Week 11 videos

The two videos I chose to watch were Expressionism and The Impact of Cubism. The reason I choose these two videos was because I wanted to learn more about them other than what we read in the textbook. I also chose Cubism to talk about in one of my responses, so I was interested on seeing a video about this.

From the Expressionism video, I got to see many different paintings and discussed what each painting was about. Expressionism emphasized color’s emotional properties. One painting that stood out to me was the one that was called Madonna. It is of a woman who is without clothes and has long black hair. It looks as if she is wearing something on top of her head, like a red hat. Her body looks relaxed. It tried to reveal the emotions the lied between the surfaces. Many of the paintings were different and not like anything I have see before. They are mainly of women it appears. Another painting that stood out to be was the one of the woman holding a kitten’s head down to drink water. This painting has more colors and stood out to me because of the kitten.

From the second video, it takes the viewer through an art gallery. The art gallery walls are all white. This makes the paintings stand out more and it makes the room look classy. The video shows the different paintings and discusses certain paintings that are in the gallery. The first painting that was shown is hard to understand. The author tries to explain what it means. It is many different shapes put together with different colors. The artist turns a cylinder into a bottle rather than a bottle into a cylinder. The way artists think is interesting. They have their own type of minds and different ideas for their paintings that many non-artists would not this of. I liked the second video more than the first because it was more interesting to me. The first one seemed more olden day.

The videos relate to the readings in the text because both discuss the same topics. The videos show more and give more examples than the book. They both talk about the same artists of the time and showed their different drawings. The videos show more examples of different paintings from the various artists. The videos explain more about each drawing and show more paintings. It also talks about the artist’s history as well. It provides the same information, but in some cases more.

These videos weren’t as interesting as I would of expected. I like that the videos showed examples and discussed each painting as it was being shown, but I would have liked more than this. I think the videos would have been better if it wasn’t showing just drawings and a man discussing them. I think the videos would have been better if there were subtitles at the bottom that showed the artists and what the painting is called. It is sometimes hard to hear what the painting is called or know who the artist is. It would be easier if it were shown at the bottom of the screen. It has an emotional effect. The Blue Horse was also an interesting painting because it is unrealistic to see a blue horse.