Module 12

1) Out of all the videos the two that I chose were “Uncertainty: Modernity and Art” and “Abstract Expressionism and Pop: Art of the ‘50s and 60s.The reason I chose these chapters is because it was one area in the text that I was very interested in. I am interested in modern art and I felt the first video would greatly expand on this also pop art has always intrigued me and since it started in the 50s that is why I chose the second video. 2) In the first video the sculpture of the bricks I found to go along great with the true description of modern art. It was incredible. The sculptor put the bricks down and let their true meaning define the work. This sculptor wanted to make a statement to the world that anything can be art. In the second video the definition of pop art was the main focus. The video talked about how pop art came to fruition. When the narrator began to talk about the movement, I found it to be really interesting. One interesting fact that the narrator stated was that this particular movement was filmed and documented better than any other movement before and after it’s time! 3) I believe the videos relate to the text very well. I feel this because a lot of the information that was stated in the book was stated in the videos. One example would be modern art and stating that anything can be art. Another example would be describing pop art in full and giving us complete examples such as Andy Warhol. The video tended to focus more so a particular pieces of work while the book provided us with more examples (I feel that is normal though). Both the video and text talked about how art began to thrive in New York and eventually left Paris in the dust. 4) I felt these videos had a lot more information than previous videos. I always enjoy the videos because they add a greater visual to what we learned in the reading. I was expecting to learn a greater deal on modern art in the videos however; I feel I learned more about this particular topic in the reading than in the video.