I absolutely enjoyed the video about sculpture. I have always wondered how an artist could take a block and remove pieces to create the final sculpture. I didn't know that many people actually work on each sculpture...such as artisans who just carve hair or faces or ornaments of the sculpture. I always assumed it was the artist alone. Knowing that gives me more appreciation for the sculpture that so many could put their minds together for each artists ideas. I also didn't know that marble is a product of limestone...although I knew both were used for carving. As amazed I am about the final carving I learned that there are many steps prior to this. The sketches, the half-size clay model, the silicone mold, the life-size clay model and the life-size plaster model...wow!!!
I have worked with clay before and found it quite challenging. I never, however, considered there are so many different types of clay used for so many different things. I certainly didn't know that ceramics were used in car mufflers or medical purposes. After watching the different objects made with clay I realized that porcelain is another type of clay, comprised of different elements. I now know how tempered glass is made! I have heard the name so many times. I thought a film was placed on the outside of the glass but it is just fired differently and shocked by different temperatures. I also learned that glass tarnishes due to iron oxides. I have been in many old buildings and thought it was just the process of glass-making at that time that colored it.
Before the video on installation art I only had a vague idea what installation art actually is. I now know that arrtists create it to make the viewer an active part of the piece itself. I also learned that the art can't work anywhere else...the surroundings chosen are so integral to the piece. i wasn't aware that it is a s popular as it is. I saw alot of it at the Albright-Knox but I now know that it is the most popular form of artwork now.
The videos certainly related to our readings and also provided a little more. They showed us the crafts of the artist and described the history about various medias. I liked the interviews with the artists and curators. that is something we didn't get from our readings. I find it easier to learn from videos with people that I can see and hear and music than from reading so I definitely learned more from the videos.
I enjoyed the video of sculpture the most. Watching the process of creating a marble sculpture is remarkable. All three definitely taught me a great deal about each of these different forms of artwork. I am not a big fan of video installations but hearing the artists describe how and why they made them helped me to appreciate them more.
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