Module 2 Blog H/W

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

Aesthetics: philosophy of art 

A) Aristotle book poetics changed simplied art

B) plato believe artit where copying a copy 

Art change the world was viewed 

Evolutionary origin of art

Both speaker gave a different view of art and understanding with was Changeux  viewed it as a human production while Ramachandarian viewed it as a exaggerated image.

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 contribution to the aesthetic theory in your response.

I believe Aristotle theory in katharsis  was most important. The philosopher is Aristotle  around the 18th century and the contribution was that  Aristotle  book the  poetic was fairly a rebuttal to his teacher Plato perceptive of art. The book was very  influential on the topic art theory and it was very simple. 

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? 

Both speakers gave very clear and understandable view of their perspective on Aesthetics and art. One of the interesting things i found out listening to Ramachandarian lecture was he definition of art which was that creating art is to exaggerate any image to please the human brain.He also had eight laws of art which i found to be very informative.On the other hand Changeux view of art was very different an unique from Ramchandarian, his definition was more human production which he believes it is a way of communication.The most interesting thing was his way of thinking of art as a human way of communication which in a sense is true. Art is sometimes a way of communicating. 

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

they all relate in many different ways  because they are all expressed and view in a different perspective  

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

my opinion on the film was that it  was intriguing and very informational with the different perspective of art. The videos definitely add depth to my understanding of what art is and how it has affected our history. They made  it a little more clearer to understand than the reading text. I also got different  view of how art is defined.