module 6

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

From the eyes of the sculptor I noticed that art comes from where you grow up and it can affect the way you think about art. For the sculptor in the video, Emanuel, he was born in France. Here, he was surrounded by quarries and in the quarries were sculptures and the walls were all beautifully carved. He loved shape, figure and form. He was born in a beautiful place with sculptures and paintings and history and monuments. This made him want to create those things himself. He started very young and is now a master sculptor. He needs to be able to visualize it in his head and put it on paper before he can create it in clay, marble, plaster, etc. In the glass video we see how this is just as tedious and detail oriented like sculpting. Once the glass is mixed right and heated it is taken out of the oven and is shaped and turned as it is on a rod. You can then shape it the way you want, blow it the way you want or melt it with more fire. Colors and textures are important in the stained glass windows. They must study the light in the room to determine how to create the stained glass window using the old fashion led method. A puzzle of glass pieces is then created. Then it is fit into led strips and sautered together. 

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

The videos relate to the reading because the videos are showing sculptures, and carving the ceramics and glass. In the text we see glass porcelain china beautifully painted, a glass bottle made from ancient Egypt, stained glass windows, an Indian sculpture gilded in gold, a carving of a women and child as well as pharaoh sculptures and many more that relate to the videos. We read about it all in the text, but in the videos we get to actually see it being done. We saw the sculptor creating the artwork in the quarries, and we saw the stained-glass windows being made. In the book we read about it all and get alot of information on how it is all made. 

3.    What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the topics: Sculpture, Installation, and Craft?

I enjoyed the films, I liked the first one better. I love seeing the beautiful artwork done in France and Italy, no wonder this guy wanted to be a sculptor so badly! He was born in such a beautiful place. There is a lot of hard work behind his sculptors. Same with the glass video we see how detailed it is making the stained glass windows. They relate to sculpture because they are three dimensional forms being created, out of clay in the first one or glass in the second one. As for installation we see how hard it is to install these artworks. Emanuel has to literally have them perfectly installed into the walls in the quarry, as for the second video shows how the stained glass windows have to go through a whole process before being installed into the windows. Lastly, craft. Craft is an activity involving skill in making things by hand. Clearly, both videos showed extreme craft. You have to be very skilled to do what they did in the videos. They have pure talent and they make beautiful artwork!