1. Explain why you selected each of the FOUR videos you choose from the selection listed above.
I chose the first video on Abstract Expressionism. I then watched Uncertainty: Modernity and Art because I wanted to learn more about modern art and see what the video had to offer. The last two videos I watched were Andy Warhol's Images of an Image and The Art of Henry Moore. I have always thought Warhol was very out there and I wanted to see some more of his work.
2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
-Abstract Expressionism came about from the joining of attitudes in American art and European avant-garde art. It was rejected later on in favor of what we call Pop Art. Andy Warhol was one of the most famous Pop artist's. It was not a very clear movement but it really embraced city life. Rauschenber was also a great art icon of this time during the 60's.
Modern art did not offer a normal vision of humankind, it showed chaos, stress, anxiety, and uncertainty. This video starts out going back to Greek Art and it reflects on man as an idealized version. Modern art documents the metamorphosis on mankind. During the Industrial Revolution, man is taken away from nature and machines rule work, while science challenges religion. Modern art is completely different in that it is not like art of the past that was inspirational/idealized.
Warhol was a commercial artist until the 60's when he started working on advertising images. His interest in the lives of famous women such as Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor inspired several repeated images. He used silk screening, where images were made a few times there size and developed onto silk screens, then transferred to paper and canvas by using ink and paint. Warhol saw these repeated silk screen images as a way to make money. He also made many self portraits, and as a journalist of art, he addressed the trip to the moon, race riots, the Cultural revolution in China, and more.
Henry Moore explored the human figure in natural forms for sculpturing and painting. Moore as an artist, believed that people placed too much emphasis on his mining background. Moore always wanted to be a sculptor and he was able to do so through an Army grant that allowed him to go to the Leeds School of Art. His views were formed through Ancient Mexican art at the British Art Museum. He believed that beauty is a deeper concept than perfection. Moore also believed that sculptures should have obscurities, deep meanings, and some mystery.
2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
These video programs all relate to the readings through the content shown. Many of the works shown in Warhol's videos are shown in our text, as well as much of the modern art. The videos go into greater detail in certain areas, but the text and chapters we read had a lot of the same information as well that was presented.
3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
These films definitely added some depth and I was able to pick up a few new things that I didn't know. I think I learned the most from the videos on modern art and also have a better understanding of Andy Warhol. He really had a great idea with the artwork on Marilyn Monroe. I read even more on him on the side and its crazy to think that one of his works sold for over 100 million dollars. Only a select few artists are in the category and he is one of them.
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