m8 videos.

I chose the video, The Birth of the Middle Ages because I wanted to learn more about the Medieval Europe. I learned that the middle ages is not a block of time, but an increase of personal view of something and events that were identified and understood centuries later. I learned how when the world ended in the year 1000, During the Renaissance in Europe, cities became strong and industrious and art and architecture succeeded. This video related to the readings because they talked about how some people thought of the middle ages as a dark period and an embarrassing time. It talked about how Europe was formed, and how Christina culture flowered within it. The film was interesting to watch and it added depth to the readings and art concepts.

In the video, More Human Than Human, I learned how the Egyptian images of the human form are mostly proportional and emphasize all body parts equally, but they are not realistic representations. As well, how grid lines shows how the Egyptians maintained their consistency un representing the human form. The video relate to the readings in the text because they both spoke about how different artists used humans to create their artwork, for example the usage od the god Apollo and the green leaf by the Greeks and Romans. This film was interesting because I was able to learn ho the human form has been an obsession for many artists. They share a common feature, which was that none of the images actually resembles a real human being. The film added depth to the reading of the Renaissance, which bought vast changes to the world of art.