Module 9: Video Reviews

1. Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above. I was unsure of which videos to choose for this assignment. No title caught my eye, so I chose the two videos at random. The first video I chose was Albrecht Durer and the second video I chose was Velazquez. 2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned. In the video Albrecht Durer, I learned that he was arguably the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance. His father was a successful goldsmith. His mother had eighteen children and buried 15 of them. When he was fifteen he became an apprentice for three years to a respectful local painter Michael Wolgemut. He was already skilled in making woodcuts. For four years he managed to survive as a traveling craftsmen. Within a year he published no fewer than four series of woodcuts. In the Velazquez video, I learned that at age 24, he was named the quart painter to Phillip the 4th. Velazquez painted slowly and took things one at a time at a leisurely pace until he was sure of what he wanted to do. He was an educated painter. Velazquez believed that the purpose of painting was not to imitate nature but to guide the eye of the beholder to see what the painters eye has discovered. 3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text? The videos relate a lot to the text. Basically the same information is given. Just the text may be harder to follow or understand because you don't have the visual examples like you do in the videos. 4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concept. I didn't find these videos to be too exciting. Im not sure why, may have had something to do with the narrator. But I always find the videos to be very informative. They always go very in depth and show great examples to understand the information. The films show sections artworks piece by piece and explain in detail what is happening, when in the text it is harder to do that.