Video And CNN Article Review

1. The key concepts I learned in the Aesthetics: Philosophy of the Arts video are foundations for Aesthetics the  idea that good parallels beauty and that the sense of beauty is innate and spontaneous. Also I learned that aesthetic experience brings sensibility and reason together; judging beauty is a filling and cannot be formalized.In the Carta: Neurobiology Neurology and Art and Aesthetics video I learned about works of art,how the human brain works, and rules of art. Vilayanur Ramachandron explained the eight laws of Art (8 universal laws of aesthetics). The article described the lie of art,how the human brain is wired and I learned about lines and how the brain recognizes them with very little details.
2. I feel that Leonardo Da Vinci theory on aesthetics is most important because he really understood beauty. He was excellent with facial expressions in his work. One of his well known paintings the Mona Lisa he showed how he could trick the brain into seeing two different expressions with only changing the way in how we look at the painting. The way he used light made the painting so life like. Da Vinci's era was the Renaissance era. Leonardo's contribution to the aesthetic theory is that the face can be divided in to 3 equal vertical dimensions.
3. I thought Changeux and Ramachandran had different point of views when it came to their scientific view of aesthetics and art. Changeux talked about shapes,symbolism and tools of art and the language of art like verbal and non verbal communication.Ramachandran talked more about how the brain responded to art.The most interesting fact I discovered from Vilayanur Ramachandran was the eight laws of art and I found art as a metaphor most interesting. When Jean-Pierre Changeux spoke I found the conscious vs non conscious reading interesting.
4. The videos and the article relate to the readings in the text because they all talk about how beauty is linked to art.They also talk about nature in art.
5. The films and the articles were very informative they definitely go deeper in to explaining aesthetics they give examples the text says that people assume that work of art should be beautiful and the films and the article explain why the brain thinks that way.