The first video Greenberg on Art Criticism: An Interview by T. J. Clark I learned some art history. T.J. Clarks had an extensive career in art theory and analyzing art. The film related to how he looked at analyzing art work and art projects. This video was dry and boring and I really did not get much out of it.
The film titled Greenberg on Pollock: An Interview by T. J. Clark seamed much like the first video that we were required to watch. Pollock’s work and career really was incredible and he did some new things that had never been done before. He can be credited for revolutionizing and conquering a new frontier. I learned that it is different to critique more modern art. The video was the same set up as the first video and was dry and boring.
The An Introduction to the Italian Renaissance video was better more interesting video than the first two. I like seeing the history and the politics that were really the basis of the Italian Renaissance. I did not realize that the arts of this time were really censored by the government and the works could really only contain certain material. The influences that these artists had and the contests that they had to who could decorate the churches of these times are really interesting. The amount of time that is required to create some of the pieces discusses is very mind boggling as well, I could not imagine working on a single piece for 20+ years. Yes this relates to my project because I like to see what is behind some of the pieces out there and what the influence for the piece could have been at the time of the creation. I enjoyed this video it was very informative.
The Critics: Stories from the Inside Pages was a quite lengthy video. It was good to see the process and over view of how a critic reviews works whether it be TV video or art. I see that the way things are criticized today is really biased and could be just one person opinion. I don’t understand how these people make careers out of criticizing. It was good to see how these professional critics look at things and is beneficial to look at their styles before doing our project. This video was more information than was needed but it was interesting.
The Colonial Encounter: Views of Non-Western Art and Culture was the next video that I watched. It was good to see the history on the world’s fair and how that art was displayed here. The basis of criticism are prevalent here in this film and I learned that criticism is different depending on what time period the critic is looking at. The video was a but over my head but was interesting.
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Jackson Pollock: Michael Fried and T. J. Clark in Conversation was the final film that I viewed. This video discusses and depicts some pieces created by the artist Pollock. This video is in the same category as the first two videos. I did not really get anything out of this video. I could not follow the critique of the work that was being displayed. This helped my art critique in how not to critique a piece.
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