The first video that i watched was " The Drawings of Michelangelo" and I picked this one because I didn't know much about him or his work. The key concepts in this video were: That he taught himself how to sculpt, he had incredible knowledge of human anatomy which helped him create "David". Through his drawings people could see that he was a perfectionist and that there was certain techniques that were visible in most of his drawings. Another one is that some of his drawings would be a visual intrepretation and explanation of his feelings.
This video relates to our readings for this week because it helps reinforce Michelangelo and his art but it also gives a good explanation of the style of art that was going during the Renaissance.
The second video I watched was "Leonardo da Vinci : The Mind of the Renaissance" and I picked this one for the same reasons i picked the first one and that is because I know very little about him and his work.
The key concepts in this video were: He was an extremely smart man even when he was younger people could tell that there was more to him than an average child. He was the example and explanation of what a "Renaissance Man" was. He developed many urban projects for Milan and one thing that i found very interesting was that he often spent many hours/days thinking about a project and most of the them he never picked up a brush.
This video relates to our readings this week because it helps give information about Da Vinci and his works but also it helps explain characteristics of a man that would allow him to be called "Renaissance Man". It also helps get a better understanding of Renaissance art.
The third video I picked was "La Primavera (Botticelli)" and I picked this one because it was the next one on the list that was about an artist from our readings that I wanted to know more about. The key concepts in this video were: That he studied under an artist by the name of Fra Filippo and it's form him where Botticelli learned how to use drapery to help create movement in his female subjects. This work of art was interpreted to many meanings and themes to it such as: religious, symbolic, and even homosexual. Many people have spent a lot of time really picking apart this work of art and it's many meanings and themes. This video also talked about the types of paints he used and why he used them.
This video relates to our readings this week because it helped me become informed about Botticelli, humanism and neoplatoism styles of art.
The last video I picked was "The Night Watch (Rembrandt)" and i picked this one because I wanted to stay with my theme of video's that I have watched so far. The key concepts in this video were: That this painting has become an icon for Dutch art, This painting has been through a lot of violence and the worst one was when it was cut down so it would fit through a doorway. This video also talks about the many different characteristics that this painting incorporates.
This video relates to our readings this week because it helps reinforce what we read about the Baroque style of art.
As always I enjoyed watching the videos because the help back up our readings but I really liked the ones I picked out because each one focused on a certain artist and their work. My favorite was "The Night Watch" I can't really explain why except for the fact the I liked learning about everything this work of art has been through and its still standing strong.
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