Philosophy of Art- Aesthetics is the study of beauty and art. This video goes through history and how different influential people had an impact on art and how aesthetics had been developed through history.
Neurobiology Neurology and Art and Aesthetics- gave a more in-depth look at the brain and how it affects the art and how the visual effects of art affect the brain. This video shows MRI’s of the brain and how after art is viewed and how art stimulates different parts of the brain and the mind. Both of the lectures wanted to give explanations of how the brain changes with respect to art it sees.
2. Which philosopher's theroy on aesthetics do you feel is most important? Be sure to mention the philosphers name, era (time in history), and contribtion to the aesthetic theory in your response.
Plato from the 5th century Plato stated that beauty attracted people. Art is beautiful and can attract people from everywhere. People are attracted to art because it is beautiful and everyone is attracted to beauty and by looking at art work the beauty can come out. Aesthetics is also part of the thinking of the nature of beauty and how it works in art work. Plato didn’t believe that poetry was a work of art. I feel that is it a work of art that express emotion in words rather than in art material like a piece of art would.
3. What do you think about Changeux and Ramachandran scientific view of aesthetics and art? What was the most interesting fact you discovered from each speakers lecture?
These lectures gave a lot of information and really wanted to share what they learned. Both of the scientists want to give a perspective of their learning. They both had “rules or laws” that give an explaination of how art affects the brains of the viewers. Changeux I liked how he showed the actual MRI’s of how emotions affected the brain. He could have just talked about the brain and how different parts of the brain were changed but actually showing it really gave a better understanding. Ramachandran discussed grouping and how your mind wants to group things together to show something. His example was the Dalmatian dog in the black and white splotches. The brain wants to make a connection and make something of the “chaos” it sees.
4. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
The videos highlighted the reading of the textbook. It gave a more in-depth understanding and helped highlight information.
5. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the topics in your reading?
The videos did give more information than in the reading. It was more in-depth and gave more explanations than the textbook. The lectures were harder to understand because of their accents. The Philosophy of Art was more enjoyable to watch.
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