More Human than Human: Depicts the way we as humans favor images that are exaggerated and unrealistic due to the way the human mind works. It also revolves how humans make art and how art makes us human. We are dominated by imagery and this video greatly explores that in different ways. Although I did not pick this video per se I understand why is I was required to watch it. It explores the beginning of the imagery of the human body and other forms that sets the stage in understanding the many artworks to come later on.
Cataclysm: The Black Death Visits Tuscany, intrigued me with the title itself. It discusses a Plague born in China and carried to Europe that lasted almost a year that reached Tuscany in 1348. The result of the plague resulted in the loss of almost half of Europes population and its influence in art there after.
Birth of the Middle Ages was chosen because I enjoyed learning about the middle ages in our text and figured why not watch a video on it, so that I can relate what I've read to what I've learned through video. The video depicts the birth of the middles and its influences in modern worlds today.
Each video relates to the readings in the text because it goes more into depth of the topic at hand. Chapter 14 and 15 spent a great deal on tracing back to the beginning of things, such as paintings of religious figures, and using space differently than traditional ways so the videos add great depth to that especial involving the Birth of the Middle ages.
Overall I enjoyed learning new things throughout the films, however, is always a struggling to watch because they are not at all modern and become incredibly tedious. They did a great deal of adding depth to understanding the readings and art concepts because they tended to focus on parts that were highly mentioned in the readings as well as parts that were barely mentioned in the readings.
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