The Measure of All Things: Greek Art and the Human Figure
1. Explain why you selected the video you choose from the selection listed above. * I chose the selected video "The Measure of All Things: Greek Art and the Human Figure because it related to the required video and I am interested in learning more about human art figures. I enjoyed looking at all of the sculptures and statues from the video and learned more from the video and text than I have ever learned in classes from high school.
2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned. * In "More Human Than Human" I learned a lot about human art figures throughout history. In the past and even today, we as humans preferred images that do not look like us. We are obsessed with images that are typically unrealistic. For example, the sculpture Venus of Willendorf depicts a nomadic woman with exaggerated features. The tiny sculpture shows the woman having large breasts, reproductive features and other parts but ignored others. Experts from the video explained that humans were basically mentally wired to envision themselves this way. As the years went on, other civilizations such as the Egyptians began to display their art as appearing more realistic. They had an obsession with precision and order in their statues. Human art figures really lay the foundation of how we view ourselves as a human culture.
In "The Greek Art and the Human Figure video", I learned that the Greeks were obsessed with the body and carved a lot of their sculptures from wood and marble. Most of their artwork is of women and range in small to large sizes. In the sixth century began to make 3-D sculptures, more realistic views such as exposed reproductive parts, and statues that show movement.
3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text? * The videos help to reinforce the material in the textbook. For example, when the first video covered the Venus of Willendorf sculpture, it helped me to understand it's existence better because they went into detail about it from another persons perspective (the experts).
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 a lot they were interesting and kept my attention with all the examples of sculptures they showed. The experts they had on the videos were very knowledgeable in their areas and helped me understand new concepts in regards to human art figures and how it relates to how we view art today. The videos add depth to the readings and concepts by using real life examples to teach us about past and present art work.
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