Video response module 9

1. I chose the Velazquez video because I haven't really heard of him before. I wanted to learn more about him and his work. I chose Leonardo da Vinci- mind of the Renaissance because he is probably the most known, to me, artist.

2. I liked the artistic freedom Velazquez had, partly because he was friends with the king. He painted what he wanted to paint. He was an abstract painter. Although many called him a realist, his art portrayed ideas or ideals. He wanted to conform reality to order and he used his minds eye to create art. Leonardo da Vinci really was a mastermind when it can to art. He was a master of perspective and was the first to make landscape a subject of art. He contributed to the understanding of depth in art. He also would study everything and anything before he started to draw it. The greater knowledge he had about something, the more praise that came.

3. My first video related to the readings because chapter 17 discussed the baroque style and Velazquez created masterpieces based on that style. The second video related because Lenoardo is the Renaissance man and all of chapter 16 talked about that. 

4. Thee videos definitely added even more flavor to the readings. I liked learned about someone new to me like Velazquez and realizing just how magnificent da Vinci was.  

Exploring Line

1. I liked using my hand as my vision sort of speak. I don't really take the time to look at my hands, but I realized how chunky they are!

2. I chose pencil because it's cleaner and I can see the actual lines better than charcoal would show.

3. I'm right handed, but I use my let hand is actually stronger, so it wasn't that hard to use my left hand to draw. It felt a little weird.

4. I feel these are good sketches, but not successful studies, because you would really need to focus and stare at every detail in your hand and that takes skill. 

5. I would definitely use my left hand to draw in the future. 

Module 8

1. The required video talked about Ancient Greece and was really interesting, so I chose the Greek awakening video on art from the 5th century. 

2. In the required video, I learned the reason why today we are so vain about our bodies. It is because of how our ancestors viewed the body. I also learned that Egyptians sculpt and paint the body from the clearest angle in a 2D style, a style that has lasted for centuries, because of consistency and order. They use a grid pattern to paint or sculpt and have used it forever and in every building, statute, or pyramid. It is an unrealistic way to view body, but not as unrealistic as the Greeks vowed as I ałos learned from the required video. They were a very vain civilization and wanted to show a perfect body. That meant an athletic body with, the key to all our body issues today, exaggerated features. They had that view because they believed gods took a human form. Therefore, the better the body, the more godlike you seemed. I learned from the second video that Greece gave us a lot of culture and tradition. They sort of shaped a lot of what we do and what we feel today. This video also tied in with the first because it tlked about how vain Greeks were.

3. These videos relate to the text because they talked about Egypt and Greece. They also related to the text because it talked about body. 

4. I really like the required video. I learned a lot about why these civilizations painted and sculpted the way they did. I would totally share this video with someone. 

Video Response

1. The Prairie Style and Architecture is Art videos were interesting to watch.

The Prairie style was developed by artist, Frank Lloyd Wright. I learned about his concept of floating, horizontal planes. He also redefined the idea of a house by opening up space. It was cool that he planned his house according to the rotation of the sun, this way the light reflects throughout the different parts of the home throughout the day. Frank Gehry's Architecture is Art video taught me how important it is to have a sense of feeling in what you build or create. 

2. The prairie style video related to chapter 13 because it devoted a whole page to Frank Llyod Wright and his artistic contribution. The second video related because this whole chapter discussed the influence of history on architecture we see today, as well as how art and architecture share many elements. 

3. I really liked the videos. I totally agree with Frank Lloyd Wrights concept of a house. I would love to live in a house with panoramic views, less walls, the landscape outside connecting with the inside, and organizing my interior in a way that brings harmony to those who enter. I also enjoyed Frank Gehry's view of having a sense of movement in a building and making your designs humanistic. It's very important to have a sense of feeling and if a building can spark an emotional response in you, that is beautiful. 

4. I chose the prairie style video because I knew that was associated with Frank Lloyd Wright from the readings. I chose the other video because I believe that architecture is an art form. 

Video Review

1. The Through the Eyes of a Sculptor video was very interesting to watch. I realized how important it is to first visualize what you want to create. You want a detailed picture in your head, but you also want to be open to new ideas as well. I also learned the process of creating a sculpture. You first mold it in clay and once you apply the silicone, it will preserve the clay and you will get your negative of the sculpture. Then you are ready for the plaster, where the sculpture will "die". Lastly, it is reborn in marble. I also  learned about bridges, or reinforcements, that hold the sculpture together and prevent it from breaking. The second video focused on glass and ceramics and was just as cool. I learned that glass is made from sand, but it's really a liquid that, when stiffened by a cool element, becomes glass. You harden it by a furnace. You can shape your glass by a number of different  ways one being a propane torch. I also learned  about laminated glass and double glass, which is air molecules sandwiched by two sheets of glass. 

2. These videos directly relate to chapter 11 and 12 because they were talking about glass and crafts. Both of these videos were discussing elements of art and are considered fine arts in my opinion. Ceramics is also a craft that chapter 12 was talking about. 

3. Again, I found these videos fascinating and I learned a lot. I definitely could tell others about the sculpture making process because of this video and how glass is made. I actually connected with the glass video because about 10 years ago, I went to the Corning museum of glass and I got to make a sketch of a sculpture and then watch them make it in front of the audience. It was very cool.