Module 9 videos

1. Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.

• I chose the video Velázquez because I heard about in the past and I wanted to know more about him. I chose the video Albrecht Durer:Image of Master because reading about it intrigued me to find out more.

2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

Velazquez key concepts:

• Court Painter-an artist who painted for the members of a royal or noble family, some of which had a fixed salary and on an exclusive basis where the artist was not to take on any other work.
• Prado Collection-collection of his paintings reside in the Pardo museum. 
• Greatest Painters of Spain Quartet-Velazquez,El Greco,Goya and Picasso
• King Phillip The Fourth-engaged in foreign wars

Albrect Durer: Image of Master key concepts:

• Northern Renaissance-The Renaissance which occurred in Europe north of the Alps.
• Landscape artist-an artist who paints natural scenery like mountains, rivers, valleys and tress.
• Print-maker- a individual who uses techniques such as woodcuts or silk screens to create image which are transposed onto surfaces, generally using a printing press.
• Gothic Art-a style of medieval art that developed in Northern France in the 12th century AD.
• Albrect Durer-Pairter, theorist, and printmaker of the german renaissance

2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?

• These videos relate to the readings in the text because they both discuss the Renaissance in the North during the 17th and 18th centuries. 

3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?

• I think the films did a good job adding depth to the readings by going into details of the lives of these very different artists. It was nice to read and see visuals about the Renaissance of the North.