1. Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection.
To me these two seem to sound the most interesting. From the reading i became really interested in the ideals of Buddhism and wanted to learn more. As for the second video I have seen the wave picture all over during the course of my life and I’ve always wanted to learn more about it.
Video 1: Buddhism
2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
In this video they discussed the practices, creation, and the way to nirvana of the Buddhist religion. It was started by a man of the name Siddhartha (the founder of the religion) whom wondered why there was suffering in the world. He came to find out through prayer and meditation, that it was because of desire and greed and that once you stopped wanting and having materialistic urges that the cycle of life and death could end and that you could progress to Nirvana which is a type of place of non suffering and peacefulness.
3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
The text and the video discussed the same concepts but the video went a little more in depth.
Video 2: The Great Wave
2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
In this video the art of Japanese printmaking most specifically the Wave painting /print and the paintngs/prints connected in a series with this this one, and how that were made.
3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
Like the last video the text and the video discussed the same concepts (in previous chapters on printmaking and in the Japanese section of this chapter) but the video went a little more in depth.
4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
Both video were very informational, in the first various practices and reasons for the Buddhist religion and in the second the process of making one of the most famous Japanese prints and the series that it is a part of. They wen into much more detail than that of the book and it was really entertaining.
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