1. Explain why you selected each of the three videos you choose from the selection listed above.
2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
More Than Human
Well first off this was not really a video of choice it was the one required to watch. Anyways when I started to watch this video I got a little confused because I thought I had already watched it. It looked really familiar. I am pretty sure I saw clips from one the earlier videos that I watched. I saw the LED light goggles, and so I thought I was going to be watching the same thing. Although as I progressed I saw that it was not the same video, but a lot of the stuff, seemed like a big gigantic review to me. Like the statue of Venus, that seemed really familiar to me. I'm pretty sure that I read that section of the book a long time ago. Also side note, I did not really see any point to why they teased about the statue being so large and heavy. There was no real point to that segment, at least that's my opinion. I didn't realize though that there more than just one statue of Venus. Several different cultures had their own statue of Venus, and all of them seemed similar in their appearance in that they exaggerated the same features. Also the experiment with seagulls also made a reappearance. In that we like the seagulls like things that are exaggerated. Also I'm not sure if this was information I just didn't pick up in the readings or whatnot but I didn't realize that the Greeks had also made their statues realistic at least at first, because what I do remember is that they were the ones who strives for an ideal image of their subject and the Romans were the ones who strived for realism.
A World Inscribed: The Illuminated Manuscript
I chose this video mostly because it was the shortest of the bunch, and it was kind of dull to be frank. That's not to say that I didn't learn anything from it. I learned that monks were among the first people to make books which makes sense because if we think back to the mandalas, only they could the patience to do such an meticulous task. Then scribes began to become a common job. Students would train to become one. I found it funny how they too scribbled down little side notes, kind of how students today write notes in the margins of textbooks. I also found it funny how they just had fun with their jobs, like how an illuminator made an illustration about how a group of words was in the wrong paragraph or something. I don't know about you, but I found it pretty humorous.
Cairo Museum
I ended up choosing this video mainly because of the simple title. This video was way more interesting than the last one. The Museum of Cairo is something that sounded familiar but never really clicked, but after watching this video I'm quite astounded by it. Having over 160,000 artifacts but only half of them are on display. That's incredible! It kind of reminded me of Indiana Jones, and where they stored the Arc of the Covenant. So much mystery to the place. It was really fascinating. I think the video did an excellent job on making a boring topic fascinating. It kind of felt like I was watching a mixture of Unsolved Mysteries and The Mummy. Kudos to the people that put this together.
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