The Art of Russia

[vitalyspacewalk29]

Джоси, спасибо за выложенное. Настоящее искусство не знает границ и времени. В музеях время останавливается перед картинами - это я знаю. Я и сам частенько хожу по музеям. Всем привет!

[musicalmanishe]

This is my Art Gallery artistigor.do.am

[lomertamahon1]

Russia, before the jews screwed up the culture.

[TheZaraliza]

Жаль названий картин нету.Понравилось.Спасибо.

[thetimelessmemories]

Wonderful.

[kunfyoozdish]

song name please.

[usenetposts]

@kunfyoozdish It's still the one I gave in the descripsh. I never changed it.

[kunfyoozdish]

@usenetposts sorry, i dont kno how i missed that. I really like this video, especially the Unknown Lady.  Thank you so much.

[usenetposts]

@kunfyoozdish Very welcome.

[NadiaStch]

wonderful collection)

[Neroscot]

health for you and family ...

[belisafinotar]

Pura belleza !

[pavlula]

шедевральная красота русских мастеров...

спасибо за видео!!!!!!!!!!!

[artmenRus]

Очень круто. спасибо

[Beregava]

Спасибо за такое чудо!

[WyattKaldenberg]

You have made a wonder video. Thank you!

[realphantasmix]

Klassnye kommentarii k rabote Shishkina, thanks! :)) Entertaining and enlightening.

[antonio41176]

The paintings of the three warriors are from Victor Vasnetsov and is called " The Bogatyrs" 1898! You should see his total oeuvre, you will fall in love...

[30bzamini]

very nice and informative clip. could u plz tell me who does the painting of the 3 warriors with helmets represent? were they real characters in russian history or just a painting of unknown faces? thank u in advance.

[usenetposts]

Alyosha Popovich, Dobrynia Nikitin and Ilya Muromyets. They are legends, like Robin Hood. This means some of what we "know" about them is true, and some is elaboration over time.

[30bzamini]

thank u very much for the info. bolshoye spasibo!

[saturne46]

Merci pour tous ces tableaux. Le portrait de Maria Lopukhina (peinte par Borovikovski) alors qu'elle était déjà morte est tout à fait exceptionnel.

[bigtulaoer]

Thank you for presenting these beautiful Russian arts, music, and your lovely children.

[WellCony]

2:45 es psique y los vellocinos de oro .. me encanta ese relato

[minstral2]

Very beautiful presentation. :o) Thank you for introducing me to Russian Art. :o)

[GenericGene]

A wonderful and interesting presentation of Russian art - thank you for this posting.

[GermanOperaSinger]

Thanks for this. Hvorostovsky is one of my favorite baritones.

Didn't know he served in the military. Interesting.

[TheMackDaddy123]

i laugh at 3:44. an archer WOULD have that look. thinks he is the balls.

[usenetposts]

Good comment!

[ponchik22]

great video

could you tell me what this song is called?

[usenetposts]

Vykhozhu odin ja na dorogu - I walk out onto the road alone. Sung by Hvorostovsky.

[ponchik22]

thank you

[IgorRussland]

@ponchik22

Lyrics used in this song were written by a very prominent Russian poet M. Lermontov.

Lone's the mist-cloaked road before me lying;

On and on it winds and draws me far.

Night is still, all earthly sounds are dying;

Nature lists to God; star speaks to star.

Clothed in dark is earth and wrapt in slumber,

And the skies are full of majesty.

Why, then, does reflection, drear and sombre,

Plague my heart and slay felicity?

[usenetposts]

@IgorRussland Many thanks for the poetic translation. It is very evocative of the original.

[IgorRussland]

@usenetposts

i cannot claim the rights to this translation.

I found it on the net. however, I could not find the name of the person who translated it...

[usenetposts]

@IgorRussland Not everyone signes off on their poetry translations on the net, so I know what you mean. Good that you posted it. Hope to see you again in my parts of YT!

[celestialsam]

Beautiful selections.

[BeautySavesWorld]

beautiful...

[aaarrreee]

Good Video. "Yes it's a LEEzard" LOL. Good job though.

[1952410]

I am not a Russian, but I love Russian songs very much. The sentimentalism and melody touch deep in soul . I have the english version of several songs, but I recognize I lose much for not understanding Russian.

[timo1595]

Westeners hardly understand russian mentality. We finns understand it better. So when we hear this song and see these arts it's somehow familiar to uss.

[usenetposts]

Yep. I agree 100%. I visited Finland recently and there's a Finland series coming up on this channel. I hope you might be tempted to subscribe so that you don't miss it.

[oopperahullu]

Hei Timo, olen samaa mieltä. I can only say that we Finns do appreciate Russian music. I think what we have in common is the melancholy spirit. "Soitto on suruista tehty" or music is made of sorrows. Check out other performances by Hvorostovsky.

[usenetposts]

I hope you and other Finns will check out my new series on your country and let me have your thoughts.

[erzbet07]

A beautiful video. So many gorgeous pieces to enjoy and also the splendid singer. I chuckled at the "different" Shishkin bear picture in your son's room. So cute..and a good way to introduce him to Shishkin's wonderful work. His landscapes are so gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.

[usenetposts]

I'm delighted that you enjoyed the video and the painting I commissioned.

[AselLyoK]

I don't understand, is the one who made the video, and assumedly, commenting on the "Caprice", native English speaker?^^

Sorry, I don't quite get it) the accent is thick but who knows..lol

Nice video though, I liked it; included the basics

[usenetposts]

Thanks.

[mcurren2004]

I love EVERYTHING about this vid. Thank you for posting. Mary

[usenetposts]

Pleaseure, and I 'm glad you're enjoying my material.

[au2018]

Thanks Uncle Davey, a tremendous video. I visited the Hermitage and Russian Museum in St Petersburg, then the Tretyakov in Moscow in January 2007. I can't wait to get back to Russia and visit the galleries again, plus the Bolshoi Ballet of course. Thanks for your brilliant work. John (Sydney, Australia)

[usenetposts]

I made it to the Hermitage (video coming up in Huli Russia series) but I only had time to see the Russian museum from the outside. With any luck I'll go there next May when the white nights are on.

[la1880]

Because of you I have to go to Moscow to the Tretyakovskiy Gallery - so beautiful!!! Cheers mate!

Luv and hugs

Natasha

xoxo

5*

[usenetposts]

I hope you enjoy it! I was just in the St Petersburg Hermitage this last Sunday, so there is footage of that coming up too!

[DGRosetti]

Being an Artist myself I though the video was moving and beautiful. Using music to convey images has always been intriguing. Wonderfull slideshow, thnx

[jamesbondoff]

Thank you for posting this... Russia has given so many talents to the world. Repin, Bryullov, Ayvasovsky, Serov, Surikov and many, many other great names...

[lordmoggy]

didnt think russians gave out pleasure hahahaha ;p

[lordmoggy]

yes pleasure is a good thing i you can get it! hahahaha ;p

[620200721]

Thanks for putting up something interesting about Russian art.

[usenetposts]

Pleasure

[nnekase]

Wonderful. Like visiting lost-lost (and dear) friends. I grew up with these paintings and songs-and with a Shishkin bear 'tapestry' on my wall! Thanks for the memories...

[usenetposts]

I'm glad that my videos can have that effect on you. May they always give you much pleasure.

[lordmoggy]

interesting art work from russia

[Hisautumnrain]

I love this Video and have added it to my Playlist! Thank you for posting it up! Makes me feel think about my Father. ::smiles:: Have a wonderful day!

His autumnrain, becca @-->------

[usenetposts]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[enjoythevoyage]

Exquisitely beautiful images and music! I am part Russian and part Romanian! Your kids are gorgeous! Thank you for sharing this! 5 artistic stars!

[usenetposts]

many thanks, and thanks for subscribing!

[Tahllulah]

Thank you for showing us the fabulous art of Russia and for the funny ending with the children and the artistic pig with his ears cut off>

[usenetposts]

That pig is the porcine answer to van Gogh, I'm tellin' yer!

[cortezawwris]

impressive video and your children are very cute

[usenetposts]

Thanks!

[citizenstand]

very cool. it's funny how famous paintings get mistreated so much these days. i think the scream is the most abused of all paintings.

[usenetposts]

Very possibly! But I think even printing a painting on a mousemat is better than having it altogether in obscurity.

[PEAKTOP7CEMb]

Tre interesa fimeto pri Rusa arto. Mi ŝatas, kiel vi diras "Hedgehog" (Хедьшок ;-) )

Очень интересной видеофильм. У моего место в Берлине была экспозиция о И. Е. Репине и своём искусстве. Наслаждался очень. Привет из Германии

[usenetposts]

Saluton! Dankon por la komento. Kiom da lingvoj vi parolas?

[PEAKTOP7CEMb]

La Germanan, la Rusan, la Esperantan, la Latinan kaj la Anglan, do kvin lingvoj.

La Germana estas mia gepatra lingvo. Мой дед говорит по-русски, но мои родители только по-немецки. Tial mi devas "relerni" la Rusan lingvon. La Latinan kaj la Anglan mi lernis en la lernejo. Kaj la Esperantan estas mia "ŝatokupo".

[usenetposts]

Bone! Mi esperas vidi filmoj de Vi en esperanto! Mi mem faros plej da filmoj en Esperanto, cxar mi havas nur unun tian en cxiu momento.

[homousios]

The art and the accompanying music go together so well.

[ockteby]

When I watch your video and think of all the productive hours devoted to beautiful art, it makes me think of all the wasted time spent on politics. Then you could say they go hand in hand together. Thank God for the 21st century and YouTube.

[usenetposts]

The sons of Abel go into art, the sons of Cain to politics, my friend. Thus you rarely meet an artist politician. Vaclav Havel is one notable exception, but then he was a champion of freedom.

[Amiduffer]

Shelley says that the poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. Abe Lincoln was a Shakespearean scholar, Verdi was a Senator, and even the late Sen. Eugene McCarthy was a poet.

[secureocrat]

But still you can only count them on the fingers of one hand. I could add Pepys, Chaucer and Machiavelli, but these artists were all more advisors than decision makers.

[dasilva94]

Machiavelli just codified the actions for dissembling politics (something of a tautology). I don't think there's anything artistic in that.

Though maybe Voltaire in Candide, produced some art in his satire of idealists.

[usenetposts]

I was thinking more of the style in which Machiavelli wrote, and his elegant command of language.

[VictoriaWinters]

Wonderful choices! Music, too!

[kenbank]

Excellent video, Davey. A fine display of Russian culture and artistic excellence. Хороший!

[usenetposts]

Thanks, Ken!

[Amiduffer]

Very nice choice of both art and music! How odd that Russian art is not generally included in books of European art history. A sad legacy of the insanity of the last 70 years I suppose.

Who was the singer and what was the piece being performed?

[usenetposts]

Good point, I'll add that info to the side bar.

[au2018]

Hi David, thanks so much for this video. I had the pleasure of visiting the Tretyakov Gallery in the first week of January 2007. Words cannot describe the experience. I will make it the first of many visits. John (Sydney, Australia)

[usenetposts]

You're very welcome.

[dasilva94]

The collection of paintings you showed was mind blowingly brilliant. The talent in 19th century Russia was a golden age: Dosteyovsky, Gogol, Tolstoy in literature; in classical music, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninov, plus in literature Tolstoy, and Dosteyovsky.

[usenetposts]

Turgenev is also a great writer, Chekhov also, but the plays are not even as good as the short stories.

[dasilva94]

I've read a short novel by an Irish writer (William Trevor) called 'Reading Turgenev' which was very affecting, plus one thing I'd also recommend, would be 'Vanya on 42nd Street', the last film by Louis Malle.

Unfotunately I'm far from as well read as I should be, though Orlando Figes's book 'Natasha's Dance' has been an eye opener for me to much of Russian culture.

May I ask If you studied Slavic languages in Uni.. Or if not what was your source of learning?

[usenetposts]

yes, I did Russian, History of Russian and Comparative Slavonic philology papers within my tripos at Cambridge, and the equivalent for German, too.

[dasilva94]

Wow very impressive!