1. Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above:I chose the video, Matisse and Picassobecause they are two very well-known artists. Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso were amazing artists of the early 1900s. I do not know too much about their work however, and I chose to watch the video to find out. I would love to compare and contrast them and their work, see how similar they really are to one another! Secondly, I chose expressionism, because it seemed interesting when I researched it. Expressionism was a modernist movement, in poetry and painting, at the beginning of the 20thcentury, originating in Germany. During this time, artists expressed emotional experiences through their paintings or other forms of art. The work was usually distorted for emotional effects to evoke moods and ideas. The images on google of expressionism were very vibrant, crazy and colorful!
2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned: At the start of the first video, Matisse and Picasso, the artist in the beginning explains that painting and drawing are the same thing. Drawing is just painting with less materials. “On a white sheet of paper, with pen and ink, you can, when you create different contrasts through volume, change the quality of the paper, make the surface fluid, light, or hard, without using shadow or light”. The relationship between both artists was unique, there had been nothing like it in all of art history. The American Stine family loved Matisse’s piece of his wife Emily. However, it made the French people angry. Picassos father was an art teacher. Picasso thought of himself as a worker, he was impulsive and worked in his overalls, not like Matisse, who was very French. Picassos work looked a bit abstract. The painting of his whores, and the girl in the field, their faces are all ugly and distorted. Matisse was very simple in his work. However, their work did look similar.
Expressionism: The first painting they show is ashes. Showing the emotion between the man and woman. Her body is glowing red, showing she is no longer innocent. We see passion and confusion of the sexes and sexuality. They are the modern Adam and Eve. Her hair is fire red. This painting displays a lot of emotion! The artist changes the artwork, now the woman’s body is thinner, darker, longer hair. She now looks like medusa. She still shows sexuality, but she is now a predator. Another one shows arrogance, curly lighter hair, different body again. You can change an image a million times to show different emotions and tell different stories. The next painting shows Life love and death in the freeze of life. Men and woman are frozen in their emotions, showing misery, sadness. The artist’s name is Munch. All of his work is very emotional and shows different moods and feelings.
3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text? Page 485 we see Henri Matisse. The whole page gives a quick description of his life and artwork. The first video also did the same, we learned a lot about him and got a good idea of his style of artwork. Next, we see Picasso on page 488. His life was defined in a one-page bibliography. Like the first film we get a good look into both artists’ lives, but the film of course had much more detail and showed a lot more of their works of art. Finally, expressionism was shown all through out this chapter. Distort visual appearances, is a part of expressionism. Picasso did this in mostly all of his paintings. Lastly, according to the book, expressionism is to express emotional states, especially the artist’s own personal feelings. Matisse was the king of this in all his work! Every single one showed extreme feeling, mood, and emotion especially Ashes, my favorite one.
4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts? I think that the first film was a little hard to follow. It looked like a very old film. The people were all old and spoke in French. A little boring for someone my age to follow and get into. I did see a lot of Picasso and Matisse’s work though, and I could compare and contrast them. I learned a lot that I did not know. The second film expressionism was much more interesting in my opinion. This film showed depth in how much goes into expressionism works of art. We saw a lot of art concepts in this video. Colors, facial expressions, placement, lines, movement, etc. Emotions and stories were told through all of the paintings seen in expressionism. My favorite was the very first picture, Ashes. It had a cool Adam and Eve vibe, I enjoyed it.
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