The Renaissance and the 17th and 18th Century Video Reviews
Video #1: Albrecht Durer: Image of a Master
1. I chose this video because I have never heard of ALbrecht Durer. I could've picked someone like Michelangelo but I wanted to learn about a different unheard of artist.
2. I learned that the Renaissance had extended up to the north in places such as Germany, where Durer was born. Durer had his own style from a young age but when he visited Venice, where Renaissance art thrived, he picked up that Venetian flair. He traveled often to many different places, picking up new themes to include in his art such as landscapes.
3. This video related to the readings because the chapter was on the Renaissance but gracefully included that there was indeed a Renaissance in the north. It touched on that in a section, but the video gave me a particular insight into one specific painter from Germany.
4. In the readings, there's a quote on page 368 by Albrecht Durer on idealized beauty in paintings. Essentially saying pick the best parts of different people to create a fine painting. The video was able to add depth to that quote by actually seeing several different portraits by Durer. This video was enjoyable enough to learn more about a painter I've never heard of.
Video #2 : Velazquez
1. I chose this video because once again, I have never heard of a painter by this name. Not only that, it was interesting that it was just one name, no explanation in the title, so I had no idea if this even was a painter. It peaked my curiosity by being so ambiguous.
2. I learned that yes Velazquez was a Spanish painter and a good friend of King Phillip the Fourth. He painted numerous portraits throughout his life of royalty. But what I also found very interesting was he painted people with physical deformities, such as people born with dwarfism. I have never seen a painter from this time have people with deformities as subjects. I really found that to be the highlight of this video. Velazquez also seemed very keen on darker more somber colors in everyone of his paintings for his entire life's work.
3. The readings discussed how not only were Christian themes prevalent in Renaissance art, but also the inclusion of Greek and Roman mythological stories were portrayed in their art as well. I never really thought about this dichotomy as strange, but it definitely is. And it was pointed out in the Velazquez video, even though his art comes right after what is considered the Renaissance period, he too developed mythological pieces. As a Spanish painter it was not a common occurrence at all in Spanish art at this time to paint Greek and Roman mythology.
4. This video in my opinion was quite slow, a lot of pauses, too much fluff, and not enough discussion on Velazquez's life and specifics on his art. I feel like there was a lot of space that could've been filled but instead there were lots of long pauses and weird drawn out, poetic soliloquies. But nonetheless, similar to Durer, I was able to learn about a painter I was unaware of and it added an individual perspective on one specific painter. The readings mention Velazquez's use of light to "create drama and emphasis" and it was good to see his art displayed in the video so I could get a sense of what that meant with many different examples.
1. I chose this video because I have never heard of ALbrecht Durer. I could've picked someone like Michelangelo but I wanted to learn about a different unheard of artist.
2. I learned that the Renaissance had extended up to the north in places such as Germany, where Durer was born. Durer had his own style from a young age but when he visited Venice, where Renaissance art thrived, he picked up that Venetian flair. He traveled often to many different places, picking up new themes to include in his art such as landscapes.
3. This video related to the readings because the chapter was on the Renaissance but gracefully included that there was indeed a Renaissance in the north. It touched on that in a section, but the video gave me a particular insight into one specific painter from Germany.
4. In the readings, there's a quote on page 368 by Albrecht Durer on idealized beauty in paintings. Essentially saying pick the best parts of different people to create a fine painting. The video was able to add depth to that quote by actually seeing several different portraits by Durer. This video was enjoyable enough to learn more about a painter I've never heard of.
Video #2 : Velazquez
1. I chose this video because once again, I have never heard of a painter by this name. Not only that, it was interesting that it was just one name, no explanation in the title, so I had no idea if this even was a painter. It peaked my curiosity by being so ambiguous.
2. I learned that yes Velazquez was a Spanish painter and a good friend of King Phillip the Fourth. He painted numerous portraits throughout his life of royalty. But what I also found very interesting was he painted people with physical deformities, such as people born with dwarfism. I have never seen a painter from this time have people with deformities as subjects. I really found that to be the highlight of this video. Velazquez also seemed very keen on darker more somber colors in everyone of his paintings for his entire life's work.
3. The readings discussed how not only were Christian themes prevalent in Renaissance art, but also the inclusion of Greek and Roman mythological stories were portrayed in their art as well. I never really thought about this dichotomy as strange, but it definitely is. And it was pointed out in the Velazquez video, even though his art comes right after what is considered the Renaissance period, he too developed mythological pieces. As a Spanish painter it was not a common occurrence at all in Spanish art at this time to paint Greek and Roman mythology.
4. This video in my opinion was quite slow, a lot of pauses, too much fluff, and not enough discussion on Velazquez's life and specifics on his art. I feel like there was a lot of space that could've been filled but instead there were lots of long pauses and weird drawn out, poetic soliloquies. But nonetheless, similar to Durer, I was able to learn about a painter I was unaware of and it added an individual perspective on one specific painter. The readings mention Velazquez's use of light to "create drama and emphasis" and it was good to see his art displayed in the video so I could get a sense of what that meant with many different examples.
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