Module 8 Video Review

1.)The video I had chosen to watch out of this list was, The Measure of All Things: Greek Art and the Human Figure. I choose this video because it sounded like it was going to relate to the text the most.
2.)A.) Throughout the video, The Measure of All Things, I learned some very interesting things. For starters, Greek art disregarded religious functions, their sculptures demonstrated realism. Statues of humans were carved with many lines to show age, beauty, and strength. Lastly, Greek pottery acted as sensual imagery. B.) From the video More Human Than Human, I had learned that the brain is hardwired to favor exaggeration. That artists are obsessed with images that don’t resemble a real human being, in fact it was common to create statues with exaggerated female form. Scientists believed that this was to express the importance of such body parts. I learned that Egyptians images were proportional and realistic and unchanging, while the Greek believed that God took human form.
3.)These videos related to the text because they further explained Greek civilization and the history that was discussed in the text. The Measure of All Things discusses the principles of balance and movement that artists put into their artwork. The More Human than Human video related to the text because it talked about how Egyptian art did not change for thousands of years, and the female statutes that were built. The text had suggested that it was for fertility but the video had suggested that it was to demonstrate their importance.
4.)I liked these films and believe that they added depth to my understanding of the readings because the videos went in depth about certain concepts that were discussed in the text. They added to my understanding of the Greek civilization by adding a different/ new perspective.