Video and Article Response

1. The first video opened with the thought that art starts with an idea. Ideas go beyond the senses; it is a reasoning. In other words, art begins with the mind. This video also talked a great deal about beauty and how it relates to aesthetics. I totally agree with that because we find what is beautiful in things that make us feel or arouse us. The second video I found quite interesting. Some of the key concepts discussed by the two men involved the brain and the history of art. It brought out the point that "art makes us aware of oneself as another". It also talked about how art is meant to create works that people admire. I never looked at art under a lens. I learned that "art" really began in the stone age and has always made people feel or give an aesthetic response. The article brought out a realization for me when it said that our brains trick us into developing meaning. When I think about it, the brain really does process everything you see, feel, taste, or hear. It then uses all of that to understand something and in this case, art. Our brain can take simple lines or emoticons and know exactly what it means.
2. Plato's philosophy of aesthetics, I feel, is the most important. Plato was born around 500 BC in the classical age of Athens. He believed that art is an imperfect copy of a perfect idea. He also believed that there is beauty in all things. So, what makes something beautiful doesn't mean it is perfect and art can be beauty and good.
3. I think Changuex and Ramachandran views of art were accurate and reasonable. It was hard to understand Changeux, but he was right. Art does have history and it makes us emotional and empathetic to people. Ramachandran was really funny and I was able to understand him better. When he was describing the scince of art, he commented on how two different concepts like those could be connected. However, he said that the brain is where science and art meet. It really is! Looking at a beautiful painting or other art form can have such a powerful effect on your mind. He described that by how breathless he was by Indian art. The ost interesting thing he said was how art doesn't create the realistic, but that it creates altered, deliberately distorted images.
4.All of the videos and articles relate to the readings because it talked a great deal about the idea of an aesthetic experience. Art is meant to create meaning, order, and it reflects our ideas. Platos and Aristotle both agree with that as the first video showed and chapter 1 brought out. Chapter 2 ties in with both vidoes and the article because it talks about beauty and how art and beauty both provide pleasure. Chapter 3 discussed some of the history and culture of art. It also talked about arts role in religion, politics, and its social role.Ramachandran acknowledged all the different art there is such as chinese art, indian art, and greek art.
5. These videos and article added very nicely to my overall readings. It gave me more to think about and presented a lot of interesting facts.