Thursday, September 9, 2010

Aesthetics and Art

1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

For "Aesthetics: Philosophy of Arts", the key concepts I learned were the different view points of the different philosophers in history. Each of these Philosophers had a great viewpoint. They each had something different to say and to describe. They each had their own opiions and way of thinking, which to me was very interesting, especially with some being during the same time period. For "CARTA: Neurobiology Neurology and Art and Aesthetics", the key points I learned were the eight laws of art, how art affects the human mind greatly, articfacts are works of art, how the human brain plays a part in art, and Ramanchandran's example of peak shift.







2. Which philosopher's theroy on aesthetics do you feel is most important? Be sure to mention the philosphers name, era (time in history), and contribtion to the aesthetic theory in your response.

I believe that Aristotle’s theory on aesthetics is the most important. He didn’t discuss the idea, he analyze a specific art form tragedy. He quoted, “The chief forms of beauty are order and symmetry and definiteness, which the mathematical sciences demonstrate in a special degree.” Aristotle’s time in history was the 4th Century B.C. He inferred specific rules of composition; the most famous was the Three Unities. These unities consisted of unities of time, action and place. The unity of action was that a tragedy accrued with no subplots and each phase of the action is the consequence. The unity of time means that the timeframe should not exceed 24 hours. The unity of place is that the action should take place in the same location. The idea of beauty was overwhelmed by the correlation to god. Art theory was recast of a theory of refining technique. During the Renaissance the Neoanalytical aesthetics came into play. I find this philosopher’s theory interesting because of his three unities. It is very interesting how they were described.




3. What do you think about Changeux and Ramachandran scientific view of aesthetics and art? What was the most interesting fact you discovered from each speakers lecture?

Changeux and Ramachandran's scientific view of aesthetics and art were both very interesting! Each of these men had very good points of views and spoken upon different topics. The most interesting fact that I found from Changeux's lecture was the Discovery of Art Compostion regarding the Homo Sapians. I believe this is interesting becuase it is speaking about people and comparing them to art. I also found his definitions of arts and aesthetics interesting. I thought it was interesting how he spoke about artifacts being works of art and how he was descrbing the human body parts, like the brain. For Ramachandran's lecture, I found it to be interesting as well. The part that intrigued me was how he said "works of art have such an effect on the human mind". His eight laws of art caught my eye, the last one, "art as metaphor" was very interesting. I believe that both of these speakers were very interesting and each made their point across about their scientific view of art and aesthetics.




4. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?

The videos relate the the readings in the text in many different points. Both the texts and videos talk about the history of art, whether it is famous artists or famous philosophers; it is still considered history of art. Both describe the different viewpoints, the text describes the view points of artists on their artwork and the videos describe the famous philosophers and speaker's viewpoints on art, science and aesthetics. I found from reading and watching the videos, creatvity and aestethics were discussed as well.






5. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the topics in your reading?

I believe that the films gave me a different outlook on art in general. It made me realize that there are other peoples opinions and view points within art. Art is something that is very well known within people. I thought that the film about the two speaker's lectures made me think more about how art affects my brain. I never really realized how it does, it made me think more into creativity. These add depth to understanding the topics in my reading very much. It makes me understand more in depth the view points of these historic people and made me look more in their viewpoint rather than just in mine.

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