1.) The videos I selected were Matisse and Picasso, and Dada and Surrealism. I selected these videos because I was familiar with Picasso and had just read about the movements of dada and surrealism in the text and thought it would be interesting to watch the video to learn something new.
2.) For the Matisse and Picasso I learned that Matisse was like a father figure to Picasso. Matisse was a French man who was deliberate and rational as an artist. Where as, Picasso was impulsive and a hard worker, who put himself into his artwork. Picasso studied under Matisse for a long while where they worked to create art together. Also he believed that drawing and painting was the same with just a few less materials.
For the Dada and Surrealism video I learned that Dada was a reaction to WWI where surrealism followed. Surrealism was a new way for artists to express their unconscious minds. Kurt Schmitters, an artist during this movement played with collages in 1918. Throughout these movements many artists used art to act as a way to attack political figures and beliefs. Also Dali was an artist from this time period who created a world where nothing made sense.
3.) These videos related to the readings in the text because they focused to the different art movements that we read about and further expanded on the artists that are briefly talked about and used as examples in the text. By elaborating on the different styles and the works of the artist both the videos and text help to show how art has developed over time.
4.) I liked both these videos, while they were long, I like to see the different art works that they show that are not already in the text. Also, it is interesting to see the ideas of art movements from a different perspective other than from just reading it in the text.
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