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Stanczyk or the Sad Clown Paradox
Stanczyk or the Sad Clown Paradox
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I find this painting
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extremely powerful its composition
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its color palette and its subject matter all come
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together to make this one of the saddest paintings I've seen but
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this painting is different from any other paintings we've seen on this channel so
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far usually when I find an interesting painting
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and do research on its background in context
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I find it even more appealing I
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feel like I discovered
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a whole new perspective
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on this work of art and it makes me enjoy it even
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more when I did research on this painting that
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didn't happen it was
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painted by polish artist Yan Machiko who
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became known for painting
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historical scenes for example
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the sermon of Pio skarga
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won the 1865 Paris salons gold medal two
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years later he won another gold medal at the Paris World Exhibition with
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his painting heightened or the fall of Poland
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stun shik which is what this painting is called was
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made early in Mateos
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career he was only 24
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when he painted it Stan
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chick is the name of the subject a famous
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court jester who became known by performing
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during the Polish Renaissance
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under King Sigismund 1
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the old he wasn't only an entertainer
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as you might expect from a jester but
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he was also extremely
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smart and would through
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his performances do social commentary
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he's considered now more like a cultural
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icon in Polish culture and appears
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in books plays and of
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course paintings Motoko represented
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him in different scenes such as the hanging of the Sigismund
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bell the prussian homage and gamrat
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and stan chick but
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echoes most notorious scenes are usually extremely
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busy with many figures in a lot of action
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but Stan chick is very
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different in that regard
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instead of being the depiction of a public event it's
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much more intimate were
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almost alone with the famous jester
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he's completely lost in
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thought his posture shows despair
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and the fact that he's alone and turning
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his back to the party speaks
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of his melancholy all
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right so here's the historical
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context first the paintings full title is in staunch ik but staunch ik during
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a ball at the court of Queen Bona in the face of the loss
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of Smolensk Stan chick is worried
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for the future of Poland
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they were at war with modern-day
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Russia and they had lost the city of Smolensk in 1514
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this is probably what the letter is announcing
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what might be worrying
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Stan chick even more is the
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Royal Family's carelessness as to what's happening
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to their empire the
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representation of a dwarf carrying
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a lute would be in Mateos
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time a symbol of decadence
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II out of the window we can see the valve L Cathedral
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where Kings are coronated
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and next to it a comet
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which was actually sighted
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in 1514 symbolizing the downfall with the
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there are some historical and congruity zin this depiction the
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title leads us to believe that Queen Bona was actually the queen of Poland
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during the fall of Smolensk in 1514
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but she only became queen in 1518
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the year 1533 is also written on the letter which
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is not concordant with the fall of Smolensk
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but knowing all this historical
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context and the story behind this painting doesn't
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to my great surprise add
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to my appreciation of it it's
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the first time this happens
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to be honest I'd probably find
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this painting more powerful
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if the cause of the jesters sadness
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was unknown well let's
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take a closer look at the painting to see what gives it power
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let us first look at its composition
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first there are two backgrounds
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on each side of the scene one
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is showing the outdoor scenery placing
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the whole event at night while
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the other shows a party
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in its many guests
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in the room there's a table with a letter on it and next
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to it staunch ik-hee
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is of course the subject of the artwork and he's placed
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right in the center of it our
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eyes are naturally driven
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towards him because of the strong contrast
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between him and the dark wall which
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is in itself framing
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him the colors are extremely
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dark there's a bit of blue and green around the window area but
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darkness really dominates the painting of course
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there's also the red of the party and the red instant sheikhs costume
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which in a way implies
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that the two should both be united
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not separated and I
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feel like that's exactly
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why this painting is so sad it's
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this separation between the subject and the party it's
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the depiction of a jester who instead
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of going at the ongoing party
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is sad and lonely
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he's not only refusing
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to attend it he's
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turning his back to it
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secluded in darkness there
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is a disconnection between the party
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and Stan chick who out of all the people in the kingdom should
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be the one attending it after
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all it's his job
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this adds another layer
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of sadness to this scene this
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man whose vocation is to entertain people
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make them laugh make them
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happy can't even cheer himself up
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this tragedy has an official name the sad
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clown paradox for example
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a study on this phenomenon
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was published in 1981
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and was titled pretend
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the world is funny and forever
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a psychological analysis of comedians
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clowns and actors this
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paradox has often been used
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to trigger an emotional response
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in an audience how
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sad is it to
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see someone working super hard to make people laugh yet
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can't make themselves laugh
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this kind of self-sacrifice
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has been depicted in Edward Hopper's swagger
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Peru's Davidsons the dwarf and more
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recently todd phillips joker
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stan shik is perhaps one
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of the earliest depictions
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of the sad clown paradox
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what makes it even sadder is that stan chick is modeled after matakohe
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himself this could be in a way a very
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desolate self-portrait now I'd like to know what you think did
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learning about the historical context
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behind this painting make you appreciate
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it more do you believe it's important for us to understand
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the causes of stunt chicks torment
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what's more important to you the
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story the painting is telling or the
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emotions is making you feel
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