Renaissance Video Reviews

1. Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.

I chose  The Drawings of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance simply because I know those artists well enough and was interested in building my knowledge of them. I only vaguely recognized the other artists’ names from readings for this course, so I was interested in the ones I already knew.

2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

For the video of Michelangelo, it discussed his sketches and his finished works. The video very carefully looked at and compared the simple drawings that spawned famous works we all now know well. It was fascinating to see the techniques and routines he used to go from an idea to a masterpiece. For the Da Vinci video, this video took a look at Da Vinci’s life and all his different fields of genius and amazing works. He did so many amazing things in so many different fields (painting, sculpting, engineering, etc.) – it’s incredibly he had so much skill in so many fields.

3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?

It relates to our text readings because we read this week about the Renaissance and the genius works and advancements that came from that time, and the videos taught more about two particular geniuses from that era.

4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?

Once again, the videos were good for me because they gave a visual and broken down/more in-depth look at certain topics from the text. Though these videos were a little on the boring side, they did indeed build on the knowledge from the text book.