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In a world where options for an education in classical crafts are scarce, some decide to take on a more difficult and empirical approach. Being self-taught and learning by observation, Jannick Hösel is one of them, and now he has entered Odd Nerdrum’s studio where emphasis is placed on philosophy and the ability to convey a gripping story on the canvas. Starting his paintings in a muted, cool tone, Hösel’s method allows for a great potency of the subsequent application of warmer colors. At the time being, he is infused by the dark and torn-up portraits of Rembrandt, and is doing everything in his power to repossess the effect of the Dutch master’s technique. Using a thick, cream-like medium, he is able to apply small, textured strokes calmly melting together, yet retaining a life-like surface with a delicious vibrancy. Despite a meticulous method, his paintings take on the impression of weariness and age. During Jan-Ove Tuv's latest stay at the Nerdrums, Hösel was kind enough to demonstrate his technique by mixing the medium and showcasing how the strokes behave differently. In this video you will learn about: • Making an egg-based painting medium • How to go lean to fat with this medium • Achieving a Rembrandtesque surface You will also learn how this medium: • Makes for a strong paint film • Does not go matte (seems wet when dry) • Allows soft transitions and great contrasts • Allows new strokes on top of wet layers • Allows you to scrape forth hair, like Rembrandt The medium shown in this video is based on the medium of Osamu Obi: https://youtu.be/ctEOgSzm_84 Osamu Obi's paper on the subject: http://www.osamu-obi.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rembrandts_medium_en.pdf ▶️ Full video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/lost-rembrandt-78836861 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast Video by Bork Nerdrum SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Eivind Josten Børge Moe * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 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: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Jannik Hösel is a German classical painter currently studying with Odd Nerdrum. Growing up in an environment that offered no possibilities to be formally trained in the craft, he chose to go down the autodidactic road, and sits down in the Cave to share his knowledge on self-learning, which ranges from suggested exercises and how to think as you study — to basic awareness of painting materials. Hösel is also concerned with the psychological faithfulness of motifs. He warns against becoming too "symbolic" or "deep", and how you can attain the middle road of storytelling. 👍✨ Support our show and get access to more than 180 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ Chapter markers: 00:30 Introduction 01:03 A need for timelessness 04:34 What touches you? 06:15 Do self-portraits! 08:46 Jannik Hösel's Judas painting 14:28 Becoming self-taught 22:55 Understanding your talent and desires 26:15 Intermediate thinking 30:22 The role of composition 37:19 Relating to contemporary art? 46:05 Discipline and work ethic 48:34 Learning from icon paintings 51:11 Insufficient vs good symbolism 56:08 Past, present, future! 57:48 Ultimate depiction of melancholy? 1:02:24 The painting has to say "Ah…!" 1:04:21 Details and multiple figures 1:05:42 Paint from life, paintings and imagination 1:07:30 Best advice: do not be lazy! This episode featured Jannik Hösel & Jan-Ove Tuv and was filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum. The centerpiece was The Death of Judas Iscariot by Jannik Hösel. SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Eivind Josten 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 — talk@caveofapelles.com

Jan-Ove Tuv gives his analysis of the portraits by Nicolai Fechin and compares them to works by the Russian-American's contemporaries and older colleagues. In this video you will learn about: • Reflecting the background in the main character • Separating forms by temperature instead of value • Keeping solidity in a roughly painted portrait • Dividing a form into multi-shapes to achieve volume • How to pull off thick in the shadows, thin in the lights • Why Munch and Boznanska are superior to Fechin • How too much structure of paint can defeat the form • What Chardin and Fechin have in common • Varying between loose and tight outlines • Fechin's problemtatic handling of backgrounds • Why Rembrandt takes the glory at the end of the day ▶️ Full video (21 min): https://www.patreon.com/posts/78270440 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Eivind Josten Børge Moe * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 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: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Jan-Ove Tuv visits Sebastian Salvo to observe him as he continues to work on a two-figure composition of a loving couple in his studio. Part one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoO2xc31k98 In this video you will learn about: • Combining a plen-air study and masterworks in a composition • Slowly developing a synthesized landscape • Arranging dark/light, big shapes and general color range first • Contrasting vertical vs horizontal lines • How changes of temperature can be enough • Establishing a rhythmic connection between different elements • The importance of repetition and variation ▶️ Full video (1 hour 10 min): https://www.patreon.com/posts/78001138 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Eivind Josten Børge Moe * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 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: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Öde Nerdrum sits down with Wim Winters to talk about Whole Beat, sharing the story of how he discovered the YouTube channel Authentic Sound and the life-changing effects it had on him as a musician and human being. But is whole beat a bullet proof concept? Nerdrum puts it up to the test by challenging Winters with the main counter-arguments. ▶️ Watch Jan-Ove Tuv's interview with Wim Winters on Cave of Apelles: https://rumble.com/v25qcuk-single-or-whole-beat-wim-winters-uncovers-how-beethoven-has-been-performed-.html 👍✨ Support our show and get access to more than 180 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ Chapter markers: 00:00 Accepting whole beat is like breaking up a relationship 04:58 You have to drop your expectations 08:14 Give yourself permission to like Whole Beat 14:21 You actually hear the music and it feels faster 19:15 Are pianists loyal to recordings rather than notes? 25:12 Only two ways of reading the metronome 34:06 Giving music back to the amateurs 43:30 Counter-argument 1: Fafner's text on concert durations 54:33 Playing faster is always easier 57:28 Counter-argument 2: People feel it is too slow 1:09:11 Counter-argument 3: Just play how we feel 1:15:31 Counter-argument 4: A text on Mälzel's metronome 1:22:34 Counter-argument 5: The missing link 1:30:16 Whole beat is the organic way of counting 1:33:38 If Liszt came back he would not believe it This episode featured Wim Winters & Öde Nerdrum and was filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum. The centerpiece was a 19th century reproduction of G. F. Watts' Hope. SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Eivind Josten 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 — talk@caveofapelles.com

Have you ever wondered why classical music always seems to be performed too fast in the concert halls? Wonder no more. Wim Winters, an organist and pianist from Belgium, challenges modern performance practice of Beethoven, Chopin and others from the Classical period via his controversial YouTube channel Authentic Sound. Winters' point is simple: the metronome indications of works by the likes of Beethoven have been misread for more than a century, a claim made evident by historical proof that the current tempi is up to twice as fast as the original (!) Pianists today need physiotherapy in their attempts to follow painstaking speeds and even the fastest fall short. Among Winters' numerous reconstructions are Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Moonlight Sonata, at first appearing shockingly slow. But on closer inspection, could it be that only a return to the original tempi will release the true emotional potential of the Western musical canon? 👍✨ Support our show and get access to more than 180 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ Chapter markers: 01:34 Authentic Sound and modern performance practice 05:15 Choice of tempo and the certainty of metronome marks 08:38 The original tempo indication vs Single or Half Beat 15:13 Modern performances: even the fastest fall short 19:21 "Beethoven's broken metronome" 21:43 Historical sources for Whole Beat 27:11 When did performance speeds increase and why? 32:58 Can you play faster than humanly possible? Win €5.000! 34:21 What is physically possible to play and perceive? 40:00 Life-long injuries, worn-out brains and loss of joy 45:14 Whole beat is natural for us 51:00 "Mozart is being killed" (1839 warning) 54:50 Cooperation with Lorenz Gadient 1:01:56 Whole Beat reviving classical music 1:09:40 "When you slow down, you play faster" 1:14:11 Paradigm shifts are initiated by outsiders This episode featured Wim Winters & Jan-Ove Tuv and was filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum. The centerpiece was a reproduction of the Beethoven portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler. SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Shaun Roberts Matthias Proy Børge Moe Eivind Josten 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 — talk@caveofapelles.com

Wim Winters is the clavichord player behind the YouTube-channel Authentic Soundand a proponent of a revolutionizing way of reading the metronome that would radically change the performance practice of music by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart and other composers from the Classical period. ▶️ Watch the full interview with Wim Winters at Cave of Apelles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWITKRfXHRs 00:10 Difference between Single beat and Whole beat 01:52 Beethoven's broken metronome 02:34 Wim Winters' critics 03:34 Thomas Kuhn and "Paradigm shift" 04:18 Lorenz Gadient and the Aha-moment 05:38 How Single beat destroys performers 07:42 What can Whole beat mean? Video by Bork Nerdrum with the main source material from Cave of Apelles and Authentic Sound. * MUSIC in this video: W.A.Mozart :: Rondo Alla Turca KV 331 :: Wim Winters, Clavichord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OWOqkUTjbE Beethoven Symphony No. 9 conducted by Maximianno Cobra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irWsBKY4_k0 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 conducted by John Eliot Gardiner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJH9b9EQtHM Beethoven Piano Sonata No.1 performed by Jill Crossland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGCX0wf7bkM Beethoven Piano Sonata No.1 performed by Wim Winters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md41nD87W84 Fantasie - Impromptu by Chopin performed by Bartosz Bieganowski: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Bvsc1_pvw Symphony No.5 by Beethoven performed on piano by Wim Winters and Alberto Sanna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf9e0HRIq_M&t Adagio from Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven performed by Wim Winters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7srk51hibs4 * MOVIES featured in this video: Shine (1996) directed by Scott Hicks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vCfNI84gac * Wim Winters' critics featured in this video: Daniel Waitzman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMY9sJqkcgI&t Vlad Vexler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEmNZnpk65w Gerard van Reenen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcF0CXqtC-Y Simon Danell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40yFVGs2QAI&t Patrick Hemmerlé: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq20NJGhZ38 Dr. Cory Hall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xssHFP09g-k Bradley Scarff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dvMoFRNXFg David Arditti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGlod-hxwmE Bernhard Ruchti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX79mu9gGxw * SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Eivind Josten *** 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: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I School of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3iI3BkK Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles For inquiries — talk@caveofapelles.com

Jan-Ove Tuv visits Sebastian Salvo to observe him as he continues to work on a two-figure composition of a loving couple in his studio. In this video you will learn about: • Painting transparent in the beginning • Painting the model in altered lighting • Painting "dry" (no medium) • How dynamic lighting creates impression of movement • The importance of the contour line • Calmly bringing forth form and color • How painting "rough" still requires tight forms • Composition is not its own goal • Emulating the qualities of the Greeks and G. F. Watts • Integrating a landscape sketch in a large motif • Not letting the motif fill the whole format • Letting nature reflect the figures of a motif ▶️ Full video (1 hour 6 minutes): https://www.patreon.com/posts/77041887 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Eivind Josten Børge Moe * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 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: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Knowledge of the craft and what you are up against is vital for the revival of classical architecture. Carl Korsnes sits down with Eric Norin to talk about the knowledge handed down to us by Vitruvius, good examples of building projects with local coloring, the impact of seemingly innocent standardizations, the driving force of early modernists, and more. ▶️ Watch the initial interview with Eric Norin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCFVPsnym2g 👍✨ Support our show and get access to more than 180 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ Chapter markers: 00:02 Modernism: a gift to carpenters 05:37 Big scale, standardized and ugly 09:01 The width of two horses' asses 11:50 Virtruvius' definition of beauty 16:28 Architecture is the mother discipline 18:26 Architects must know many professions 22:51 Professional architects are ignorant 26:35 USA, Canada and UK have living traditions 28:13 The "Builders' guide to architecture" 36:14 Building with vernacular, local twists 45:01 Early modernists had good intentions? 51:13 Modernism and the socialist ideal 1:00:36 National tragedies and collective memory This episode featured Eric Norin & Carl Korsnes and was filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum. The centerpiece was a 19th century reproduction of G. F. Watts' Hope. SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Shaun Roberts Matthias Proy Børge Moe Eivind Josten 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 — talk@caveofapelles.com

The young draughtsman and painter from Finland has proven his talent with narrative portraits from live model. Aiming for the Classical Greek ideal, Hjalmar Hagelstam is already well-equipped, having studied painting with Odd Nerdrum and sculpture at the Florence Academy Growing up in a country known for Sibelius and Gallen-Kallela, Hagelstam asks the following question: "Which lessons can we learn from the strange fate of 19th century Finnish painters?" As he sees it, they were rightfully concerned with Kalevala, the native, mythical epic. However their political desire to find something "national" in it, invariably led to failure. Making matters worse, influence from contemporary ideas of "progress" and styles like symbolism and impressionism only further removed their work from a truly timeless context. So what makes a universal story? And could you grip the essence of a myth by simply illustrating it? 👍✨ Support our show and get access to more than 180 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ Chapter markers: 00:30 Introduction 01:22 Does Finnish painting exist? 02:20 How Hagelstam got interested in painting 05:06 The free art school and Odd Nerdrum 07:39 What Hagelstam saw at the auction house 09:14 FAA, storytelling and being close to nature 13:27 Intuitive vs "rational" painting method 17:43 Props: contemporary or timeless? 21:34 Naturalism and symbolism — pitfalls and strengths 28:21 Rembrandt & Greeks: Shame, forgiveness, elevation 34:16 Empathy & drama vs "everyday" motifs 41:47 Experience life to become a good painter? 45:26 Munch's Sick Child and Rembrandt's Prodigal Son 52:36 Calmness vs action and combining opposites 58:19 "The Poor Fisherman" and The Squint Test 1:02:39 Do not just illustrate the title 1:06:55 One can only set a great example 1:09:54 Recommending Florence Academy of Art? 1:11:36 How to become more mythical in your motifs? This episode featured Hjalmar Hagelstam & Jan-Ove Tuv and was filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum. The centerpiece was "Breath" by Hjalmar Hagelstam (portrait of the poet Thomas Løland). SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Shaun Roberts Matthias Proy Børge Moe Eivind Josten 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 — talk@caveofapelles.com

Jan-Ove Tuv demonstrates how to reduce disturbing edges when restretching canvas in order to re-position the motif. 👍✨ Support our channel and get access to more than 180 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Shaun Roberts Matthias Proy Eivind Josten Børge Moe * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 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: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Jan-Ove Tuv visits Sebastian Salvo who is working on the landscape painting he previously started outside: https://rumble.com/v1tnr5u-how-to-paint-a-summer-landscape-without-blue-and-green-pigments-using-the-a.html In this video you will learn about: • Integrating elements from master painters • Cheapest trick to focus attention! • Repeating forms and action to achieve a cohesive image • "Tweaking" the sketch for usage in a large composition • Having a story/mood in mind while painting • Merging realistic and symbolic qualities • Identifying the protagonists of the sketch • Making symbolic figures realistic ▶️ Full video: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Shaun Roberts Matthias Proy Eivind Josten Børge Moe * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 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: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Magnus Vanebo and Jan-Ove Tuv sit down to discuss the meaning and significance of Vasily Kandinsky's manifesto "On the Spiritual in Art". What exactly is "pure" mimesis and the "innate" power of color? Who knows... Are the thoughts presented in the abstractionist's essay even as original as the author wants them to be, or are they borrowed and perhaps even taken directly from previous thinkers? Chapter markers: 00:02 Predetermined development 10:10 Outer form hindering the inner content? 15:00 Inner necessity and universal content 18:45 The "innate" power of color 20:29 Mysticism and avoiding the representational form 22:24 Self-contradictory freedom of expression 24:59 Avoiding narratives and the fairytale-like 30:21 "Pure" mimesis, untainted by our senses 33:46 Mythological themes in Kandinsky's works? 37:50 Kandinsky's "dehumanization" 42:48 Art = one small detail of old master painting 45:13 Kandinsky's journey to abstraction 48:55 Kandinsky vs screenwriting 53:09 Kitsch & Art — an age-old dichotomy ▶ Full video: https://www.patreon.com/caveofapelles 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast This episode featured Magnus Vanebo & Jan-Ove Tuv and was filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum. The centerpiece was a 19th century reproduction of G. F. Watts' Hope. SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Shaun Roberts Matthias Proy Børge Moe Eivind Josten 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 — talk@caveofapelles.com

As the Vice President of the Swedish Architecture Uprising (Arkitekturupproret), Eric Norin is a strong proponent of humane and harmonious architecture and city planning, and has appeared in numerous debates on architecture in Swedish media. Norin works as a professional architect within the classical tradition, and runs his own architecture firm Tradition Arkitekter, specializing in new classical production and renovation. He argues that city planning is a democratic matter and that we must start developing greater democratic basis for what is being built. Surveys clearly show that people generally prefer classical and beautiful buildings, and Norin stresses that people ought to act according to their architectural preferences: Buy new classical houses and visit stores in classical buildings! As social media has made the architecture debate more open, are we witnessing the fall of the modernist hegemony? 👍✨ Support our show and get access to more than 180 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ Chapter markers: 01:47 Norin's path to becoming a classical architect 06:28 Self-learning at The Royal Academy 12:33 Founding The Architecture Uprising (Arkitekturupproret) 17:33 Key to success: before and after pictures 23:44 INTBAU education of classical architects 27:10 "True" architecture is ugly architecture 29:58 The definition of "classical architecture" 38:18 "Modern" vs "modernism" 46:33 How classical architecture strives towards nature 54:40 The patterns of history 59:33 A "rational" approach vs diversity 1:06:34 The Architecture Uprising is impacting politics 1:10:11 Everybody wants to live in Disney Land 1:15:26 Notre Dame fire: a gift to classical crafts 1:17:38 Eric Norin's greatest fear 1:23:33 Three sustainability-arguments for classical architecture This episode featured Eric Norin & Carl Korsnes and was filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum. The centerpiece was a photograph of a street in Sundsvall, Sweden. SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Shaun Roberts Matthias Proy Børge Moe Eivind Josten 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 — talk@caveofapelles.com

Jan-Ove Tuv observes as Sebastian Salvo paints a landscape outdoors. In this video you will learn about: • Getting blue color from white and black pigments • The "watercolour" start • Using the ground as an integral colour • Marrying empirical studies with poetry • Importance of cool vs warm in achieving volume • What being "detailed" actually means • How a rhythmic approach allows you to grasp the totality • Choosing focal point based on the rhythm in the landscape • The role of horizontal and vertical strokes • The glory of grey • How nature always composes according to the X-principle • Thinking in repetitions ▶️ Full video: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Shaun Roberts Matthias Proy Eivind Josten Børge Moe * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 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: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Jan-Ove Tuv demonstrates how to prepare the drawing paper like Odd Nerdrum, using sand paper, toilet paper and pencils. 👍✨ Support our channel and get access to more than 180 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Shaun Roberts Matthias Proy Eivind Josten Børge Moe * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 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: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Jan-Ove Tuv and Einar Duenger Bøhn sit down discuss Aristotle's Ethics from the perspective of narrative painting. 👍✨ Support our show and get access to more than 180 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ Chapter markers: 00:01 ”Good” is objective 06:58 External values 10:50 Seeking knowledge vs subjectivism 14:20 An impersonal relation to the world 20:38 Improvement through practice 25:54 Originality is destructive 31:31 Know what is (un)important 38:03 Masterworks make you less lonely 42:38 Nerdrum, Hopper, Wyeth and The Great Gatsby 50:23 Aristotle: What we know is eternal 54:18 Plato vs Aristotle — empirical vs abstract thinking? 57:05 The goal of a portrait and the tragedy of Edvard Munch 1:04:33 Who is more "universal": Freud - Hopper - Wyeth 1:14:29 Anecdote of "Woman Killing an Injured Man" 1:15:37 Friendship with a painting? This episode featured Einar Duenger Bøhn & Jan-Ove Tuv and was filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum. The centerpiece was a 19th century reproduction of G. F. Watts' Hope. SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Shaun Roberts Matthias Proy Børge Moe Eivind Josten 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 — talk@caveofapelles.com

As a medium, which is better: Linseed or Walnut oil? David Molesky puts the oils to the ultimate test. For more on this subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ_2qCZ5r6s In this video you will learn about: • Which oils to store your brushes in • How walnut and linseed oil dry differently • Consequences of not following lean to fat rule • Advantages of using sand paper • How the walnut oil film is more durable • Using walnut and linseed oil in the same painting? • Versatile use of oils in the Renaissance 👍✨ Support our channel and get access to more than 180 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Shaun Roberts Matthias Proy Eivind Josten Børge Moe * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 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: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Following his victory in the World Wide Kitsch Competition 2021, Shaun Roberts was invited to the Cave of Apelles for an interview about his award-winning portrait "The Messenger". He shares stories from his teaching experience at a Texan university and his unconventional sources of influence, such as the Dutch genre painter Adrian Brouwer, as well as the American "Cowboy" painter Frederic Remington. Studying with Odd Nerdrum, Roberts also breaks down the most important things he is currently learning. 👍✨ Support our show and get access to more than 180 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ Chapter markers: 01:20 "Hero's Journey" to Norway 06:40 Roberts' prize-winning self-portrait 14:00 Three approaches to painting 18.06 Discovering painting skills by accident 22:10 Positive learning experiences at universities 28:34 Teaching at Steven F. Austin State University 34:35 Teaching modernist students 36:30 Including storytelling 40:22 Positive colleagues & gallery 45:30 The World Wide Kitsch Competition 50:15 Dissolved painting technique and movement 56:55 Remington, Brouwer and Rembrandt 1:01:25 Armadillo-Brouwer connection 1:04:21 Brouwer's tension 1:08:14 Studying with Odd Nerdrum This episode was filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum. The centerpiece was Shaun Roberts' self-portrait "The Messenger". SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Børge Moe Matthias Proy Eivind Josten Fergus Ryan Dean Anthony Anders Berge Christensen Erik Lasky Herman Borge Fernando Ramirez Iver Ukkestad Jack Entz Warner Jared Fountain Jon Harald Aspheim Marion Bu-Pedersen Maurice Robbins Michael Irish 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 — talk@caveofapelles.com

In this video you will learn about: • Storing brushes: jar or tray? • Cleaning brushes the right way • How oily rags can self-combust • How to properly dispose of rags • How to clean your "gunked up" brushes 👍✨ Support our channel and get access to more than 180 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Shaun Roberts Matthias Proy Eivind Josten Børge Moe * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 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: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

The question as been asked over and over for decades: Is figurative painting coming back? David Molesky and Jan-Ove Tuv sit down to discuss the possibilities and problems with the current trends and what it truly takes to change the tide. 👍✨ Support our show and get access to more than 180 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ Chapter markers: 00:01 What kind of "figuration" 02:06 A better situation 05:03 Cross-over painters 10:12 Wyeth & Nerdrum vs. Currin & Freud 12:51 AI and painting vs. humanism 15:58 Artification and American iconoclasm 19:53 Our nature does not change 25:20 Two types of figuration 29:42 Trained in sentimentality 34:55 Galleries vs. cooperating with architects 39:28 Lumped in with the wrong kind of work 42:46 Originality is for aliens This episode featured David Molesky & Jan-Ove Tuv and was filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum. The centerpiece was a 19th century reproduction of G. F. Watts' Hope. SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Shaun Roberts Matthias Proy Børge Moe Eivind Josten 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 — talk@caveofapelles.com

Have you ever wondered which painting medium you should use? David Molesky explains the pros and cons of clove, poppy, walnut and linseed oil and how you can combine them. In this video you will learn about: The logic of the color of an oil and its properties. Light to dark equals • soft film to hard film • slow to quick drying • What a "more fatty oil" means • The argument for Walnut oil • Clove oil to delay drying • How to heat treat Walnut oil Lean to fat with walnut oil: • How to paint leant to fat with Walnut oil & no solvents • What chalk type to use in the ground and painting medium • Applying a lean «imprematura» of oil and chalk to paint wet in wet in it • Adding Green earth for an impasto «grisaille» start of your painting • David demonstrates starting a Green earth impasto layer with chalk-based medium • Mixing your own paint with a palette knife • Adding Aluminum stearate to make the oil thicker ▶️ Full video (1 hour 14 min): https://patreon.com/caveofapelles 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Shaun Roberts Matthias Proy Eivind Josten Børge Moe * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 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: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

David Molesky demonstrates the proper way to varnish a painting, based on knowledge he received from a conservator. What you need: • Gamvar (https://www.lawrence.co.uk/gamvar.html) • Gamsol (https://www.lawrence.co.uk/125ml-bottle-gamsol-gamblin.html) • Gamvar Varnish brush (https://www.lawrence.co.uk/75mm-gamblin-gamvar-varnish-brush.html) • Badger hair brush (http://www.royalbrushstore.com/p/lw15-4-4-inch-badger-softener-2-pc-handl) • Brown paper napkins • Ceramic plate • Mixing jar ▶️ Full video (39 minutes): https://patreon.com/caveofapelles 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast In the full length video you will also learn about: • How conservators varnish • Gamvar - the best varnish • How to mix retouch varnish & finish varnish • Why Damar varnish is not good • The glory of brown paper napkins • Why matt varnish literally is GARBAGE • Which brushes to use (also to emulate a matt varnish) • Finish off with vertical strokes • Should you not varnish on a cloudy day? • What to do before varnishing • How to clean your varnish brushes • Paint so you do not need to varnish • Rembrandt did not varnish his paintings? SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Eivind Josten Shaun Roberts Børge Moe * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 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: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

The Austrian tonal composer Alexander Blechinger sits down with Jan-Ove Tuv to explain how he achieves the illusion of visual effects in musical works such as his Atomblitz-Ouvertüre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ntDtO9VCLQ In 1982 Blechinger founded Harmonia Classica, an organization devoted to performance of contemporary tonal music and competitions for composers. He talks about their success in a country where the state unilaterally favors modernist culture. Chapter markers: 01:10 Blechinger's interest in music 06:19 How he got into Classical music 13:00 Studying composition 15:35 What is counterpoint and harmony? 19:55 Baroque: the root of our music 21:43 Renaissance and Gothic music 23:36 Renaissance vs Baroque music 26:18 Finding a composition teacher 31:40 The Atomblitz-ouvertüre 39:12 How Blechinger crafts a story (Atomblitz-ouvertüre) 53:20 Harmonia Classica, an organization for "beautiful new music" 56:09 The Harmonia Classica competition 1:00:52 Making "stories of the heart" 1:10:18 Better conditions for classical music 1:15:31 The problem of cultural politics This episode was filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum. The centerpiece was "Loving couple" by Odd Nerdrum. SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Børge Moe Matthias Proy Eivind Josten Shaun Roberts Fergus Ryan Dean Anthony Anders Berge Christensen Erik Lasky Fernando Ramirez Iver Ukkestad Jack Entz Warner Jared Fountain Jon Harald Aspheim Marion Bu-Pedersen Maurice Robbins Michael Irish 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 — talk@caveofapelles.com

Tales and myths have become bedtime stories and Disney movies for children, but it was not always thus. Boris Koller and Jan-Ove Tuv sit down to discuss the collected stories of Brothers Grimm, their explicit content and symbolic meaning. But are the tales meant to be read as metaphors for archetypal characters and aspects of human psychology, or are they rather based on real life events that happened in a time of witches a long time ago? 👌 Support our show: https://caveofapelles.com/subscribe Chapter markers: 01:54 The Golden bird and the fox 06:43 Not for children! (Snow White) 13:13 Little Red Riding Hood 17:07 Older, nearly shamanistic versions 20:31 What is the meaning of gold? (Frau Holle, Iron John) 25:06 The true, bloody story of Cinderella 32:24 More than 10.000 years old real events 36:09 Human self-domestication 38:51 The power of images 44:55 Women eating small children 50:45 The problems of the psychological approach 55:28 Stick to the image, do not be original This episode featured Boris Koller & Jan-Ove Tuv and was filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum. The centerpiece was a 19th century reproduction of G. F. Watts' Hope. SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Shaun Roberts Matthias Proy Børge Moe Eivind Josten 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 — talk@caveofapelles.com