From the video, More Human Than
Human, I learned how much the human body has an effect on art. All the arts of
human bodies share one thing. None of the images represent real human bodies.
In the video, it showed arts of human bodies and stated how we don’t actually
know someone whose body looks that way. The arts of bodies are unrealistic. In
order to understand the reason for this, we look back in history. The human art
is not made by accident; they are the way they are on purpose. I liked in the
video when they discussed the baby chicks with the sticks. It is interesting in how they can relate to
art. The Nomadic way of showing bodies is skinny figures with no shape and hips
or boobs. Egyptian artists chose to show bodies from its clearest angle. They used grids that recorded numerous
details; so we are able to see how big each body part was include the feet,
arms, and legs.
The second video I chose to watch
was The Greek Awakening: Art From the 5th Century. I chose this
video because the Greeks art interest me. From the video I learned about The
Great Awakening in Greece. If we want to understand our inner selves we need to
understand the history of it. They borrowed from other countries, but they gave
us our sense of philosophy and many other things. Many people believe the
reason for the Great Awakening is because people started to think of themselves
rather than of Gods. It was also interesting to see the mathematics that goes
into creating sculptures and buildings. Most people don’t think about how mathematics
is related to daily life such as this. I like the videos because they show
pictures and go into more detail about each piece of art. They show a piece of
art and describe it in a well way that makes the viewer understand what the
piece of art is about. I also liked that the second video showed Greece. It was
interesting to see and hear people talk who live there. There are many visitors
that go there to see the sculptures and art. The videos and the reading relate
in discussing the different time periods of art as well as the Greeks. They
also relate in showing sculptures and how they are created.
