Blog Posting - Module 8

1.) Explain why you selected the video you choose from the selection listed above
2.) For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned 
Cataclysm: The Black Death Visits Tuscany;
1.) I chose this video from the selections due to the title. The Black Death stood out to me since I've learned about it previously in high school and other college history classes. Whenever I see works involving The Black Death, I want to learn more regarding it and figure out what made such a tragedy become so known within history.
2.) Some of the key concepts I learned within this video involves, within the first decades of the 1300s, the Tuscan city states of Sienna and Florence were at the height of their power and splendor. The Black Death had been known since ancient times but a new outbreak had begun in China in the 1340s. I also learned that in the spring and summer of 1348, the plague reached Tuscany. A third and half a population of Europe died. Along with The Black Death affected the arts as it did every other profession, leading to the death of Ambrogio Lorenzetti, one of Sienna's most influenced artists in June 1348.

Florence: Heart of the Renaissance;
1.) This video became of my choosing from the selection based on what I had learned in the previous video, Cataclysm: The Black Death Visits Tuscany. This video title Florence: Heart of the Renaissance stood out to me since the prior video mentioned the city of Florence. I wanted to see if the video had similar topics as what was discussed in The Black Death Visits Tuscany video.
2.) The key concepts I learned throughout this video includes the 15th century Florence was the home of the Renaissance. The Renaissance was an age of humanism where people worked hard and professions flourished. Also, Renaissance lasted two centuries. The high Renaissance within the 1500s is well known for individuals such as Michael Angelo while the first half of the Renaissance, the 1400s is overlooked. 

3.) The videos relate to the readings in the text due to the readings including different periods and cultures that relates to the videos. As well as including historical influence of art so the readers can determine the importance the influence had on the world. 

4.) In my opinion, both films were informational and educational. They add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts due to me being able to grasp the information and apply it to what I have already learned regarding other historical art. I am able to apply what the videos discussed and use it to find similar information in the readings so they can better stick within my head.