Week 11 Blog

Matisse and Picasso
1. Explain why you selected each of the FOUR videos you choose from the selection listed above.
             I enjoy Picasso's work.

2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
              Matisse is deliberate, rational, and very French in the way he organized his thoughts. Picasso is a worker, impulsive, and immerses himself in his painting. In 1912, Picasso invents the first collage, and is at the forefront of cubism.

2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
            This video explains the concepts more and better.

3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
               I thought this film was very nice but again I enjoy Picasso's work so I am slightly bias.

Dada and Surrealism
1. Explain why you selected each of the FOUR videos you choose from the selection listed above.
                I discussed these in my disscusion.

2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
               The Dada movement, born as a reaction to World War I, and its successor, Surrealism, opened new avenues for artistic creation by striving to bypass the reasoning process and tap directly into the unconscious mind. Hannah Höch, a Dadaist, uses art to attack the society she detests.

2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
               This video explains more history of Dada and Surrealism.

3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
            I did like this video. It was very interesting because I am also interested in Dada because before reading about it, I had never heard of it.

Expressionism
1. Explain why you selected each of the FOUR videos you choose from the selection listed above.
                I have never really heard of Expressionism and do not really understand it but it does sound interesting.

2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
               An outgrowth of Fauvism, Expressionism emphasized color's emotional properties while demonstrating far less concern than the Fauves had with the formal and structural composition of color.

2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
               This video creates a deeper and better meaning of the topic.

3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
               I thought this video was very interesting. It helped me to understand the topic better.

The Impact of Cubism
1. Explain why you selected each of the FOUR videos you choose from the selection listed above.
            I find Cubism to be very strange so I thought I would try to understand it more.

2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
            Influenced by the works of Cézanne, African tribal art, and the art of the Iberian peninsula, Cubism—the most influential style of the early 20th century—offered European artists unfamiliar, nonclassical ways to represent form and space.

2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
                 This video explains cubism more and the history of it as well.

3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
          I liked this video because it helped me understand and like Cubism more.