Mod 8

 More Human Than Human

The Measure of All Things: Greek Art and the Human Figure

Questions and Topics for Your Blog Posting:

1. Explain why you selected the video you choose from the selection listed above.

I selected the video More Human Than Human  because after watching the first minute of it, I knew that I'd be interested in it. I usually watch a little bit of each video and then decide which one I want to write about and watch the entire video. I'm always interested in the human body and how body parts work, and what they look like. The other video I selected it because it related to the other required video. I thought it'd build depth onto my understanding that I already learned.

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

More Human Than
Ancient Greeks were obsessed with the human body and focused on showing it off. While some parts of the body were exaggerated to show them unrealistically for sensationalism, others were ignored and never drawn. Egyptians however, focused more on drawing body parts in their best state, rather than drawing them in an unrealistic state. 

The Measure of All Things: Greek Art and Human Figure
 This video talked a lot about how drawing the human figure influenced people to look at their body differently. Whether that can be good or bad, drawing the human figure made huge influence on we see and value our body.


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


The video focuses more heavily on exaggeration and moving away from realism, while in my opinion, the book talks much more heavily about realism. In The Measure of All Things, the video talked a lot about the same stuff that was included in the book.

4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
They add depth to this topic by provide lots of visuals to enforce the key concepts and teach how the exaggeration of body parts how a big role in the structure of how body parts today.