Movie Blogs

Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance

1. I picked this movie because I love Leonardo da Vinci's art works.

2. Key concepts of this movie are Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and student of hydrodynamics, anatomy, physiology, botany, articture, and aeronauties.

3. The video relates to the text because the text also talks about Leonardo da Vinci. The video just goes into more detail about him.

4. I liked this video. This video added depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts because the video talked in great detail from his birth in Tuscany to his final years in Clocx. The book just skims over these things.

The Drawings of Michelangelo

1. I picked this video because  I love Michelangelo's art work.

2. Key concepts of this video are Michelangelo was a perfectionist and he threw a lot of his paintings out if he felt they were not good enough.

3. The video relates to the text because the text just mentions some of these things, the video goes into greater detail.

4. I liked this video. The video adds depth to the understanding of the readings and art concepts because it goes into greater detail about Michelangelo's tools, techniques, stylistic evolution, and sexuality.

La Primavera

1. I selected this video because Sandro Botticelli art work intrigues me.

2. The key concept of this video is La Primavera was the most debated works in the history of western arts.

3. The video talks about Sandro Botticelli's La Primavera and the book only talks about his art work The Birth of Venus. Gives us a better look at who really is Sandro Botticelli.

4. I liked this video and the music it had. It made the video fun. This video adds depth to the understanding of the readings and art concepts because it talks about his other works. The book only talks about one of his paintings.

The Night Watch (Rembrandt)

1. I picked this video because I wanted to learn more about Rembrandt.

2. Key concepts of this video are The Night Watch was a painting portraying a private elite militia. Rembrant's innovation was to paint individual portraits within the context of a larger activity.

3. The video relates to the text because both talk about The Night Watch painting.

4. I liked this film. It added depth to the undertstanding of the reading and art concepts because it went into a greater detail of how and why Rembrandt created this painting.