Module 11

1. Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.

I chose Dada and Surrealism because I have heard of Dada but didn’t know much about it, so I figured that I’d chose that video to get some background information and understand what it was.

The second video I chose was expressionism. There really wasn’t a particular reason for my choosing it other than it was an art form and tied in with the pervious video I watched.

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

The key concept for the video on Dada and Surrealism explains how both reject the idealism of their societies, instead they capture thoughts and ideas by taking images and reimaging them as chaotic shapes and ideas.

The Expressionism video explains and show that expressionism is just to express emotions and be able to convey them. For emotions to be the main focus of the image rather than the object of the painting.

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

These relate to the reading in the text because it explains these art types more in depth and shows how they work by using works of art and explaining the symbolism behind them, and shows the thinking process that may have been behind it.

3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts

The films were interesting because they explain the concepts by showing you with the works of art that fit into the genre or type they were talking about. IT then explained how it fits in that category and why it was painted in a specific way. Also way certain elements were used and others weren’t.