Premium Only Content

David Molesky on Apelles, Pliny and the Superiority of the Rough Painting Technique
David Molesky is a former student of Odd Nerdrum, based in North Carolina.
He is concerned with the rough manner of late Rembrandt and Titian — a painting method first employed by the Ancient Greek painter Apelles. Molesky contrasts this technique with so-called photo-realism, which he asserts leaves no room for the viewer.
But art historians typically interpret the rough technique as "modern", so whose interpretation is accurate? And can you be influenced by this manner of painting without compromising clarity of form and thus wind up as a modernist?
Topics from the conversation:
01:12 Molesky's painting "Man in the Forrest"
03:52 The Apelles palette and pre-mixing of colors
06:47 Odd Nerdrum's interest in Pompeii murals, Pliny and Apelles
10:24 Apelles' technique
12:01 Pliny establishes an ideal for painters
14:20 Titian's Flaying of Marsyas
16:57 Reflecting how peripheral vision works
21:00 Apelles' unfinished Aphrodite
26:10 Painterly vs illustrative: David Ligare, Rembrandt and Sargent
31:54 Apelles and Protogenes: A "pre-modernist" technique?
36:19 Having details too! Titian, Rembrandt and Nerdrum
38: 46 Modern art: A poor imitation of classical works?
41:40 Recreating matter with paint
43:40 When Nerdrum painted a scarf in one stroke
49:14 Leaving space for the viewer
55:03 Hoogstraaten on what to keep as you go along
59:48 The "Default Mode Network"
1:06:08 Rembrandt's hermaphrodite self-portrait
1:09:27 The blind seer Tiresias (Metamorphosis and Odyssey)
1:14:50 Rembrandt's references to Tiresias and Apelles
1:18:35 Reading Pliny as a painter makes you aware
This episode was filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum.
The centerpiece was a "Man in the Forrest" (2007) by David Molesky.
SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS!
Fergus Ryan
Shaun Roberts
Matthias Proy
Eivind Josten
Børge Moe
Dean Anthony
Alastair Blain
Anders Berge Christensen
Erik Lasky
Iver Ukkestad
Jack Entz Warner
Jared Fountain
Jon Harald Aspheim
Marion Bu-Pedersen
Maurice Robbins
Misty DeLaine
Richard Barrett
Stacey Evangelista
Trym Jordahl
Yngve Hellan
Would you like to get premium access? Become a patron:
https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/
Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis:
https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn
Check out our other channels:
https://www.youtube.com/c/SchoolofApelles
https://www.youtube.com/c/CultureWarsNow
Podcast available on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Spotify:
https://soundcloud.com/caveofapelles
https://spoti.fi/2AVDkcT
https://apple.co/2QAcXD6
Visit our facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles
Rumble:
https://rumble.com/user/CaveOfApelles
For inquiries — [email protected]
-
2:09:46
Cave of Apelles
1 year ago $0.08 earnedDr. Nir Buras on The Classic Planning Institute, Modern Urban Planning and The Future of Our Cities
388 -
2:05:36
Inverted World Live
8 hours agoSaint's Tomb Opened for First Time in 800 Years for Ancient Ritual | Ep. 121
82.2K12 -
2:43:30
TimcastIRL
5 hours agoNY AG Indicted For FRAUD, Faces 30 Years In Prison, $1 MILLION FINE | Timcast IRL
198K81 -
1:09:16
Man in America
15 hours agomRNA 2.0: This Frightening Tech Can Target Your BRAIN Using Biological Post Codes
49.3K12 -
1:28:31
The Charlie Kirk Show
5 hours agoTHOUGHTCRIME Ep. 100 — Turning Point Halftime? Potatoes and Katie Porter? Hasan the Dog Shocker?
91K46 -
6:33:19
SpartakusLIVE
6 hours agoNEW Update, NEW Meta || Zombies Mode is BACK - Smokes NURFED
56.2K5 -
13:10
Robbi On The Record
5 hours ago $3.49 earnedThe War on Christians | China’s Surveillance & Nigeria’s Killing Fields
32K29 -
1:24:49
Flyover Conservatives
1 day agoYour Home Just Became a Healing Room — The Truth About Red Light & Med Bed - Jonathan Otto | FOC Show
35K4 -
2:11:35
Mally_Mouse
4 days ago🎮 Throwback Thursday! Let's Play: Kingdom Hearts 1 pt. 2
27.8K2 -
3:00:37
Barry Cunningham
8 hours agoBREAKING NEWS: LETITIA JAMES INDICTED FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD!!! LIBTARD TEARS ARE FLOWING!
60.3K37