Aesthetics

From each video the key concepts that I have gotten out of watching them was learning how to understand and look at works of art. I learned that people look at works of art such as a sculptors of a women as being hideous because they do not understand that making a piece of art being realistic is not producing art in the right way. Once someone can look an an unusual piece of art as beautiful they are looking at it more in creative way. Art becomes creative by imagining pieces of art work as a reward after seeing what the image really means or looks like.



 A philosopher in this video that I agree is important to aesthetic is John Dewey from the 20th century, 1934. John Dewey  believed looking at art was from society as a whole and it makes the life of people. John Dewey said, " Feelings aroused by a work of art are not purely personal experience, they must be of a universal nature". This meaning that everything that is done in the works of art is from real life experiences. I have always followed the roles of John Dewey throughout my career in college because I believe that everything someone does in life can be a learning experience.

I thought that is was interesting that both Changqeux and Ramachandran's scientific views of aesthetics and art was when they both talked about the human brain. I never thought of it as someone looks at a piece of art through the human brain.  Someone may look at it one way and explain it another because of their instincts tell them what it should look like or someone feels other people think it looks like.  Ramachandran explains that looking at a piece of art is like solving a problem. People want to always get a reward of understanding or seeing images inside of an image. He says, that it is "pleasing to the eye." I feel as if he understand the way of looking at art and I am hoping that I can get a better understanding by being in this class as he did by getting interested in different types of art.

The videos relate to the readings because they both give a better understanding of how to looking at art. I never understood that the themes can be the same but have different purposes because the art can have a different symbol, or meaning to it. Just because the themes are the same does not mean the purpose of the art work has to be the same. An artist may have a piece of art work that is explaining something or a symbol for something while another with the same theme may just me an experience that has happened in their life during the same time period.

I feel that the videos help me understand art in a more effective way. I would just look at art as a painting someone did. Not really understanding why they painted or sculpted the works of art. Art comes in all form such as music, painting, experiences, history, and symbols. I am starting to get a better understanding that art is in different forms.