Module 8: Video discussion

1. Explain why you selected the video you choose from the selection listed above.

I selected the Greek Awakening from the choices because the title just seemed more interesting than the rest. All of the others seemed boring, this title stood out to me right away and I actually like the Greek culture so I chose this one. And it happens to only be 24 minutes long. 

2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

BBC How Art Made the World 1- More Human than Human 

People rarely create images that resemble to real humans figures.

 Images give clues as to why they are made they way they were.

Many carvings were create thousands of years ago,

Some represent their culture, not realistic images.

The Greek Awakening: Art from the 5th century BC

Art began to represent Greek cultures 

Parthenon being preserved 

Temples before Parthenon must have been made of material that could not last

Many sculptures became the focus of Greek culture and reflect the cities of Greece

3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?

Both videos happen to talk about philosophy, and art. They reflect on how sculptures do not represent realistic figures,but more so how people want to see other people. For example the first video had a sculpture that was big all around and not properly proportioned. The cultures saw this as a fertile type of person, someone who was ready to reproduce and give babies to their culture. There are many meanings behind the sculptures that were created. In the second video, it talked about cultures and how other cultures relate to art and sculptures. These videos added to my knowledge from the text reading by telling me how philosophy and art work together to define our cultures and what the representation is between the sculptures and real world viewings. 

4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?

I thought it was cool how things such as anthropology play into art. In the BBC video, the Athena limestone piece worth 60 million dollars was studied in my anthropology class last semester. It is such a small figure and it is the first clue as to why we are so unrealistic of the human body.