Video Review

The first video Philosophy of the Arts was mainly about the interpretation of beuty in art. The video showed  artists different views on art in a philisophical way. The video showed that each person sees art differently than others and each person can have a different perspective. The Second video CARTA was about two scientists, Changeux and Ramachandranwho looked at the conscious and un conscious brain and their impact on how  a person views art. I feel like Plato's theory in the on aesthetics was most important. Plato was a Greek philosopher during the Classical period in the 4th century B.C.. Plato believed that art was just an artist's copy of a copy. A quote from Plato in the movie was, " What is beautiful in itself is not this object or that one, but that which conveys their own nature." Plato believed that beauty attracts a person; which include beautiful objects, incorporated proportion, harmony, unity, and symmetry. I liked both video's views on art, especially the first one. I feel like the first one anyone can relate to- I found it to be more interesting the theories and the evolution of the theories. I thought that the second video was also interesting but I felt that I already knew most of it. I have always been interested in science and focused on many science classes throughout the course of my schooling so to me it seemed pretty common scence that the brain controls a persons ability to view art. The videos relate to the reading by reemphasizing the idea that art is up for interpretation and they further discusses aesthetics in both scientific and philisophical ways. My opinion of the videos is that they were interesting and gave me different perspectives on the way people view art. But I think that no matter how many people try and explain art - it is up to an individual to interpret art for themselves.