Video Blog

I chose the video Velazquez and Albrecht Durer: Image of a Master because I had never heard of these two artists and was interested in learning more about them.  Also I thought that their names were very unique.

The key concept of the Velazquez video that I learned was that he used the technique of capturing the moment in his work. His work showed true emotion.  He also painted with balance of light and color, but with the use of simple colors. 

In the Albrecht Durere: Image of a Master video I learned the concept of Italain Renaissance forms and ideas that were introduced.  He was very good at printing his work on different forms of artistic material such as steel, cooper and wood.  He was also called the first real landscape artist. 

The videos related to the readings in the text because these artists had used concepts from the Renaissance era and or contributed art to the many times suggested in the readings. 

I enjoyed the films, I got to learn many new things about a couple of artist and how times were in their lives and how they saw and developed art and art concepts.  Life was much different back then and the way of developing art was very unique.