1. Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.
- The two videos I selected are "Matisse and Picasso" and "The Mystical North: Spanish Art from the 19th Century to the Present". This modules videos i really didn't have a specific reason why i chose these videos. I was not informed about any of these videos before I chose them so i chose them because they were the first two on the list.
- Matisse and Picasso: There was a complicated relationship in this video between Matisse, self-indulgent father figure, the serene, and Picasso, the eternal adolescent and fiery primitive. The relationship between them was very unique. One thing that stood out to me during this video was the quote: "I believe that painting and drawing are the same thing. Drawing is painting with less materials".
- The Mystical North: Spanish Art from the 19th Century to the Present: The purpose of this video is that it explains how Northern Spain has produced a lot of the worlds famous artists such as Miro, Goya and Dali. A interesting fact I learned is that Goya foreshadowed modern painting with his dark political consciousness and everyone looked at him as the father of modern art.
- These videos i selected both have similar relations with chapter 21 in the text.Pablo Picasso was talked about throughout the chapter for example it was talked about on page 488. The book states that "it would be impossible to discuss Picasso's life without reference to the women who shared it, because they are a constant presence in his art". Miro was mentioned in the second video and was also mentioned in the text that says that his fantasy world is aswarm with odd little creatures.
- These videos that i watched were both interesting an caught my attention. For the Matisse and Picasso video, I thought it was very cool how they interviewed all these people and then they translated it into english so you could understand what they were saying easier. The videos explain and get deeper into the information and explain the information more throurolly than the text does.