1.) From watching the two videos and reading the article I found there to be many key concepts within each of them. First the video on aesthetics and the philosophy of art, it was really intriguing reading about the different theories and takes on aesthetics and how it has developed over the years. The concepts in this video very from different perspectives on the subject, opinions, where the idea came from, the meaning of aesthetics (a term negotiated with beauty), and the way that time changed the thought process of it all. Within the CARTA video, Changeux and Ramachandran argued that art is not just something that is creative or brought about, rather it is something that has happened due to the development of the human brain throughout history. They described their theories and the arguments presented, as well as showing exactly how certain things of art can be linked to the process of the human brain (Very interesting by the way, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0TKYxAYGGA). While reading the article, I discovered that I have a totally new outlook on art, not alone have I been taking the whole concept for granted but now it seems as if due to evolutionary change, is a key reason to certain art perspectives. It described how we view certain colors, faces, drawings, lines, etc, throughout the course of the brain being evolved.
2.) I found Plato's theory of aesthetics to be the most important within this video. His era was the 4 century B.C. and his contribution to aesthetics was that he came up with the idea of looking beyond the senses. He also was the foundation of what we today view as beautiful. He termed the word beautiful describing it as something beautiful would attract the person who see's it. He doesn't necessarily mention all types of arts, but he does give a greatly impression on the views of art and ideas for future philosophers.
3.) All this time, I viewed art as something creative, something that some people create in their minds and putting it on paper, or making it. While watching this video, my ideas began to change because these two guys showed great proof on how the evolution of the brain is the lead key reason to why certain things are created. By stating that as the brain evolves, we would view certain things differently, which I agree with to an extent. I still would like to believe that art isn't just something that is evolved, I still want to believe that it's something that is special and unique. The most interesting thing about the lectures was that Ramachandran described how a butterfly wasn't coined as beautiful, but then eventually was viewed that way. Also how an Indian sculpture can be ugly in some ways but beautiful in another, depending on where the development in the brain is currently stated. What I found interesting when Changeux was speaking, was how he said the change of emotions through evolving brain would lead to change in many aspects of art.
4.) These videos and article relate very differently then compared to the book. The book is all about how things are beautiful just because, and people create everything from creativity and impulses. While in the videos, it was stated very clearly that there are REASONS and TRUTH behind it all and it's just was a very interesting argument given because how exactly are we going to know that someones ideas and thoughts basically, are only because of where their brain is currently adapted? So does this mean that 50-100 years down the road, will art be considered something else? Will it be known for others things to be beautiful that don't seem to be today? Questions only time will tell in answering.
5.) I enjoyed the videos and the articles very much, I may not however agree 100% on some of the ideas that were given but that's where the arguments come into play. I like knowing that there is reasons and truth out there, but I don't like the fact that the theories are stating that artists are only thinking a certain way because of the evolving of their brains. I want to think they are thinking that way because its something that just occurs. These works give me more depth in understanding topics in the reading of the texts because now I'll be able to look at the subjects and ideas in a different way, instead of just assuming that something is beautiful and that's it, now I can argue that it's beautiful only because.... etc. I enjoyed the text readings, and the videos along with the article. It's just crazy to think that things that were known as creativity can now be linked to something along the lines of evolutionary development in the brain.
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