Module 10 video

I chose African Art because it was the most simple one. It was just one topic of African art in general. I thought it would probably have the most variety of art in the video. I also chose Chinese art, because I thought it would also be interesting and different to watch.
In the first video, African art it mostly talks about the different art work back in history from the ancient African works. Different places and regions in Africa have different works of art and different architectural artwork created. They have different meanings to each and every piece of art made. A lot of the artwork was carved from the landform. Most African art was conceptual artwork, which was mostly from the imagination and not so much realistic. A lot of their artwork had certain tradition and ritual meanings to them. Design elements also had different meaning to each artwork.
In the second video, Chinese Art, Hokosai, creates his artwork according to travels through out Asia. Different landforms were shown as they traveled. Artwork was created of patterns of humans. The artwork the "wave" was a very influential piece of work. Many artists used it and the technique in their own artwork. The cool part was watching the different printings of "The Wave". It was interesting watching the steps of each print work and the different colors.
The videos and the text relate because they both talk about the different traditions in African art and the different sculptures and artwork used to describe different things. They used masks, and tree carvings, and buildings for different traditions. Also shows the different affects on the printing work. Also the different steps of the great wave. Shows how it was created and how it was planned so well on the paper.
I think these videos were interesting. It is weird to think such small detail can mean so many different things in different cultures. How artwork takes so much time for certain things. I think the hardest thing to understand was how African art can mean so many different things. How a sculpture is carved or the way it is facing can mean something. There traditions through art is amazing. The Chinese artwork took so much planning and time into each step. It is incredible the way the finished product is made.