Monday, April 18, 2016

Module 12 - Video Blog

Uncertainty: Modernity & Art

1.    Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above. 
Unfortunately only two video links worked.  The others brought me to a log in page that I was unsure of the credentials; the ones I tried didn’t work.
2.    For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
The video covered the uncertainty of the future of art.  What will modern art look like and how will it be looked upon 30 years from now.  He calls abstract art an experiment and it is up to you to determine what it is saying to you.  For Abstract Expressionists it says that the artists expression is more morally challenging.  He points out that earlier eras had art and monuments of their war heroes, while modern art does not.  He called Jackson Pollack’s art a weightless, gravity defying, delicate dance.  Digital pictures bring artificial worlds of staged uncertainty.  A lot of pictures as art capturing the human form in many different ways.
3.    How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
The video showed how art has evolved from early times to current art.  Modern art as was covered in the book was shown in this video.
4.    What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?

The film added depth to what was read in the book by showing actual art as if it was live. 

 Abstract Expressionism & Pop: Art of the 50’s & 60’s

1.    Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.
Unfortunately only two video links worked.  The others brought me to a log in page that I was unsure of the credentials; the ones I tried didn’t work.
2.    For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
           The use of colors invokes responses and invokes imagination.  Unions of solid and                fluid shapes make it almost unrecognizable as to what it is to be.  Artist balances                  image and spontaneous gesture.  Action painting as form of abstract art.  Cartoon art             is abstract art.  As is things like Warhol’s soup cans. 

3.    How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
The video clearly defined and showed what abstract art is.
4.    What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
           The film added depth to what was read in the book by showing actual art as if it was               live.  

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