Module 8 Video Response

This week we were asked to respond to two videos

1.) I chose to watch The Measure of All Things: Greek Art and the Human Figure because I had heard before that Greek art is what inspired a lot of body model painting.  when i think of artists painting a picture or sculpture of a human I immediately link it to greek artists.  I wanted to know more about this.

2.)For the first required video, More Human Than Human, they discussed how seagulls were an influence for artists when creating images of humans that were distorted.  This video also explained how many artworks keep most of the human figure in appropriate shapes and sizes but will only distort certain things for a reason such as the chest, and stomach on a female.

In the second video that I was able to choose it explained that the change in greek art from religious to more human centered was legendary and impacted much after.  The idea goes on to say that the greeks had an ability to depict a soul in their.  Greek artists attempted to capture movement, it tries to convince you it is close as it can be to humanity.

3.) The videos relate to the readings in the text because both talk about the impact of Greek art creations, those specifically of human anatomy.  The videos and book prove that the Greek art was monumental and able to help Western art grow.

4.) The films were extremely interesting when they showed the pictures of the art and explained why certain pieces were distorted.  I believe that the videos allowed to help me learn more so than the texts.