My Video Review

1. for each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
I did not know there were so many steps when sculpting marble. You have to consider the elements and the design and fragility involved. The sculpture has to be weighted right and be visually appealing at the same time. You also have to worry about breakage when handling or shipping. There is so much planning involved and each piece has to be processed exactly right for the whole piece to come together and portray the artists vision of the work.
When glass making, I knew they heated sand with other elements, and I knew that the glass was inflated by blowing air through a tube. I did not realize how the object was shaped and perfected. I did not know they used molds or even wet newspaper to shape the piece. Cementation was also another technique I was not aware of. I thought the glass was made that color and placed in its coordinating place.
Installation art is about making you artwork come out as part of a structure. Its sole purpose is to manipulate space and perception. This makes the observer or viewer to look at three-dimensional space in a different and new way.

2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
These videos follow the reading in the text, because they follow the same concepts involved in each art form. It gives us a visual of the art and describes the process and meaning of the art.

3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the topics: Sculpture, Installation, and Craft?
The films give more depth and add to the readings in the textbook. It’s one thing to explain something or a process in words, but it’s another to see how it’s done visually. One can greater appreciate the art and how it’s done, by seeing the process and how time consuming it really is, and the thought processes and steps taken to carry it through. It’s almost like the viewer of the video works with the artist thought the whole process with anticipation.