1. Explain why you selected
each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.
The
two videos that I chose were Matisse and Picasso and The Mystical North:
Spanish Art from the 19th Century to the Present. I chose them for no particular reason.
2. For each video
list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
I
Learned about Goya and his art and how he became one of the fathers of modern
art. He went from having, what seemed to
me, a cheery, bright style of artwork to a dark style that developed after he
became deaf after an illness. I also
learned about surrealism. Surrealism is a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art
and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious
mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images. A Great surrealist was Salvatore Dali from
Spain. I learned a lot about Pablo Picasso
that I have never known before as well. It seemed to me that Matisse and Picasso were
driven by each other amongst other things.
3. How do the videos relate
to the readings in the text?
The
videos were an extension of what was in the reading, adding to it.
4. What is your opinion of
the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art
concepts?
I
liked the films very much. I have
learned a lot of things about Picasso and Matisse that I never knew before and
that was very interesting to me. These
films added to what I read from the book by putting it in examples so to
speak. I like that, taking what I have
read and applying it to real life.
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