Saturday, November 5, 2016

- For this assignment I chose the video about African art and Buddhism. I chose both of these because they are the ones that I had most interest in. African art is interesting to me because of how it incorporates animals into the art most of the time and I chose Buddhism because I would like to know more about it. 

-The video "African Art" shows how art is apart of the daily life in Africa. Rock carvings and paintings are usually animals, in the rock carvings the animals aren't as easy to tell what animal it is and the drawings are more specific and it is easier to tell what kind of animal it is. They also talk about how Zimbabwe's architecture is different than what is in Europe. This shows that the architects in Zimbabwe aren't as informed as the architects in Europe. Older images show a wider range of style. Each region or civilization had individual priorities or rituals that would translate into unique symbolism.
In the video "Buddhism" they talk about how the religion that is originally from India has spread all across Asia and more people are practicing it. Buddhism has inspired many different architectures throughout the world. One symbol of Buddhism that is very popular around the world, even in the United States, is the Buddha. There are paintings, statues and many different other types of things that display him. 

-The videos are both similar to the textbook in the way that they both are explained. The videos and the textbook both explain what Buddhism is and what African art is. The textbook goes more into depth than the videos but I liked watching the videos better.

- I liked both of the videos more than reading out of the textbook even though they didn't go as in depth as the book did. 

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