Module 12: Video Blog Review

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

I have been of fan of Andy Warhol's work. Choosing that video was easy. The subject of uncertainty in art intrigued me so I made that my second choice. 

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

Andy Warhol:

• Warhol is the leader in Pop Art
• He died in 1986, he always to be a tap dancer
• He worked in advertising first
• Monroe's face made Warhol famous
• He used screen printing
• Also published his own magazine 
• Silk screen can take away or emphasize parts of the human face 
• Warhol took the death of others and made money off of it
• Warhol used death as a main theme over and over

Uncertainty:

• It is a burning issue of humanity 
• Society is defined by change in modern society
• Reality is always collisions of different points of view
• Abstract art comes across differently to non-artists
• It really just tests out modern changes in societies in what a person can understand or think about it
• You must do something, but you are guided by nothing

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

The videos relate to the text quite well. The videos expand on the text. It is very apparent how the ideas behind art truly changed during the 20th century. The values of art and the mindsets of artists were changed by how society would react. Nothing would be quite the same. The use of screen printing and Pop Art represented the culture. Interpretations of Abstract art depict the changing principles underlying society by what someone can see in an abstract work.

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

I said this before, but these might have been my two favorite videos. They added depth in ways that the other videos could not previously do. The reason for this is quite strange; the music in the videos made it very easy to get in tune and dialed into the purpose. I could truly understand what was in question.