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

The key concepts of the first video was basically the distinction between art and beauty. What people believe that beauty Is and what people believe that art really is. In this video they also spoke about philosphers and their different views of art and beauty.  From what they believed art was how they felt about artist and entertainments using art and things that people would consider right or wrong when it comes to what they know. As well as what is considered beautiful now as well as back in the old days. The video also presents the ideas of key figures in shaping and understanding aesthetics as well as speaking about how introspection entails that art and beauty are two different things. Plato believed that poetry was not art.

          The second video spoke about aesthetics as well as explored a different dimension of art. From genetics to symbolism. The speaker went through definition of what art is and symbolic forms of art. He speaks about the evolutionary aspects of art and aesthetics. That starts from the beginning of time and how humans developed . He spoke about group selection as well as sexual selection and intersubject communication and social bonding. In this video he explores different conrtributions to art as well as things that we may have never guessed to play a role in what art is and how art is portrayed to us and other people around us as well as in different areas of the world.

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

 I believe that the philosopher Aristotle is important most important  because he said that beauty attracts the person who sees it .

He believed in Unity of action time and place .

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

I can say that their view of aesthetics and art are quite different  but it’s a different approach and is interesting to me. One author spoke about the  8 laws of art this was interesting to me because I never thought that deep into art to think that there were laws to what was and is and the second author one thing that was interesting to me was how he portrayed his research and explained rules as well that go with how a person recognizes art through feelings as well as emotion.

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

The article and videos that we watched relate to the readings in the text because they speak aesthetics and in all these videos and pictures they explain different ways of seeing art, how different people understand art or how people can actually view something as art but someone else can believe that it isn’t art because it may not trigger the same emotions that it triggers for them. As well as what the rules are to classify something as art and how it appears and what makes certain art work more expensive. As well as how artist come up with ideas and how they do what they do. They all speak about the effects that art has on people as well.

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

I Think that the video and articles do help clarify the reading in the text books and gives us a more in depth definition of art and more knowledge of where art comes from as well as what and how it affects our daily lives.  I understand so much more deeper now from just the videos how art can be defined differently by different people and how it can be portrayed in many different ways symbolically as well as emotions can trigger beautiful art work . The Videos were very informative and taught me a lot.