Module 2

1. For each video and article list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

• the connects your brain makes 
• how aesthetics plays with art and philosophers ideas 
• how philosophers can learn from one other 
• the different theories and beliefs that everyone can 
• how our brain sees faces in art
• how line drawings connect to our brain 
• the connection between your brain and color cones 
• how we look for symmetry in art 

2. Which philosopher's theory on aesthetics do you feel is most important? Be sure to mention the philosopher's name, era (time in history), and contribution to the aesthetic theory in your response.

The philosopher I picked was Plato. He was from the time period of 4 century B.C. I feel he is most important to aesthetics because of the contributions he made. He "argued that something beautiful attracts the person that sees it" and also said that " there is a beauty by which all things are beautiful". This shows that when he though a piece of artwork was beautiful, he followed through with it to grow that idea. Also, it shows that he believed that not everyone is going to be into the same artworks and that different artworks have different meanings and styles that some people can find beautiful or not.  

 Though "he did not always believe in the idea of art and aesthetics", he still wrote about what he saw during the time frame. He even helped another human named Aristotle, find his own thoughts of what aesthetics was based on what Platos were. 

3. What do you think about the Changeux and Ramachandran scientific view of aesthetics and art? What was the most interesting fact you discovered from each speaker's lecture? 

I think they have an interesting view on aesthetics and art. I like how they connected some of the most famous paintings and used science and your brain to better help understand why things like seeing paintings like Mona Lisa face expression change as you move around the painting. 

The most interesting fact that I discovered was honestly why we like art? I  would have never thought that the answer would be symmetry, but it makes a lot of sense now. People see a lot of the world and want it to be perfect and in artworks, the symmetry can give that "perfect" fit to it. 

4. How do the videos and articles relate to the readings in the text?

they related because they just give more background on the brain and philosopher's thoughts. they make the connections stronger because you can see how actual people are thinking about the artworks. 

5. What is your opinion of films and articles? How do they add depth to the understanding the topics in your reading in the text?

Honestly, I feel like I learned more from the articles than the films. The films were too long for me and one of the films, the voice was a little hard to understand at times. They add to the depth of knowledge that is being learned and give new and more examples to help understand it better.