weel 8 video blog

African Art-
1. I chose this video because it is the first one that caught my attention. It seemed like it would interest me more than the others.
2. Key concepts from the video are that the African art is part of daily life. Important in tradition/African rituals. The rock drawings were thought to ensure the success of the hunt. Soon after this, Egyptian drawings and traditions evolved and spread. Art emerged as rituals.
3. 3. The video enhanced the readings more then all of the videos that we have previously watched.
4. 4. I like this film one of the most in regards to the other films that we have watched the first 20 or so chapters.
Chinese Art-
1. I figured it would be most like the video from Africa and be very interesting. It was not as interesting as I thought it would be but I learned some interesting things.
2. 2. The museum has pottery that was used for the tea bowls and the tea bowls are made of a dark, black color to enhance the pale teas. They added different depths of glaze color.
3. I read about pieces and ways that things are done, but I didn’t think this video helped the text much.
4. I didn’t think that this film was very good at all; learning about every single piece in the museum was very dull. I would love to see them in person but possibly to learn about these, a different approach would have been good.
The Great Wave-
1. This sounded like a cool title so I picked it.
2. Originated in Tokyo, where each layer is crossed over the next in print on a different wooden block. Artist changed style and his art very frequently. Mountain in back is Fuji, believed that this place is truly know but title is so confusing that it is debated.
3. This was more informative of one piece rather than the text itself.
4. I was most interested by this film. I wanted to learn more or figure out answers to the questions about this piece.
Hinduism-
1. This was my last video choice so it was the 4th most appealing video.
2. Hinduism is a stream of death and reincarnation. Shows millions, even billions of years of life and death. Hinduism can be worshipped anywhere and believe that we will all meet at the same point.
3. This again really just amplified the learning of a section of the text.
4. I thought this film was mildly interesting. It truly just emphasizes what our text says and although it adds depth to this religion, it doesn’t so much add depth of the concepts.