Video Review

1) There were several key concepts found in the videos I watched. Aesthetics was portrayed as the main key concept throughout both of the videos. Aesthetics is the study of the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty. Another key concept was from the CARTA video was how your brain and neurological system has an effect on how you interpret and acknowledge everything in life such as works of art and visual arts.
2) A philosopher that discusses the term aesthetics is Plato. Plato was was philospher from the roman area. Plato taught the true nature of things we see are ideas. Ideas are beyond senses that can only be grasped by reason, but beauty can also be. Plato also argued taht manifestation of something beautiful attracts the person who sees it. Platos' overall contribution to the aesthetic theory was beauty.

3) Knowing the definition of aesthetics and how it affects us as people allow me to understand art better. I watched two videos with a variety of views on aesethics. I took pleasure in listening to Changeux and Ramachandran as well as watching their points on the view of aesthetics.  Ramachandran's scientific view point is that our brain brings us our aesthetic viewpoints. Ramachandran's most interesting point that i learned was how our minds get the "jolt" sensation when we figure out those mind puzzles such as his example of the dot test. With the dot test example, I was confused on the concept of what was given and I sat there extremely confused. After about 15 seconds he showed the smiley face that was hiding inside and was annoyed I didn't figure it out in the first place.Changeux said that as we evolved our art did and with aesthetic efficiancy, it effects our emotions. I found that from Changeaux's part of the lecutre, the most appealing part was that discrete mental synthesis from internal memories gives us that aesthetic experience.

4) The videos and our readings relate to each other by the involvement in the sense of art and aesthetics. The lectures on aesthetics benefited me because I am more knowledgeable on art.
5) My opinion of the films were that they were very monotone and become boring at certain points. Understanding the definition of the term aesthetics and viewing Ramachandran, added more depth for me to understand aesthetics. The second video was more upbeat and interesting including, Ramachandran's part. It was the most in depth and interesting contribution from both videos.