video review, module 9

1. The reason why I chose the videos Albrecht Dürer: Image of a Master and Velázquez because I don’t know anything about them. I have some type of background information on the other videos and people that are in them. Its a great way to learn about these people.

2. Velázquez
- From spain, born in 1599 in Seville, died in 1660
- Life: grey
- Order of Santiago by King
- He “captured the moment”
- only one friend the king
- He painted many paintings of the King, in return he secured his trade as a painter
- After visiting Italy he changed into a “deeper” artist in his art
- Feast of Backus ( one of his great paintings)
- Reality interested Velazquez, painted slowly, lasted years
- Educated painter
- Many of his works based on earlier artists but with his own twists
- Artlessness, nature represents Velazquez
- Velazquez painted people over and over again in different paintings

Albrecht Dürer: Image of a Master
- Born in Germany
- Ideas from Italy after Renaissance
- Drew silver point at 13 years old
- Ageing used in most paintings
- Rarasissim
- After traveling to Italy, he used “landscape” in most paintings
- First true landscape artist in Europe
- Wanted perfect form
- Wood cuts main source of income, still displayed his style through woodcuts
- Prints of Virgin Mary most popular
- Always studying new art
- Made portraits of Maximilius

3. The texts talks about the transition periods and the style of art during those periods and how artists were influenced by earlier styles but put their own twist. The videos I have seen today also talk about the transition and how different things such as travel and earlier artist influence new artists but also gives a further in depth of these people, Velazquez and Albrecht Durer, their background story and how they came about doing what they did and who they influenced down the line.

4. The films don’t give as much information as the text does on the periods such as middle age and Renaissance but it helps you understand, better than the text would, about these individuals and what they meant to the time period they lived in. Both had great influences on art and how it was portrayed.