Bodies in Art: Crash Course Art History #11

lol that selfie have a tile card and everything 😂

THIS I have been doing art for years and I try to include bodies like this in anyway I can. In my perspective, the nude body and it's language is the most vulnerable part about a person. We don't learn how to stretch or show expression we just do it, so painting the instincts of human nature to illicit a raw and intense reaction is what I strive to do. There's so much power that a painting like that can create and it's just so so freeing

As a comic book fan if we could just be normal about female characters (and fans) it would make our fandom so much better

Every single video ever posted by crash course deserves a like They should all be shown in schools I'm so grateful for what you do Thank you so much This series is already, well.. a masterpiece!

This is my new favorite Crash Course series!

I always assumed clothes were just... Hard to carve

“We all have a body” a statement that’s true in more than one way

Kudos for referencing Hermaphroditus and the queer gaze!

"We all have a body." [citation needed] ;) Another great episode, I'm now especially intrigued in Cassils's Becoming an Image!

Can we get a 3 hour in depth video about this topic please, this is fascinating

The idea that women are portrayed differently than men in arty is something I try to keep in mind while world building. If I make an artwork that is supposed to be from the view of a matriarchal artist, how would that affect how they see the world. What details would that artist include? In a sense, the artist becomes their own character

This is great!!! Especially because, since the last episode, I've been digging into some other kinds of videos discussing famous art pieces - and "Olympia" was one of them. I appreciate SO much the way you handle topics like the Male Gaze - you acknowledge its importance, you clearly state its influence and the ways in which it affects us even if we might not realize it at first... and yet you DON'T make it into an accusation, and you don't dismiss the concerns that lots of people have when talking about the gaze in general and the male gaze in particular. That's really wonderful, especially for me, because my literature background placed a GREAT deal of emphasis on considering the male gaze, on male control of others, and similar ideas. (Partly because half my professors really wanted to explore literature through a feminist lens.) Hearing you articulate these notions in less loaded ways is MEGA HELPFUL for me, so thank you so much!

Never made the connection w Capt. America and Black Widow, thats cleaver!

This makes me realized how powerful art more than ever before! Thank you

The 'rippling abs' edit got me 😂😂 Fantastic video on the whole, perspective is everything!

I think the emotion on Laure's face when she looks on Olympia is to reflect what the viewer might feel when seeing her, putting us on the level of this black servant woman. To me, this picture reads as an open challenge from the artist to his audience

Now I'm curious about what the social impact of bans on the depiction of people in art are.

Yes I have been looking forward to this all day!

I didn’t know Sarah has series here! Glad that i found this channel hehe

Thanks! Really enjoyed this. Learned something new 😊