1.
Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos
you choose from the selection listed above.
a.
The two videos I chose were Uncertainty:
Modernity and Art and Andy Worhol: Images of an Image. I chose Uncertainty
because I wanted to know the direction that art is going into the future. I chose
the Andy Warhol Video because I love his work. I have been obsessed with his
work since tenth grad when I went on an Art Club trip to the museum in
Pittsburg. To some his work may not seem like art but to me it grabs my
attention and I’m looking for all the imperfections and differences in each
different piece.
2.
For each video list/discuss the key concepts you
learned.
a.
Andy Warhol never wanted to be an artist;
instead he wanted to be a tap dancer. Andy was obsessed with repetition. One of
the ways we can see this is in a work he created after Marilyn Monroe's death,
he created a piece with the repetition of Marilyn's face. Marilyn's face made
Warhol famous. Andy used screen printing in many of his works. Screen was
originally made of silk, but it is now a finer material of fine or coarse mesh,
depending on the desired effect. In, 1963, he bought a movie camera and shot
about 10 films and turned his friends into movie stars. Andy did not value
celebrities as everyone else did. He saw them as everyday objects. Turning his
friends into stars shows this.
b.
In the Modern art film, I learned that all art
will be connected to the past in some way due to the styles of art. Modern
freedoms and ideas allow people to have much more freedom with the art they
create than in the past which can make the art much better for now and into the
future.
3.
How do the videos relate to the readings in the
text?
a.
The book and video both discussed how Warhol and
the work he did with Marilyn Monroe. They both discussed the advertisement
aspect associated with art. The video just goes further in-depth. The videos relate to the readings because
they add visual imagery to what the books states when it discusses modern and
post-modern art.
4.
What is your opinion of the films? How do they
add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
a.
I enjoyed watching this video because it takes a
more in depth look into certain aspects of Pop Art, including the famous
artist, Andy Warhol. These videos do provide me with much more knowledge of each
subject than the readings. I’m a fan of videos rather than reading because it
helps me understand the concepts.
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