash/bejne/dXyCrJSzg8WxgdI.html

@latitudeselongitudes1932

10 ай бұрын

Michelangelo is the greatest artist! A painter, sculptor, architect and poet. He painted the monumental frescoes(difficult technique) of the Sistine Chapel, he did masterpieces of sculptures such as David, Pietà, Bacchus, he was the architect of projects such as the dome of Saint Peter's Basilica, the Laurentian library, the Palazzo Farnese (seat of the french embassy in Rome), the Piazza del Campidoglio, he also wrote about 300 poems, mostly sonnets and madrigals.

loving u Rembrandt 💙👩‍🦳

I appreciate him more after this film

The Greatest Painter Ever.

@latitudeselongitudes1932

Жыл бұрын

Overrated and boring, dull

@johnsain

Жыл бұрын

@@latitudeselongitudes1932 ...Let me guess....you're an atheist?

@latitudeselongitudes1932

Жыл бұрын

@@johnsain What makes you think i am? I am not. I just cant really connect with Rembrandt.Too bourgeois, northern european, protestant sensibility, aesthetics. He was very technically gifted but still his work bores me to death. Doesnt arouse or move me in the least. Same with Vermeer

@freckleheckler6311

10 ай бұрын

@@latitudeselongitudes1932so then, who are your favourites if not those 2?

@latitudeselongitudes1932

10 ай бұрын

@@freckleheckler6311 For me, in the West, Michelangelo is the greatest artist. Sculpture and music are my favorite arts, followed by painting, architecture, photography, cinema, literature, calligraphy, theater and dance. Among painters, it's Caravaggio! He fascinates and enraptures me with his combination of sacred and profane, flesh and spirit, apotheosis and degradation, ecstasy and agony, light and shadow. An impulsive, mercurial, feverish painter. Others i like are Hieronymus Bosch and his proto-surrealism that anticipated Salvador Dalí by centuries, El Greco and the ecstasy, the devotional rapture of his figures, Jackson Pollock and his fluidity in composition that is at once paradoxically chaotic, his abstract expressionism, and Nicholas Roerich with his remote and ethereal Himalayan landscapes. I also like some works by different painters like Van Gogh and Dalí. But overall i prefer asian art, its my very favorite. Thangka paintings, mostly with faded, aged colors, the murals in Himalayan monasteries. Hindu and Buddhist sculptures in the Gandhara, Gupta, Pala and Chola styles, especially those with an aged, deteriorated, dilapidated, mutilated, forgotten, dusty appearance, which attests to their antiquity, historicity. The architecture of temples, monasteries and ruins, in styles such as Dravidian, Nagara, Mughal, Newar, Dzong, Gompa, Khmer, Wat, Javanese. Indian, Afghan and Himalayan music, instruments such as Sitar, Tanpura, Sarod, Veena, Bansuri, Sarangi, Rubab, Tanbur, Dramyin, Dungchen. Japanese literature, poetry, calligraphy and theater, Chinese and Japanese ink painting, Indian Kathakali theater, Buddhist sand mandalas, Indian Bharatanatyam and Manipuri dances, Mughal miniature paintings and the Cham Buddhist monastic mask dancing.

Master of masters...

Thank you! I learned a lot, especially about Rembrandt's formative years, e.g., that he learned Latin and that he was familiar with prints by the Italian masters. I wonder what he would have thought if he had actually seen Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling or Raphael's School of Athens. Also, though not mentioned in this video, I can imagine his heartbreak (even bitterness?) over the criticism of his huge Nightwatch after having spent an entire year on it. As intelligent as he was, he must have been fully aware of the huge reputational and financial risk he was taking with his hugely unorthodox composition. Finally, what irony, again, in being humiliated and ruined in life by one's contemporary countrymen only to be celebrated as the greatest national treasure posthumously. RIP, dear Rembrandt.

@incognito3620

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely ! To have accomplished what he did and lose it all because he followed his muse…. My hat is off to the real and only genius

@incognito3620

Жыл бұрын

Being an artist one must never forget what we do today is based on what ‘the old masters’ learned. Before the Dark ages ( which were a productive art period and not dark) and through the Renaissance, art was flat, one dimensional, stiff and not true to life. Reality, naturalism, Perspective had not been invented. Yes, invented. Look at Egyptian art. These masters invented a three dimensional plane. Foreground middle and background. Suffice it to say, we know now only what they discovered. Humans have short memories. This is reason to study art history.

The relentless "background" music was unusually loud and detracted from an otherwise excellent production. If that sort of thing irritates you I recommend pushing through in segments - the content is worth it in the end.

❤❤شكرا

Art lives forever

Charles Laughton and Gertrude Lawrence and Elsa Lanchester in Rembrandt a gem made in 1936 .

Wonderfully presented, very compelling and introspective. Great soundtrack.

Rembrandt went all the way 👍

42:12 this painting was rejected by the Amsterdam municipality and stored in the attic of the Amsterdam town hall.

new intro? I still like it.

Such talent in a single human-being is simply astonishing. One thing these docs never really explain, though, is where the talent came from, i.e., how did the artist first-discover his or her ability? How did they master the techniques, scene-arrangements, color-choices, actually-paint the nearly-microscopic detail of fabrics, jewelry, intricate-patterns on objects, etc.? I know natural-born geniuses have existed throughout history but this seems a little-too pat an explanation. I suppose the reverse is true, also---all the wannabe-painters who bombed-out, that we've never heard-of. More than anything, I wish someone, somewhere, would explain the origin of the ruffled--collar. I know the idea of neckties didn't yet exist but what started this trend & why did it continue for so long, throughout all-Europe, not just Holland? I'm half-kidding, but would like to know. I suppose they were worn only in formal-settings & occasions, not for everyday work-wear but I've long-been puzzled by the fashion. And then to paint the intricacies of all those ruffles simply boggles the mind!

@inekes8808

Жыл бұрын

camera obscura. watch david hockney about this.

Quite interesting to see (unfortunately not hear due to dubbing) all these French/Wallonian experts in a documentary on a Dutch artist. Does anybody know why that’s the case? Perhaps I missed it. (Not that I mind, even being Dutch myself. It was just an observation) Great documentary!

@w.urlitzer1869

3 жыл бұрын

I think the reason is it's a French documentary.

@edwin11373

3 жыл бұрын

Strange question to be asking. Do you think documentaries are made only in one part of the world? Documentaries of all sorts are made in just about every nations regardless if the subject matter is foreign.

@truthwarrior3076

10 ай бұрын

French art historians are among the best. Easy to understand considering their huge artistic heritage, only rivaled by Italy

Vídeo tem que ter legendas . Nem todos sabem inglês. Estamos no Brasil ok

He interesting style of painting compare other great artists have such qualities.

Great documentary but poor choice of background music.

What is the name of the song at 46:40?

The BackGround Music is inappropriate.

If only one could eliminate the background music!

as a painter, who could equal him? maybe Vermeer.

@edwin11373

3 жыл бұрын

Who knows. The problem with art critics and the art establishment is that they're often full of hyperbolic proclamations. The intellectuals or art critics for example think that the artist they're studying is the "greatest" artist that has ever lived. Smh.

@latitudeselongitudes1932

Жыл бұрын

Both boringly overrated,bourgeois protestant aesthetics

There are already so many great documentaries on Rembrandt. Why do people not start doing documentaries on artists who haven't had docs yet. There's Toulouse Lautrec, Klimt, Sorolla, Zorn, Sargent, ... i mean the list goes on and on of amazing painters who get ignored by the art production field and you all just keep pumping out the same documentaries over and over again on da vinci, rembrandt, van gogh, etc.

@IFortuna2

3 жыл бұрын

Because Rembrandt was the greatest artist of his time.

@devinmichaelroberts9954

3 жыл бұрын

@@IFortuna2 No one debates that but Hey listen if you just want to keep seeing the same documentaries over and over again good for you. I think thats just dumb though.

@keepyourshoesathedoor

3 жыл бұрын

Because they don’t matter enough to people to exploit their existence. I get what you mean though and agree wholeheartedly. There’s artists I love that have no one studying them.

@latitudeselongitudes1932

Жыл бұрын

Rembrandt is yawn inducing boring

@devinmichaelroberts9954

Жыл бұрын

@@latitudeselongitudes1932 and so are trolls!

Okay but why are there like only 2 comments?

all the landscapers, still live painters, genre painters were independent artists... he was not the first one at all

Nice document, but the music doesnt fit at all....

Hi

Holland gave the world the two most famous painters. Rembrandt & Van Gogh.

@freckleheckler6311

10 ай бұрын

Van Gogh is overrated. Vemeer, heironymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel are better.

@stormhawk3319

10 ай бұрын

@@freckleheckler6311 famous & better are two different things

Please turn off the disturbing noise (music) that distracts your attention from the subject. I've never understood this profoundly despicable, still widespread routine.

must have been the forerunner for modern day hockey ..."skating on the cannel"

The music was too loud.

ریمبرانٹ نے" نائٹ واچ " تصویر بنائی تھی۔۔۔۔۔کیا یہ معلومات درست ہیں؟؟؟؟

24:00

🇳🇱

its interesting to note that though they refer to his etchings as being engravings, he never did engravings. and there is a huge difference between the two techniques. im suprised that such a high end production would make a major mistake like that. im sure that he collected some engravings, but he never did any. they are called etchings. durer was an engraver, not rembrandt.

The music is too loud

Please

32:02 was he like writing with his opposite hand or something lol?

Excellent documentary marred by the unecessary addition of beat music in the background. Why does the producer feel its necessary to add supposedly smpathetic music - which really is not, it is simply annoyingly distracting. Excellently written and illustrated, very poor "sound". Please do better next time.

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@tonto4211

2 жыл бұрын

The background music was so loud and distracting at times I ended up abandoning trying to watch it.

Need to watch in an addition : “The real Rembrandt “video.” Picture of young man and signature are not his.

The first 12 Min. with 8 Advertisements ..and I quit

As a Realist painter, I am always struck by what stupid things people say about paintings. To make matters worse, they always state their stupid ideas as though it was the artist who thought them-"Rembrandt was thinking such-&-such when he did such-&-such." "Rembrandt used/did this, because he was thinking about such-&-such …" The statements by these "erudite" non-painters should be taken as seriously as any of my statements about football (which I've never played or watched).

:D

😁

Background music much too intrusive, competing with commentary, couldn't finish watching.

" Love thy neighbour " of course comes from the Jewish faith as does most of Christian belief.

Annoying background music, so can't listen it is loud.

What is with the noses? Its such weird editing....

the music is awful. rembrandt on the other hand is awesome

The inicial background music is destroying the good work of this documentary. Electronic beat? Really? So annoying!

way to much music!!! wrong music!

Nice documentary, but the music is a bit too quick for my taste, and you would profit from lingering more on the full images and not do the fast moving camera on "details" - at the speed of "cheap"- looking commercial US crime series. You're addressing adults (hopefully), not youth seeking cheap TV thrills. And any youth would probably profit form slowing down their craving for said "TV" created "thrill" and learn to appreciate slower paces allowing for serious thought and longer intervals of contemplation anyway. Or is it that you think or have evidence that the US adult mind is also unable to dwell on slow thoughtful narratives??

@tr33m00nk

3 жыл бұрын

YES, THANK YOU @True North. So many of these 'documentarians' lately feel obliged to dumb down the production values of their videos to the point where one suspects the market they are aiming for is Saturday morning kids TV cartoons -- which are truly hideous in every way. This group aka: "Behind the Artist" seems to think it's 'cool' to have intrusive, incongruous music and just plain weird "chapter markers" of close-up nose & mouth images -- wtf?? Rembrandt & other accomplished artists deserve better.

@TrueNorth1970

3 жыл бұрын

@@tr33m00nk I agree wholeheartedly. Thank you. I hope this awful trend will start changing soon.

@keepyourshoesathedoor

3 жыл бұрын

Google Arts and Culture has the paintings on their website. If you want to see details you can look on there.

@thinker9115

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this comment, my thoughts too!

So he payed half of the money for the house up front. Should he not have got that back after he left that house?

Awful. Background music is distracting, weak voiceover actors and narrated by an AI. Look elsewhere.

I’m a cat. I painted that lol.

Music didn't work well with this

Na schifezza

What is with the hipster music. This is Rembrandt woman. Pay attention. Put your cell phone down.

Might have watched past the first minute if that ridiculous music were not so distracting. Shame.

Music was too loud, constant and obtrusive.. If I wanted to dance, I'd go elsewhere.

Never trust a man! Poor nurse.

That backround music is so repugnant. Terrible choice in the production department. I cant watch and enjoy none of this, shame.

Pity about the silly soundtrack.

Aggravating. The sheila narrating is just as weak and irritating as the soundtrack.

Informative but bland.

Good doc but this soundtrack is absolutely terrible

Right off the speaker continues to spread falsehoods- she said over 600 paintings are by Rembrandt- in 1975 the Dutch government created the Rembrandt research project- a committee of scholars to evaluate EVERY possible supposed painting by Rembrandt - they published several huge volumes over many years in chronological order - they reported there are less than 400 authentic Rembrandt paintings- FALSEHOOD #2- Rembrandt did not paint over90 self portraits - many of that number are drawings or etchings - few were actual paintings- I barely started to view this video- 2 minutes worth- I can guess thdd ed falsehoods will continue- I will not comment on those -