1. I chose these two videos because I do not really know much about these artists, and I thought they would be interesting.
2. Valasquez: Vlasquez went to Italy and studied Rafeal and Michaelangelo. He painted mythology, which is not normal for Spanish artists. He painted slowly, until he was quite sure what he wanted to do. His masterpieces were works that he worked on for years. he would stop and begin again and again until it was perfect. He had pieces that were built on the foundations of the baroque. He created multiple jester portraits. They represent artistic and physiological breakthrough. He only painted few religious pieces, but when he did he used a lot of emotion in these religious figures when he did paint them. Valasquez took a second trip to Italy and the outcome were realistic paintings while in Rome. There were landscape paintings as part of this trip.
Albrecht Durer: His first piece was of himself at 13 with silver point, where he used a silver rod on a special piece of paper. The younger Druer liked painting hands, He used realistic aging throughout his pieces. He paints himself holding a spring holly because he was going to be married. In his pieces of his wife she still has a sparkle in her eye. He visited Italy like Valasquez. He is known for his self portraits. He then worked on landscape pieces. On his way home from Italy he painted a fortress and a whole town in the Alps. Venitain art made a huge impact on Durer. Figures are natural, the colors are fresh and bright. He would apply lots of layers of color to create an enamel effect. He even included himself as a figure in some pieces.
3. These videos relate to the text because they bring up terms that we learned and time periods that were important. Things like Baroque style and how Valasquez used it and characteristics of the Renaissance that can be seen in some of Durer's pieces.
4. The films personally are boring to me, but they are filled with lots of information. I think it adds depth to the concepts we read out in the textbook because we can actually see and hear the concepts to understand them. The narrators speak about each piece and artist in extreme detail .
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