Module 13/14

1.    The first video that I watched was An Acquiring Mind; Philippe de Montebello and The Metropolitan,  I think some really good points were bought out, such as how some pieces need specific lighting to be seen the way they were supposed to yet some pieces should remain as shards instead of recreating, or fixing them, all in all these pieces are to be respected in whatever form they are in. The second video that I watched was Tate Modern. In this there were quite a number on concepts that stood out such as, how you don’t need to understand the history and thoughts going in to the works in order to understand the exhibits, each person will have their own opinions, yet they will be within the lines that the artists provided. Another one that stood out to me was that while most of the world believes if two artists are opposites they will not blend in a good way, while sometimes that is what complements them, and allows them to blossom further.  The last video I proceeded to watch was, The Lowdown on Lowbrow. This one was very interesting to watch and unlike the previous two, there were quite a few pop culture’s references, while most of the artists talked about seemed to like the idea of consumerism, which helped this type of art take off. At this point it was mentioned how many of these artworks were complied with a large amount of opinions, between pop art, surrealism and works that created quite a commotion.

2.    While I didn’t think the last video helped me in the creation, both of the other’s played a small role, from putting the exhibit together in a sense that it made it flow and allowing me to understand the way art curators used all of the information. This let me follow the steps creating the project.

3.    The films were all interesting in their own ways while some information wasn’t used, I did use some of it to outline my project.

Module 11

1.       I picked Matisse and Picasso, as well as Expressionism, both of which are videos that caught my eye, just because they were interesting to me.

2.       Matisse and Picasso were extremely different people, but alike in the sense of creating their famous works. Both pushed the boundaries of the art world in their time and created a new era. Expressionism was a way of expressing the artists inner thoughts, through an alteration, vivid and rich ways of breaking the boundaries.

3.       I think the videos relate to the texts, while they had a lot of the same information, they also gave a different view of this information by reinterpreting the information to an easier understanding.

4.       I enjoyed the films a lot, I learn new things in how certain aspects of the impact all these skills adapted modern art.

Module 10

1.    I decided to watch Buddhism and African Art. I chose these because I have never really investigated Buddhism, whereas on the other side I grew up in Africa and went to school with many people from different countries within the continent.

2.    Some interesting concepts that I took from these videos were that, in Buddhism art gives off a sense of serenity, I also found out that the largest Buddhist temple is Borobudur, in another country that I have lived in. In African art, traditions played a large role into their works, from symbolism, sculptures and masks. Art was used in a day to day basis, often bringing good will on their hunts, they used many materials that were easily found, yet perishable leaving a limited amount of works of an older age.

3.    These videos both relate to the texts, while I still feel the same way I usually do, the videos can give viewers a more in depth and better understanding of the cultures.

4.    Both videos were very informative, for me I liked watching the African art one better just because it brought me back to my childhood and the art and culture, I grew up around.

Module 12

1.     Uncertainty: Modernity and Art and Abstract Expressionism and Pop were the two videos that I chose to look at not only because the titles were interesting but because they are more of the works that I’m not as familiar with. I know of some works in each style but haven’t studied them closely.

2.     In Uncertainty: Modernity and Art, I really liked how the mentioned Hitler before his political career and how he went in to be an artist, yet he wasn’t good at it at all. I never realized how that was a part of his life. And in Abstract Expressionism and Pop– I like how the idea of how expressionism wasn’t focused on realism yet more on the color concept instead as well as how they were able to predict what would be achieved in the end.

3.    Both the textbooks and the videos talk about the same items being mentioned. While the texts give specific examples, the videos are able to give more depth the to story.

4.    I like watching the videos they always show more depth than what one can read.

Module 9; Exploring Line

1.     I didn’t mind using my hand as a subject matter, it was difficult to just not move my hand without realizing it though.

2.     I used a pencil, only because I was unsure of where I placed my charcoal in the process of packing my house up.

3.     I hated using my non-dominant hand. I had absolutely no control.

4.     My dominant hand is easier to spot, because there are small amounts of contrast and the proper movement in a hand, while my non-dominant had no strength in the image at all.

5.     I think it would depend on what needed to be done in the work.

Module 9; video review

1.     I watched The Power of Art; Caravaggio and the Leonardo da Vinci: the mind of the renaissance. I picked both videos because I was hoping to learn something new which was unlike what I had learnt in my art history courses. Both artists have been spoken about in my house hold because they are both my mother’s favorites, so it was inevitable that I would decide to pick them.

2.     The power of art; Caravaggio showed us a difference between these two artists, being someone who never used paint and often stuck to drawing was a big difference in how he became who he was. Learning by viewing artworks like so many before him, he was able to learn to understand that emphasizing light and dark was a major focus. He often chose to show the different side of life, such as the imperfections of fruit.

With the second video were learnt more about Da Vinci, who he was and how he became who he was. He often studied and kept notes and records of it in order to save his ideas that would often reflect in his works.

      3.     These videos stated once again what had been stated within the text.

4.     These videos were each interesting in their own ways. They described much about the ways these artists grew up. I like how they pointed out the more important aspects in a subtle way and put the major points about these artists across to the viewers.

      1.    I selected my video about The Greek Awakening, because I am currently taking a Greek art and architecture class for my major and I am finding it a very interesting history and the cultures as well as how the arts changed and developed in the way that they did.

2.    I think mentioning how now we can look at old paintings and images that people within out lineages and people of the past have created and this allowed us to interpret our own opinions upon the works. I think that it would be interesting to understand why they painted and created what they did but that is very difficult to figure out now. With watching the Greek video, I really liked how I could relate to it because it is my major. I like that art historians can figure out meanings with little items and figure out how they are able to find things out like where they are from and how it was created. I like how the fuller figurines were woman and sometimes it they have stripes it means that they are mothers.  

3.    Within art and the texts, we can see how they both mention the symbols and different body languages within the arts.

4.    Watching these videos, it was possible to learn new things and help us make connections and figure out what each style means and how it blended over time to create the things that we see now. With the way works were created then and now everything is still an amazing work of art.