VIDEO #1 - African Art
1. Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.
I love African pottery and art and I love how connected with the earth their pieces are. I wanted to learn more about them.
2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
Many pieces of African art were used in ceremonies and combined with music. Some pieces were made of wood and straw that deteriorate rapidly. Ceremonial art is recreated in sound, color and movement while others are created in more durable materials. It is not useful to distinguish between african arts, and crafts. All african art traditionally played a role in every day life. African artists grew up and absorbed the beliefs and styles of their culture groups, including the belief of creating objects in a traditional way while adding refinements that do not detract from the piece.
2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
These video allows the African art to relate to the text as we have learned about the culture of the African people and now we can see how that bridges to their art.
3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
I enjoyed this film. I liked learning that the African art was not only art but played a role in the spiritual beliefs as well as utilitarian objects of their every day lives.
VIDEO #2 - Buddhism
1. Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.
I wanted to learn more about buddhism. I've done quite a bit of my own research on it and anything new I can learn interests me.
2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
Gaya is a mecca for Buddhism. Buddha spent time here contemplating enlightenment and nirvana. The gateway to the temple is carved with the teachings of the Buddha and the key to his teachings is freedom from desire. "Be in the world, but not of it" is the teaching of Buddhism. Buddha proclaimed the idea of love. Although he encouraged other to find their own way, he wanted to share his knowledge and created the idea of Buddhism. He acted as a mentor for those needing guidance to find enlightenment.
2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
This video added an extra layer to Buddha of more as a person than a figure of Buddhism. It taught about why although he encouraged others to find their own path that he created his teachings as a way of support and to help others. The video reinforced the text reading on Buddhism.
3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
I liked this film for the way that it spoke of Buddha as a man and went into his message as opposed to speaking of him as a symbol. It allowed for the idea of Buddhism to come across as more of a way of thinking and perception as opposed to an organized type of religion. It is very flexible.
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