Can This Artist Paint A Good Terrorist?
2023 ж. 23 Қыр.
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Jacob Lawrence painted the incredible Legend of John Brown. Here's a presentation of it.
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Jacob Lawrence painted the incredible Legend of John Brown. Here's a presentation of it.
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John Brown's body lies-a moulding in the grave, But his soul goes marching on! Glory glory hallelujah!
born in lawrence, John Brown hasn't ever been a man not itching my mind. he brings a key question: "what does it mean to be a terrorist?"
true, who determines whom is a terrorist?
@@grey4189 "One man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter." Individuals and governments demonize as terrorists those who act for a just cause that conflicts with their own values, and celebrate as heroes those who act for a just cause that coincides with their own values.
Someone who uses terror to get what they want. Don't delude yourself.
I work in a museum and love that Jacob Lawrence is finally getting the recognition his art deserves. I see his work in several museums on display with a lot more cohesive descriptions rather than just the simple artist name/artwork title/date & medium that normally would accompany artworks. The irony is I've worked in several museums for years and the system remains the same: an established board that has recently been displaying much more POC/women/contemporary artists that reflects the diversity of the world while ignoring POC/women staff (usually a minority heavy FOH staff and very conservative management). The performative nature of many museums is plain to see.
he may not have ended the system of slavery but he ended the violence of slavery for those he saved. and who know how many he gave hope. and for that he should be applauded. makes you wonder if people 175 years from now might think similarly of tactics against wage slavers today.
haunting. this series fully embodies “disturb the comfortable, comfort the disturbed.” it’s graphic, yet soothing.
As Mao famously said "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" - John Brown was right, and the Civil War proved him so. The famous US song "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" is based on an earlier work "John Brown's Song (later John Brown's body)" - the lyrics that always affects me strongly - referring to Christ (and Brown) "As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free." His Truth goes marching on....
The same hymn would later be adopted by the World War 2 Era US Army with the infamous Paratrooper cadence "Blood on the Risers," it's really cool to see that lineage.
@velvetthunder2830 - oh yes, "what a hellofa way to die" if I'm remembering right?
@@macfilms9904 yes sir! "He ain't gonna jump no more!"
I am a beginner in regards to the knowledge of painting but became a fan several years ago, and your videos and channel just came to solidify my love for the art world, especially paintings, you are really good at explaining art and making it respectful and so interesting ... Thank You!
I am exactly the same, and have become fascinated by paintings and their meanings, which has also become a great way to learn about the painters themselves. We learn about what is important to them, and what their opinions are on many social issues. Another channel that you may like is Art Deco. It's another channel that dives deeply into a painting in each video, while also teaching us about the artist. Between that channel and this one, I feel like I'm getting quite the art education, by 2 people who speak plainly, and not in snobby art-speak, so that I can really grasp what they're saying.
@@Terri_MacKay / Thank You very much for the recommendation, I will definitely check the channel … : )
I feel like labelling Brown as a "terrorist" in the title for standing up for enslaved Americans does a disservice to him and paints him as a bad guy. I think political violence is an inevitable end point for political change when your opponents are stubborn, evil bastards who will stonewall any attempt at reform and will kick, scream, cry, whine, and bitch when any concessions are made against their tyrannical, oppressive, dystopian regimes. I think most people don't want to commit political violence, or rather they don't want to do it themselves, because there isn't a guarantee it pays off and they could easily be the ones poor, destitute, and executed. Still, I think political violence is all but destined to come if and when every other avenue of civil reform is attempted and exhausted, and we're still at the place where oppressors keep the oppressed down. I hadn't heard about John Brown until this video, but man what a legend he was. I know the "rest in power" line is reserved for black people, and as a white guy I'm sure a lot of black people would say it's not my place to say it, but if there was a white guy who might be in the running for deserving that title, well I can't make that determination but it's the thought that came to my head. Either way, I hope John Brown rests well and is remembered fondly for his brave efforts and noble sacrifices in order to combat one of the most evil institutions in the world.
This could also be a great graphic novel book of John Brown's story!
Note: the fact that Lawrence made a series or work on Toussaint L'Ouverture is REALLY important. The haitian revolution changed the course of History. A revolution at the north of a tiny island, held by slaves, forced France to end slavery (at least legally) in all of its colonies AS THE 18TH CENTURY, NOT THE 19TH ended. Btw, Toussaint L'Overture was profoundly christian. Lawrence may have had that in mind when he painted the cross one.
"His soul keeps marching on"
Significant political change has rarely come about peacefully. Drastic change will only come about when it becomes difficult not to change. In other words the systems and infrastructures that uphold the status quo must be interrupted.
They hung him as a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew📣📣
Well, that's a different one. Very interesting! Is it a coincidence that the length of this and the previous video are the same?
Completely coincidental!! Glad you enjoyed it
Honestly, I don't think I can go a day in my life without watching at least one of your videos, they are so interesting and well written! As someone who is really interested in every form of art, you're definitely one of my favorite content creators out there
Wow!!! What a passionate comment! Thank you so much, it’s extremely appreciated. I’m very happy my videos can have such an impact!
I agree. I never believed in a million years that anyone would convince me that Cy Twombly is worthy of discussion; and I'm still amazed it only took a few minutes of a video to persuade me to reassess my opinion.
@@Spiritofdarkandlonelywater That's true. Twombly is one of the many artists I've become a fan of thanks to those videos.
Further proof that people like to talk over the bass solo.
Thank you for highlighting Jacob Lawrence, a beautiful body of work.
Could you give a look into Hiroshi nagai? Love his art
I really enjoyed how concise this video was, amazing work!
WOW! Thanks so much for making this video! I love being a patron of this channel! One of the first channels I’ve ever subbed on Patreon and it feel so beyond worth it. I was born in Lawrence, KS, where John brown and as a huge influence, and have been dying to hear this channel’s analysis of him. I love the ideas promoted on this channel hope we can all learn a thing or two from John Brown!
Love this video! One of my favorite artists' work about one of my favorite historical figures. So much fascinating history about America is covered in Lawrence's series and so many moral questions addressed. It's unbelievable and such a fantastic summary of Brown's life.
A few years ago I came across this collection. No.21 (the thumbnail painting) always stuck with me but I never knew much more information about it. Seeing you cover it sparked a feeling in me that was satisfying but made me go back through my photos to make sure I did I fact take a picture of it like I remembered doing. Thank you for your fantastic work
i always turn on your videos while painting in my art portfolio class and it just helps me get my creative mind flowing, thx you sm for these fantastic videos 🙌🙌
That was so powerful! Thank you!
Let John Brown’s martyrdom not be in vain.
This is not a criticism but hopefully a helpful note: I found this one very, very difficult to listen to because the phrasing, pacing, and music timing were different and just not quite as on as they usually are. Love your videos. Genuinely hope this is helpful and not disheartening. I greatly appreciate the thoughtful, intellectual, high-quality content your channel puts out.
These works are so eerily modern in a "graphic arts" magazine cover design way. You provide such thougtful engaging content that I always feel both educationally stimulates and comforts me. I hope more will sub to ypur channel, because your work is so full of effort and keen editing.
Never seen this series before, very powerful. And brilliantly presented. 👏
very good
Thank you!!
@@TheCanvasArtHistory I'm not very eloquent today because I'm sick. But I really enjoyed that. Thank you
Powerful. Thank you so much.❤
i go to the university of washington and it is so cool to have the jacob lawerence gallery in my art building
Thank you! I hadn't heard about John Brown since middle school history class (despite taking history in college).
I hope you get the opportunity to voice an audio book sometime! I could listen to your voice all day.
This so diferent and so fascinating
I’m from West Virginia and grew up near Harpers Ferry. They have a wax museum & a building there to explain the history of John Brown’s efforts in the Civil War. The wax museum always creeped me out though lol
Powerful
LETS GO BROWN LETS SCORE SOME GOALS GO GO. Amazing man. A true Shahidun. Allah bless the Shahid
Just so you know for your next video, you said "$12 a month" when I think you meant "$12 a year" for your patreon!
Totally unknown artist to me and yet I am intrigued!
Thank you
you are amazing
ethan hawke played john brown in "the good lord bird", amazing show
Very inspiring, from a political perspective, artistic perspective and storytelling perspective. Thank you
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É uma obra permeada de interjeições conceituais. Um viés que investiga a perplexidade humana em sua existência.
1:06 The Canvas 2023:"I am absolutely fascinated by the concept of political violence." just putting this timestamp here for the lawyers lmao
Why would lawyers care about a guy exercising his right to free speech? Also, if we're going there, all he said was he was fascinated by political violence, that doesn't suggest support or condemnation of the concept one way or the other. You can be morbidly fascinated by something, or fascinated by someone's rationale while not agreeing with it, etc.
What type of music is this?
I wonder if it was an artistic choice or not to show the ammunition as modern bullets and bandoleers instead of ehat was mostly used during this time..?
But was John Brown really hung?
His wife thought so
:)
One point to consider, in assessing John Brown's violence, is that war was _not_ required to end slavery in nearly every other country in the Western hemisphere. Haiti's slaves freed themselves by revolution in 1804, but everywhere else, apart from the United States, ended slavery between 1807 and 1888, without war.
When you've built your entire economy upon slavery, it's kind of hard to give up
@@piccalillipit9211 Sure, unless changing economic and political conditions make retaining slavery more trouble than it's worth. As seemed to happen almost everywhere in the West, as the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution remade the whole context. American slavery too was in decline before 1860, at least as a proportion of the production base, if not in absolute number of slaves.
It would have ended in America without war as well. The industrial revolution and changing attitudes would have ended it in the American south just as it did everywhere else. The American civil war was about Lincoln's ego and he killed innocent Americans for exercising their constitutional right of secession. Lincoln was the most evil and tyrannical and least constitutional president America has ever, and likely will ever, see.
@@Spearcabut could they afford to wait? How much suffering would be inflicted in those extra years of slavery if not for the civil war?
@@tristensanz7058 Incalculable suffering, really. I can't measure a lifetime in slavery against anything. The question is not whether slavery should have been ended, but whether John Brown's reckoning of blood was the right way to do it. We hanged him as a traitor and murderer, and then went ahead and followed his prophecy anyway.
5:50 - first ? didnt you say he'd already been assaulting, what about at 4:48 and in Kansas? Sounds like you're fucking with the history
The "music" (strumming a double bass?) was both distracting & unnecessary! I had to mute the video & read the subtitles which meant I missed out on the full content.
I thought it was very nice and provided an atmosphere, but to each their own :)
you poor baby
Violence against violence does not make peace. God Bless Everyone Amen ✝️🙏❤️. You need Love.
So, what's your solution when oppressed classes have violence routinely enacted against them by people and institutions of power that make it abundantly clear they have no intention of giving us any ability or recourse to fight back and claim our human rights if they have it their way? What should be done if violence is always wrong but it's obviously we can't just ask nicely for the oppressors to just give us the rights they've built their power structures and identity on denying? Also, I take it you're Christian? Might want to read through your good book again. God did loooooooooots of violence, and commanded his people to commit lots of violence in his name. ETA: If I can make some consession to your argument, I do think there are ways to commit civil disruption that don't involve violence. Sit ins, strikes, protests, destruction of objects, not people, but the issue there is that often times the inevitable results of non violent civil disobedience is the open invitation for law enforcement to get involved and commit violence against the rowdy, pesky freedom fighters causing trouble, and let me tell you, they (law enforcement) do not give a fuck about peace.
@@gregvs.theworld451 I knew it I should’ve write it in full. Violence Against Violence does not make peace. Love Does. Love Your Enemies and pray for those who prosecute you. But when it comes to *Fully evil* , especially sins and the devil. Protect yourself with the armour of God. Very good takes saying “ God commanded his people to commit violence”, but please read the full story. Such as 2 Samuel. Hence, you might want to say, God killed humans like sodom, or in Noah’s ark. “Before They Had Gone to bed, All The Men from every part of the city of *SODOM* - both young and old - surrounded the house. They called to Lot, “Where are the men (the angels that tries to get Lot out of Sodom) who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.” - Genesis 19 4-5 The key word, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom. The devil is within all of them. You can guess what I’m trying to say. Matter of fact, Jesus hasn’t showed up yet.
@@gregvs.theworld451 don’t even let me show you Noah’s Ark. People are as sinful as people in Sodom. Therefore, we need to use Love (not romantic) to fight back evil. Why Love ? Because Love = God, and You bring God into Evil things. Things will get Bright. Like the first time The Devil meet Jesus after the temptation.
@@gregvs.theworld451 add to your take on God Helping The people to fight. What are the Chosen people fighting against ? Or Who are they fighting ? Or Better, Why are the fully sinful people fighting God’s chosen people in the first place ? Read the Bible.
@@cloud5074 Sure, loves great, I choose love over hate too, I try everyday to show love and respect to everybody and to denounce hate, but how do we materially utilize love in the face of institutionalized hatred? And does violence always equal an act against love? Pretty sure John Brown fought slavers in the name of love for his fellow Americans and a sadness to see them enslaved and dehumanized in the name of hate. Was he wrong for that? Also, re: your point on violence, so you do concede that God himself commits violence against people, such as in the story of Noah's Ark and against Sodom and Gomorrah. So, is his violence okay then because it's from God? Should we do as he says, but not as he does? Except when he does tell people to commit violence such as in Deuteronomy 20:16-18 where he commands the Israelites to commit genocide? "However, in the cities of the nations the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes. 17 Completely destroy[a] them-the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites-as the Lord your God has commanded you. 18 Otherwise, they will teach you to follow all the detestable things they do in worshiping their gods, and you will sin against the Lord your God." Is that God choosing love and not violence? Or is it okay when he and his people do it?
I take issue with this specific use of "Slavery" as a universal definition. Let us remember that slavery existed in Africa centuries before it was imported abroad, perpetuated by warring tribes who routinely slaughtered entire groups and sent parties to capture people, black slave owners in the USA and bloody Ivory Coast (N. America accounted for mere 5% of total export), irate African Kings who sent envoys to Queen Victoria's court to protest loss of 300 pounds (at that time!) sterling annually lost to abolition. With use of "Slavery" let's remember its current existence especially across the Middle East and African continent today. These are not pleasant things to remember or admit, but they grotesque and true.
What is it with weirdos mentioning slavery existed before in Africa as if that makes what the US did any less damaging? Yes Africa played a part in the trade however this does not minimize the centuries long abuse caused by US slave owners. You can’t just say “B-but they also did it!” as an excuse for slavery. This is not the 3rd grade.
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"Never argue with with a man John Brown would have shot"
Glad to be corrected but I think, at least at the time and since, nowhere else practiced generational chattel slavery like the US.
@@MrTVintrochattel slavery was all over the Caribbean and South America. You have the mind of a child
Greed is god in Amerikkka
Why do you hate Christians?
What font do you use? i love it.
what's your name on Twich?
Political violence is a very important tool in our fight against the people we hate and their loved ones
I got my .9 ready!