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More Human Than Human

1. The key concepts of this video is why do people draw, paint, sculpt unrealistic human bodies. This is been happening for over 30,0000 years, is it because of our instinct, our culture, our beliefs in god, or is it that humans don't like reality, we like to exaggerate. There still is no clear answer but these are things to consider when thinking about this topic.

2. This relates to the reading because in chapter 14 it talks about ancient art and about the human bodies and how they are represented.

3. This fim was good but I feel I am still left with questions and it is fustrating but these are questions everyone is stuck with and there are just going be no answers because this stuff happened 30,000 years ago.

The Measure of All Things: Greek Art and the Human Figure

1. I picked this video because I wanted to know more about greek art and the human figure. Since the human video left me with questions I thought maybe this video could answer some of them or give me a better understanding.

2. The key concepts of this video are that the Greeks were obsessed with the human body and that it had to be perfect with well defined muscles. The Greeks moved to realism in the 6th century B.C. The sculptures were 3D, had movement to them, and in individualized forms. To the Greeks though the man is the measure of all things and the center of culture activity. So there were more sculptures of men and in 776 B.C. the first Olympic games was played and only men could participate. This also helped the Greeks perfect the man form.  What we got out of  the Greeks is the ideal perfect form, the perfect human being, and ideal beauty.

3. This video related to the reading because it talked about Greek sculptures and just gave more background of why they sculpt what they sculpt.

4. I think the film was okay. I didn't feel it went in greater depth than the book, it just gave more interesting facts.

A World Inscibed: The Illuminated Manuscript

1. I picked this video because I thought it would be interesting to learn more about scribing.

2. The key concepts of this video are that the monks did most of the manuscripts by hand. They felt that by each word they wrote no matter what sins they had they would be forgiven. The monks would celebrate when they finished a manuscript because it took a long time to do so. It was very painful to scribe it hurt your back, crushed your ribs, and extinguish light from your eyes. Writing manuscripts became a career for many people unttil the printing press.

3. This video related to the book because it just added more facts than the book had.

4. This film was good. I liked it because it gave more depth to how books were written and how it was a painful thing to do. It wasn't easy.

Art and Life in the Middle Ages: The Luttrell Psalter

1. I picked this video because I thought it would be interesting to know more about Psalm Book of Sir Geoffrey Luttrell.

2. This video is about the Psalm Book of Sir Geoffrey Luttrell. There are scenes of the bible in it and it talks about people's everyday life, plants, animals, and birds. There are also werid monsters in the book and no one knows why. It remains a mystery. The pictures in this book are colorful and beautiful.

3. This video relates to the reading because it has to do with the middle ages and show many pictures of what they did in the middle ages.

4. I liked this film. The pictures and the history that is told is very interesting.