Module 9

1. Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.

I chose to watch The Drawings of Michaelangelo and Albrecht Durer: Image of a Master.  I chose these videos because reading the descriptions, they seemed like they’d be interesting to me.  I just wanted to learn more about both.  You hear a lot about Michaelangelo but I felt like a video would be interesting to watch about him and his drawings as well.

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

In “The Drawings of Michaelangelo,” it was interesting to see how he would get his ideas from sketching.  His drawings, in a way, are like sculptures with their detail.  Showing mass in his drawings, you got a good glimpse at how he used different techniques while drawing and what a great artist he was.  In “Albrecht Durer: Image of a Master,” the video showed what a great artist Albrecht Durer was and showed us art in Northern Renaissance.  Learning the history of Durer really showed something about his life.  His father was a goldsmith while is godfather was a publisher and printer.  The influence from these two men is what really got him started.

3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?

The videos explain the lives of the artists during the times that we have read about including the Middle Ages and the Renaissance period.  Reading about the influences then actually watching them was good to see because the videos showed how the artists really grew.

4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?

Seeing where the artists came from and how they grew during these time periods really gave me a greater sense of what we had read in the text.  The videos give additional information that we can actually see instead of just reading about.  Choosing the videos that we watch is helpful, too.  It shows what we are interested in and what we want to know more about.