In the first video, the ideas of art and aesthetics is analyzed over time. Many different philosophers had different theories about what aesthetics really are. For example, Hutchenson believed that ideas were brought about in our soul by beauty and harmony. The fact that many people have different views on aesthetics just shows that the idea of art and aesthetics are very versatile. For the second video, the science and brain are studied in relation to art.

            I believe Kant’s theory of aesthetics to be the most important because I agree with what he believes in. He believed that aesthetics are not constrained by law but created in our imagination. That idea opens my mind up to the idea of aesthetics.

            Changeux and Ramachandran’s scientific views of aesthetics and art were very different than everything I’ve read and seen so far. They dig deeper behind art and analyzed in in the brain as a psychological aspect. From Changeux’s lecture, he expressed the evolution of brain and how over time new aspects were discovered. In Ramachandran’s lecture, he expresses how when an object is distorted, it stimulates the brain more since the audience has to think about it more.

            The videos and articles relate to the readings in the text because they all analyze art and aesthetics. What makes them differ is their interpretations of these. The text discusses artist intentions and the aesthetics behind art, while the videos and article focus more on the brain and science behind art.

            The films were certainly interesting because they expressed an aspect of art that I never really thought of before. It’s interesting to me to see how an artists point of view differs from a philosophers. The article discusses what our mind sees and how it views lights and shadows in art compared to those in real life which I have never really thought about before reading this. All of these definitely add depth to my understanding of the text because it exposed to me a point of view I never knew existed.