Video Review Module 8

More Human than Human and The Measure of All Things

2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

More Human than Human

• How most body images created don't look realistic.
• The brains of ancient humans looked at the body a lot different than we do now 
• ancient Egyptions like showing the chest front on palms outward, legs and feet are shown outward and head is shown from straight on

The Measure of All Things

• In 7th century artists portrayed humans as realistic than stylistic 
• Human body is reflected in art and how people are obsessed how it looks not just in life but in art as well
• artist mix realism and idealism to create great art

3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?

Both videos focuses heavily on the human body and how amazing it can be. It analyzes from head to toe. Also talks about human body back then and now and how it was looked at. 

4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?

The two films were interesting in certain ways. I liked learning about how artists look at human bodies and how in depth one must look in order to get a grasp of every curve of the body. The films opened up my mind after the reading, just because its easier for me to catch on with videos than it is with reading.

video review M7

1. The videos I watched was Prairie Style and Architecture: the Science of Design. In the first video I learned how exactly he opened up a house that seemed so closed in. His work was very horizontal and portioned just right between windows doors and everything outside as well. In the video Architecture: the Science of Design I learned that concrete came from the making of skyscrapers and since its been used it has been improved.

2. In the Architecture video it focused more on technology and human interaction rather than things that go into architecture like concrete but it did a good job intertwining between the book and the video. As far as the Prairie video it really focused on what the book was talking about with the landscape of a house and expanded on things like windows and sizes and shapes of houses and how it all comes together.

3. I really enjoyed the Prairie Style video because of how in depth it went into how houses were built and the reasoning's behind them. I never really thought of how the placement of windows and rooms and shapes of a house could effect the outlook on it as a whole. Wright really went all out when thinking about the location of a house and where the sun rises and sets and where the windows will be because of those factors. 

4. If I'm being honest I mostly picked the videos I did because of the order they were in. Although, afterwards I did go through and watched glimpses of the other videos and I'm glad I picked the ones I did.  

 

peer review

First peer:
http://artinourliveshowdoyouexpress.blogspot.com/2016/02/elemets-and-principles-of-art-pics-of-14.html?showComment=1457146092673%23c360869051579036900

http://artinourliveshowdoyouexpress.blogspot.com/2016/02/albright-knox-visit.html?showComment=1457230395837#c7980732949689032752

Second peer:

http://daartdude.blogspot.com/2016/02/mod-5.html?showComment=1457230925406#c9127812589157378031

http://daartdude.blogspot.com/2016/02/project-no-1.html

When I was looking at the images in the first peers blog it was very clear what the image represented and the principle that was being looked at. The second peers images though were very unique and I enjoyed looking at them. Everything was pretty straight forward and showed exactly what they were trying to show.

None of them were the same as my images, but it was interesting to see which ones everyone picked. It showed different personalities and what each person enjoyed.

My second peer picked some crazy ones for the section he wanted to know more about and I kinda liked them because it just made you think what exactly was going on in the artists head.

5. What do you think about  the process of reading your peers reflection? Do you find this to be a valuable in your learning?

I like the comments but it didn't really teach me anything. All comments are positive so it was nice to see.

I found it worth reading 

Video overview

Gabrianna Boldinski

1. In the video named Through the Eyes of the Sculptor I learned  that sculptors move away from their homeland to really understand what their culture is all about. Also they must use their emotions to carve these sculptures. They will take out the original carving and use it to carve a duplicate. In some of the marble sculptures there will be different people that work on one carving, for example someone will do the face or hair or body shape. They work together to put together one full sculpture. There's a stone yard where these artists will get their stone from that starts as a canvas and turns into a masterpiece. The artist will be very picky when it comes to the perfect stone and will go to great measures. Sometimes the artist will search for weeks just to get one piece of stone.

2. In this video they showed lots of examples of the methods of carving. Carving being the subtractive process in which one starts with a mass of material larger than the planed sculpture and subtracts, or takes away, material until only the desired for remains. They showed how a sculptor would start of with a large limestone rock and cut it down into a head or body of some sort.

3. This film was very interesting to see how artists would start off with a simple black of stone and be able to sculpt it into a detailed face or body figure. It was interesting to find out that in lots of sculptures, multiple people will work on it in order to have a finished product. It was easier to watch the video and understand the steps in sculpting and all that is involved in the process than the reading.

1.In the second video called Glass and Ceramics it taught me what glass was made of. I never really knew too much about glass and how its made so learning the its made from sand is kind of mind blowing. I learned when making blowing glass its shaped through wet newspaper which i find kind of incredible. Glass is put into fire not only to melt but to also harden when the right shape is made. When making stained glass for a room the artist will look at the lighting in the room which I found interesting because I never thought of the artist thinking of  something like that. Ceramics is made by fire just like glass and made with a clay base. A crystal structure is what gives the ceramics hardness and resistance.

2. The video and the reading relate in one aspect of telling the audience how glass is made, which is from silica or sand. When the video talked about stained glass and what its techniques are used for they both talked about being used for windows and used examples of the stained glass in a church and how putting different cuts of glass with different colors on each are shaped into one piece. When talking about clay and ceramics they both talked about the high temperature clay is put in in order to shape the product and turn it into whatever is desired.

3. I enjoyed this film more than the sculpting film just because i find glass and ceramics to be more interesting in the process of making a piece of art. I never really thought too much into how the stained glass in my church was made, but now learning about it, it gives me a bigger appreciation for it. Also when it comes to ceramics its very interesting how the plates and bowls we use on a daily basis is made with clay and put into an oven and designed by man made hands.