Module 9 Video Review

1)   I picked “The Drawings of Michelangelo” because I have always found his works amazing. The man was a true artistic genius and I wanted to know more about him and his works. I picked the video “Velazquez” because it was a curious name on the list that I don’t remember being mentioned in great details in the textbook.

2)   “The Drawings of Michelangelo” I learned basically the entire process that Michelangelo used in creating art. The video showed that Michelangelo was a serious perfectionist and his techniques were so precious and virtually perfect. Michelangelo’s works are either difficult or impossible to replicate. In “Velazquez” I learned that Velazquez was a portrait artist who mainly did work for King Philip the fourth of France. Velazquez’s contribution to art was his skill for capturing real life and emotions while being able to incorporates an idealist perspective.

3)   “The Drawings of Michelangelo” gave us a behind the scenes look at some of the works we read about and saw photos of in the textbook. The film gave a new perspective of these works of art. Although the text doesn’t say much about or pertaining to the artist Velazquez this video gave me enough information to fill in the blanks.

4)   I really enjoyed “The Drawings of Michelangelo” because of the look into his private process of creation that the video provided. It made me sort of appreciate his artwork more seeing as to the fact that he put so much attention into details and was critical of his own processes. I thought that the video “Velazquez” was very boring just based on the fact that the music made me wants to fall asleep. Although I almost drifted off I managed to listen to the narrator and learned a lot of interesting information on the artist Velazquez. I learned that he was a slow working artist and like Michelangelo Velazquez took his time and was very precise on his paintings. His contributions included being able to hold idealist views while presenting nothing but reality in his works.