Blog Video review

1. Explain why you selected each of the two videos you choose from the selection listed above?

For the first video entitled Buddhism I chose this video because I would like to know more about this religion. For the second video entitled African Art I chose this video because I wanted to know about the different kinds of African art and because I wanted to learn more about the mask that we as a class had to create.

2. For each of the videos list/discuss the key concepts you learned

For the Buddhism video:

1. Borobudur is the largest Buddhist shrine in the world
2. Buddhism splitted into two groups which are hinayana and mahanyana within 100 years of Buddha's death
3. Tanha is the key to buddhist teachings

For the African Art video:

1. oldest existing art in Africa is founded in drier regions
2. Nigerian bronze castings date back from the 15th century
3. Primitive art is influenced by Picasso and modernist painters

3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?

For the first video entitled Buddhism, it relates to the text because it talks about Buddha's live and talked about the eightfold path of moral and ethical behavior. The eightfold path consists of knowing the truth, saying nothing to hurt anyone, practice meditating, control your thoughts, resist evil, free your mind of evil, work for the good of others and respect life. For the second video entitled African Art, it relates to the text because it talks about the mask and the African culture in general.

4.  What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding the readings and art concepts?

My opinion of the films is that it has done a good job with things that I did not know. For example in the video entitled Buddhism, I had no idea that there were two places in the state of New York that had a Buddhist temple, or one that looks like it (one in Chinatown, NY and the other in Carmel, NY). Also in the Buddhism video, it talks about the Great Stupa and how there is art and architecture on every step. In the video entitled African Art it helped me understand ancient art of Africa and the meaning of it which is good luck for hunting.