Week 1 Video Review

1. list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
-asthetics- philisopical study of music and art. study began in athens
-art can be in mant ways by different people
aristotle- "the poetics", stron emotions- tradgidies, unity of action time and location.
plato- the idea of beauty, everything is copies of the ideal item. platos theorty did not take into account the concept of art and asthetics, he held artists on a low pedestal
-no exact science of the beautiful
-links asthetics to human development, tools, brainpower, art.
-works of art ar produced by humans, are not part of language- they are their own language decpicting emotions.
-processing of visual imagery, the way we use our conscience

2. Which philosopher's theroy on aesthetics do you feel is most important? Be sure to mention the philosphers name, era (time in history), and contribtion to the aesthetic theory in your response.
- i think platos theory is the most important. Plato talked about how beauty and how art is just copies of what people see and think is beautiful. I think we see that a lot in art, idealized images and copies.

3. What do you think about Changeux and Ramachandran scientific view of aesthetics and art? What was the most interesting fact you discovered from each speakers lecture?
-changeux: I liked how he interpreted that art is its own language.
-ramachandran: the object of art is to distort it in a way that is pleasing and interesting to the brain. I find his laws intersting in that they explain how art is interpreted by the brain.

4. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
The videos reflect directly off the text, discussing the ways in which we visually observe something and how we interpret it to mean something to us.

5. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the topics in your reading?
I enjoyed the films, they add to the readings by emphasizing key points which could have been lost from just reading. Hearing the same points multiple times has a long lasting effect on remembering important information.