Module TWO

1.) While watching the videos and reading the article, I learned a few key concepts. One thing is that in the video "Philosophy of Arts" every artist has their own version of aesthetics. Everyone has their own opinion on other artists and what they consider what is art, or what is good and bad art. A lot was about the beauty of different arts. For example one artist in this video described artwork as a completed process not open for future innovations. Aesthetics is usually based on what the beholder thinks and how they see artwork.
In the CNN video it had two different speakers showing presentations on there theory of art and how they see it. Changeux and Ramachandran are the two speakers. At some points it was hard to understand but Changeux started off with some art history and definitions. He began to compare the brain and artwork. When it comes to Ramachandran he was a little more interesting to me. He was funny but he talked about how science and art connect and how the brain is the connecting point. A lot of what he said made a lot of sense and puts another outlook for me about art and the brain. I like that he considers "art" just visual aesthetics.
In the article it basically explains what are human eye is seeing and how we see certain things. The article states that a lot of what we are seeing is a lie. It didn't make much sense at first but as I continued reading a lot was explained and started to really click. Artists tended to "trick" the brain in many of their artworks.

2.) One philosopher on aesthetics that I think was most important was in the 6th century Athens, Plato. He said in some way, all things have beauty. I think all of the philosophers are important but just a lot of things he says got my attention and made a lot of sense to me. He didn't trust poets because he thought they couldn't actually know the things they were writing about.

3.) I think Changeux and Ramachandran's scientific views are very interesting. The way they compare art with the brain is a concept I have never thought about but they both did a great job at explaining it. In the beginning he mentioned a fact that I was interested in hearing, is that it takes the brain 15 years to fully develop. Not so much about art but  they did compare art with the human brain during the presentations. I think both their presentations were well put.

4.) The videos and the article both have a lot of the same ideas. They both point out that aesthetics has a lot to do with the beauty of the art and everyone see's it in a different way. The brain is it's own work of art and helps us see the different beauty in different artwork.

5.) A lot of the times it is hard to read a textbook and get a certain idea across. Watching these videos and reading an interesting article like these really helped me learn better. They obviously were not the most interesting to watch or read but I did get a lot from all of them.

Anne Cala