Module 9 Video and Text Review

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I chose The Drawings of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci: the Mind of the Renaissance as my two videos to watch because I wanted to learn more about both of them. From previous weeks I've learned some about them, like for sculpting and drawing. But I only knew so much. With these videos I was able to learn more.
2. Key Concepts:
The Drawings of Michelangelo:
From this video I learned that he was also a draftsman and a creator. It was interesting to see his work evolve over time and how it still incorporated the same basics, but different ideas over time. I also liked the fact that he reused paper; to me it made him seem more human and more real. It was interesting to see that he joined an apprenticeship at age 12. Now that doesn't seem realistic, but during his time it was probably more normal, especially since he was so sure that he wanted to draw. I liked seeing all the different medium he created and seeing the process and how he drew a lot before actually creating something. I also liked how he destroyed a bunch of his own work because he could see his second thinking in the work. Even though we see his work as something magnificent, he didn't always see it as he wanted. I also liked how he taught himself how to sculpt. To me it makes art seem more possible; that you can teach yourself new mediums. Seeing the Sistine Chapel and how in depth it was, was amazing. I liked how in the video we were able to see his hatchings before he actually started to paint. I also can't imagine painting a ceiling that was 20 meters high. The last analogy that they provided was very interesting on how the men's naked body he first was drawing was what God gave and at the end it was a body that was worn and didn't want to leave.
Leonardo da Vinci: the Mind of the Renaissance:
From this video I learned that him and Michelangelo had some similarities. They both did hatchings, painting, and sculpting. I also learned that they both incorporated religion. It was interesting to see that da Vinci also had unfinished works just like Michelangelo. he was always in search of perfection but never thought his works were good enough, so therefore they weren't completed to him. I also didn't know that da Vinci was an inventor or into music. I liked how they showed us his notebook and all of his sketches and notes that were in it. I think my favorite about this video was learning about the later life of da Vinci when he was in his 50s and older. The aura of his works were of mystery and those paintings seemed most capturing to me.
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These videos relate to the text because they both incorporate religion and the Renaissance but the video visually shows what the text was trying to explain. Having a visual definitely helps understand and reiterate what was taught in the text.
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I like the videos because I think I learn more from the videos than I actually learn from the text. I find myself a visual learner. I also like that the videos go over what we learn in the text so that there is a second wave of the same information being processed over again. I find it helpful relearning the same information in a different way because it gives a better understanding and helps me process it better.