1519-2019: Art Through Time - 500 Years of Portraits

YouTube ^ | 07-20-2019 | Guy Jones

[NRx]

Compilation of portrait paintings spanning 500 years set to classical music of each era. Two paintings per decade.

[NRx]

Thought I'd post something a bit different from the usual.

[beaversmom]

Thanks for posting. Will have to view later.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

These are fantastic! Thanks so much for posting. I’ve not heard of 95% of the artists shown through 1621. So very fascinating.

[Sans-Culotte]

Cool.

[Bob434]

nice collection of lesser known paintings/artists love the carravagio

[minnesota_bound]

20th century art

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

I think a lot of those portraits were as accurate as photographs, but of course it would depend on the artist wouldn't it. You can look at painting of someone like John Quincy Adams and then look at his photograph and see how spot on those paintings are so I would assume paintings of say Jefferson and Washington and beyond even though there are no photos of them are pretty spot on as well.

[ExGeeEye]

Still better and requiring more skill than

[Guenevere]

Bump

[VanDeKoik]

That was a lot of fun to watch!

One day I will pick up my oils again. It’s been too long.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks NRx.

[SunkenCiv]

1519-2019: Art Through Time - 500 Years of Portraits

[windcliff]

Ping

[mairdie]

That was lovely. The soft dissolve between the music pieces was done beautifully. Thank you. Was the work yours?

[dfwgator]

[NRx]

“That was lovely. The soft dissolve between the music pieces was done beautifully. Thank you. Was the work yours?”

Thank you and no, it was the work of a man who goes by the nom de plume of Guy Jones. His youtube channel is a marvel for those of us stuck in the wrong day and age.

[Larry Lucido]

He's mean, but he's no Martin Van Buren.

[SaveFerris]

And here I expected “the Kramer”, perhaps a Costanza pose, or even a doodle on a napkin.....

[ckilmer]

Interesting. Colors for either the backgrounds or the people wash out in the 20th century. The effect is to make everything less substantial.

[bagster]

I prefer the classics.