Module #10

#1. I chose the videos African Art and Chinese Art: Treasures of the National Palace Museum. I chose videos that were both about art from different cultures. It is interesting to learn the ways art is interpreted in different parts of the world.

#2. Key Concepts

African Art

-Aesthetic sense is shown in dress, hair styles, forms of ornamentation, rituals and performance art

- Ancient paintings represent animals and humans

- Egyptian and Saharan art

-Zimbabwean Art

-African art influence Picasso and Modernist painters

-Conceptual and flowing

-Religion in African art

-Masks and embellishments

Chinese Art: Treasures of the National Palace

- Highlighted 33 works of Chinese art see in the National Palace Museum
-Pottery, tea bowls, curio cabinets, vases

-Historic bronze

-Calligraphy, Buddha, Bodhisattvas

-Ink stone, bamboo

#3. Both videos relate to the text since both discuss the ways African and Chinese art are created, their influences, religious beliefs, and the diversity of art forms between regions of the country.  

#4. The videos showed what type of art is important to the African and Chinese culture. Some of the works that were highlighted in the videos I didn't know they originated from these regions and they influenced they had on pottery or rugs we may have in our own homes.