Module 8 Videos

I selected Greek Art and the Human Figure because I love Greece and hope to travel there one day. I love their art and how they depicted their lives and their gods.

I learned more in regards to their Olympic games and pottery. So much so that I have signed up for a pottery class to try out next week.

The videos relate to the readings in how art imitates life. People draw and carve and paint what they have seen and what they know. They use art as a way of sharing with others what they want people to remember.

My opinion of the films is that I learn better through the book.

Two Videos on Architecture

Frank Gehry: Architecture as Art

Last Call for Planet Earth: Sustainable Development and Architecture

In these two videos they both spoke about using what is already around us. Using the earth and the environment and our emotions to make art.

Chapter 13 in the book speaks the same in regards to using what we naturally have. The idea of blending in to what is around while still making a statement. Specifically on page 316 where it speaks about Green Architecture.

As I have mentioned before the films do not help me very much because to be blunt they simply are just way too long, at 15 to 30 minutes in they start to just repeat the same points they have more than clearly already made. An hour and 15 minutes is saying the exact same thing that four or five pages said in the book. It causes me to lose focus and some what interest.

The book is what has actually helped me understand the topic of this chapter and I really enjoy how they break everything down.

I chose these two specific films out of the list because the name Gehry sounded familiar, and I am very earth friendly and conscious so thought the second video would speak to me.

Blog Commenting

1. Hyperlink the Blogs you reviewed into your Blog

https://rickarka01.blogspot.com/

https://escapein2art.blogspot.com/

2. When looking at Project #1: (Elements and Principles), did you agree with the element or principle the artist listed with the images? Did you see other elements and principles in the images?

They came with examples in completely different styles but still were both correct in their examples.

3. When looking at Project #2: Where there any images in the Peer Blogs the same as your own? If yes, what were they? Where the reasons the image was selected the same or different as your own?

Yes, in both blogs they used one of the examples I used. Which were Niagara and the new installation in the center.

4. What do you think about  the process of reading your peers reflection? Do you find this to be a valuable in your learning?

I liked reading and see things from their similar yet different examples.

5. Check your Blog and read comments posted by your Peers. Do you find their comments helpful?

I liked reading the comments and see that they agreed with someone of my points.

Sculptor Glass and Ceramics

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

In the film where we followed sculptor Emmanuel the things I learned were:

• The limestone is always kept at 12 degrees
• Every stone has its own smell
• Limestone is formed at the bottom of oceans and seas of the world
• That they keep "bridges" which are little pieces left in between to keep it safe during shipping

In the film where we learned about Glass and Ceramics:

• That the heat breaks down the molecules of sand to form glass
• For some reason when thinking about stained glass I never realized it is actual stained glass

The specific thing I enjoyed most in the videos were when they did live in 3D what a book can only show in maybe 2D at most. Such as watching Emmanuel do his casting was definitely interesting to compare to page 245 photos of casting.

The films are helping in giving me more back ground information.