Video review

1 .Some of the key concepts that I have learned while watching the videos and reading the articles and text are equal Luminance which is when our brain recognizes a color contrast but no light contrast.

Neural Darwinism which is the developing brain adapting to new space time relations as neurons and neural networks complete new information.

Aesthetic  which  is the nature of art and the nature of beauty.

 

2.  I feel as if Immanuel Kant’s theory on aesthetic in the height of enlightenment is the most important because,  his theory concluded that there is almost nothing that you can’t beautify, the only thing you can’t beautify is the disgusting. I took this as something ugly can be made beautiful,  but something that creates pain can’t. Hearing that I thought of what if someone was to paint a picture of 9/11, it would not be seen as beautiful because of how much pain that day has caused to people around the world.

3.I found Changeux view of aesthetics and art to be interesting. His view was that the developing brain adapts to new space time relations as neurons and neural networks complete new information in a process called neural Darwinism. I find it interesting that the brain may find something aesthetically pleasing due to what we see. I find Ramachandran view with the eight laws of artistic experience and how our pro frontal cortex is linked to what we find aesthetic.

4. The videos and articles relate to the text by giving a deeper meaning into art and why things are aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Kant explains that an artist is not a skilled craftsman, but that nature sets the rules for art. In the text (pg. 26) It explains how during the past several decades there has been a great deal of interest in what called "outside art" art created by self taught artist with little to no art training Kant noted that artist is not a skilled craftsman, but rather nature sets rules for art. The outside artist often lived away from the cultural areas so there inspiration comes from nature.

5. I feel as if the films and the articles gave me a deeper understanding of how and why art is appealing to the eye. It adds depth because you can find connections in the article,video,and text. With scientific explanations, to techniques used to make something look beautiful it altogether shinned a light on the process of making something look aesthetically pleasing.