The two videos I selected for this weeks video review were hinduism and budhism.  I originally selected the budhism video because I was interested in seeing if the mini budha statues I've seen were really based on something and how they came about.  Also, I was interested to see if there was any connection made with the art and sculptures from the Mediterranean and India.  The other video I selected was Hinduism.  I guess I figured that it would compliment the hunduism video and maybe fill in some gaps that were left open or compliment the other.

The budhism video was unique in that it really showed a religion that kind of originated out of nowhere.  True human belief in humanity and a unique perspective on our existence and how subjective we can be.  The art that was shown was relatively simplistic in nature, and really represented the religion itself very well.  I found the temple designs to be thought out, and while ordinary and seeminly bland, possesed a true balance and correspondence with the overall theme of the religion.
 
Hinduism on the other hand was much different.  Some of the temple designs were extremely complex in nature.  I was pretty skeptical about the statues with all the sexual themes right on the temple.  This seemed very out of place to me, as I've never really drawn any type of sexual messages out of the idea of religion.  Their art was also shown in some of the rituals that they performed.  There was a certain method to their rituals that was adhered to from the physical body motions to the actual display. 

I didnt really find too much to focus on in the artistic area besides the temple design that was displayed.  The book focused more on smaller detailed works rather than looking at the religion at a whole and the life and culture behind it.I did like these films and felt they provided a view on many aspects of religious art and history that has not yet been portrayed in any of the other topics covered so far in this course.