1.) - During "Aesthetics: Philosophy of the arts", many philosophers were discussed that has impacted art in major ways today. I learned that Plato had a low opinion of art and poets. He believed poets often spoke about things they didn't know about. Another key concept during this video involved philosopher Leo Tolstoy advocating the expression theory of art and R.G Collingwood formulating it later.
- Some key concepts I learned during "Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics: Neurobiology, Neurology and Art and Aesthetics" was the science that applies to art. Works of art are human productions and many experience art through visual imagery.
- When it comes to the article "What the brain draws from: Art and neuroscience", some key concepts I concluded involved Picasso implementing that art is not truth, but rather a lie. Also, artists throughout history have found ways to manipulate depths and brightness that aren't actually there.
2.) The philosopher R.G Collington's theory on aesthetics is the most important in my opinion due to his outlook on art. Within the 20th century, the expression theory of art was adovacted by philosopher Leo Tolstoy and later formulated by R.G Collington in 1938. The expression theory states that art is the expression of emotion with emotion and expression defined in ways that are particular to theory.
3.) With Changeux and Ramachandran's scientific view of aesthetics and art made realize that art has actual meanings based on scientific data due to the way individuals view it.
In Changeux's lecture, the most interesting fact I took away was the topic of art being an aesthetic experience through visual imagery. The most interesting fact I took away from Ramachandran's lecture involved him stating, "The point of art is to exaggerate, distort even the image in some way to produce pleasing effects in the human brain".
4.) The videos and article relate to the readings in the text due to the videos and article each having different discussions of what art is but also each defining the aesthetics of art in some way.
5.) In my opinion, the films and article were all informative in different ways. One of the videos touched upon the history of art, relating to different philosophers who impacted art in major ways. The other video described the scientific view of art and the article included the ways the human brain interpret art. The videos and article adds depth to understanding the topics in my reading in the texts because they have educated me on the history and science of art, which I can use to better understand the texts.
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