1. Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.
For my videos I had chosen Dada and Surrealism, and
Expressionism. I chose these because I
chose to write about them earlier in the week on the class discussion
board. Seeing that I already knew about
the topics I felt that these videos would come easier for me to
understand.
2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
The first film I watched was Dada and Surrealism. After World War I the movement of Dadaism
surfaced. Dada was an art movement that was against any sort of structure,
especially government. During this time art took an interesting leap towards
means of protest. Kurt Schwitters was known for the use of collage which he
used in his art to prove a point. Hannah Hoch was also a well known Dada artist
whose work was well known.
The second film I had watched was Expressionism. The end of Fauvism leads to the movement of Expressionism.
Expressionism, like Fauvism, placed a large emphasis on color. However, the
goals of color in Expression focused more on emotional properties rather than
the formal structure of color like Fauvism. For example black, white, and red
were used to express emotional symbolism in Marc's work "After the
Fall".
3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
The videos relate to the text because each of these
movements was talked about in Chapter twenty one. The videos added on and
elaborated on the information I had read in the text.
4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings
The films were interesting. I especially liked the
work after "After the Fall" mentioned in the Expressionism video and
what the use of black, white, and red were used to represent.
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