1. Explain why you selected the video you choose from the selection listed above.

2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?

4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?

1. Last semester, I took a Medieval Art class and without knowing anything about the Dark Ages and found it very interesting. I was amazed by the Gothic architecture in churches and cathedrals with their high ceilings and stained glass so I chose the first video which pertained to that subject.

2. More Human than Human

-Images and symbols surround us and are what we use to communicate. The human mind would not be the same without them. It is what distinguishes us as humans and not animals. This eventually evolved into art.

-We see images of the human body the most. In real life as advertisements and as symbols on signs. Artists are obsessed with it. They have interpreted it and changed it to suit their needs. Venus figurines- artists exaggerated what mattered most 

-Statues: permanence and order at an astonishing scale to send message. Establish image of power.

-Art and architecture has always been used to inspire worship

Late Gothic Art and Architecture

-Art of this period is all around us, churches are often inspired by Gothic architecture.

-Period of consumption. The house of God must be more grand and beautiful than the house of a person. People's houses were already decadent so cathedrals had to "level-up"

-People were traveling to visit churches so the churches wanted nice things to attract pilgrims, therefore bringing in money. 

-Religious art to inspire worship but also became something like a business to attract pilgrims and bring in money.

3. Both the videos and the text explain how art is essential to human life and started when humans gained the intelligence to start creating images. The text offers specific examples while the videos talked about subjects in a wider range. The main idea was art and what it functioned for, mostly religious purposes. 

4. The first film was unoriginal, I think we watched a video like this a few weeks ago or in a different class. IT would be helpful for people who didn't understand the importance of art or someone who thinks logically and needs a reason for everything. Having this basic knowledge of symbols and the origin of images may help a left-brained person to understand art and its function.