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For this module I picked the two videos, Matisse and Picasso and The Mystical North: Spanish Art from the 19th Century to the Present. I chose those two videos simply because they were the first two on the list. I did it this way this time because I haven't done it that way yet, I usually look at all the titles and descriptions and go from there. But even with changing the way I picked the videos, I still liked the one I chose a lot. The first one definitely caught my interest because I've heard of Picasso before and wanted to learn more about him, and the second one also caught my interest because I like Spanish culture.
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Matisse and Picasso: From this video I learned about their relationship together. I thought it was cool that they both came from different upbringings and still found each other to be good friends and connected with their art. I also learned how their art was a break from tradition but in different ways. Picasso was more impulsive and Matisse was more organized with his work. Picasso was more intellectual while Matisse was more innocent with his art, but they both had strength. The one quote I liked from this video was the one with Picasso, "To paint a picture is to engage in dramatic action where reality is disengaged." I like this quote simply because it shows his view of art and his connection with his pieces of art. To understand someone's passion in art gives their artwork that much more meaning. It was also interesting to learn that Matisse painted with a model while Picasso painted from memory of what he had saw, it didn't directly have to be in front of him. The two had similarities but also differences. I also never realized that Picasso had fits of depression and thoughts of suicide. I found that some what shocking because I just never thought of artists being able to show those kinds of thoughts. And Matisse had more self confidence. Even at old age, it was cool to see that they still communicated together and still respected eachother.
The Mystical North: Spanish Art from the 19th Century to the Present: From this video it was interesting to see the change of Spanish art over time due to the circumstances of the country and also what was introduced. I also didn't know that Northern Spain was crucial to modern art. I've never heard of Francisco de Goya, but I did recognize his work, especially his work after the war and his black paintings. It was depressing but it definitely reflected the horrors that he saw with war, I can't even imagine seeing the things that he had experienced. Saturn devouring his son was one of the paintings that I recognized from either another video we had to watch, or earlier in the textbook. Its definitely horrific but it shows how the war affected him personally and his view on life, it was ruined and dark. When Antoni Gaudi finally came around, he brought back the sense that Goya left behind. But it was interesting to see how it was the opposite of Goya; he clung to Spain's Catholic past. Gaudi considered himself God's architect but during his time the religious climate was changing and his construction of the Cathedral remained incomplete to his death. It was weird to learn that a group of Japanese men finished his creation of the Cathedral, but it didn't embody him anymore. It was cool to see a connection from this video to the one before. I didn't know that Gaudi had inspired Picasso and that he had a deep sense of Spanish art. With Salvador Dali, I had recognized his painting which can also be known as the melting clocks painting. But I didn't know that there was a deeper meaning behind it until reading about it in the text and watching this video. I didn't know that it incorporated death and corruption and that it could also represent that people are subject to decay.
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These videos relate to the text because it expands on certain parts of the text and helps give the text meaning. The videos actually make me learn what the text is saying. With reading the text I'm more likely to be not as focused and to just skim the words. But it was cool that the videos overlapped with the text and how they both went over Picasso, Dali, Matisse, and Gaudi.
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I like the videos because I think that I can actually learn from the videos. But the second video was quite weird for me because at times I wasn't completely sure what he was saying because of his strong accent and also because he was quite provocative but that was also because of what he was talking about. The first video was probably my favorite just because I liked the relationship between Matisse and Picasso and how they had a strong sense of mutual respect for each other and their art. The videos give a deeper understanding of the text and gives the text and second layer of understanding.
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