The video more human than human was quite interesting. The majority of the video was centered on the expanse and use of art in Egyptian culture. This is probably because Egyptian culture is really the first and oldest widespead use of art in a culture that has endured through the ages. The video was investigating not only how art was used in the past but actually why humans show art in the way we do. One factor primarily centered on humanities natural engrained desire to accentuate varios portions of the human anatomy in representational way. Before this and the reading I hadnt really fully understood the terminology realistic, unrealistic, representational.
The video I selected to watch was The greek awakening. After watching the first video I wanted to see the greek cultures art history more specifically and in more depth. This video focused more on specifically how the greek culture demonstrated art and the parthenon. It showed how the greek view of art was effected by their culture, and really how western civilization was sprouted sort of out of a Greek beginning.
The videos were similar to the text in that both showed the development of art over time, while also showing that even if thousands of years go by, we as humans have a tendency to revert to many of the same styles or similar creations. They also both show that while culture has a great effect on how we specifically portray ourselves and our art, there are similarities that span not only thousands of years but thousands of miles. Interestingly enough that the same type of exagerations are shown in different cultures who may have never had interactions with each other.
I believe showing the history and most basic functions of any subject are vital to a full understanding of other aspects of the field. These vidoes, to me, provide this knowledge and I find them very interesting. Without really seeeing art from where it began, we cant fully understand it.
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