The first video I selected was The Drawings of Michelangelo. I selected this video because I love Michelangelo and think he is absolutely genius with all of his pieces of art, especially his sculptures. I thought this would be an interesting video and something I would enjoy since it focuses on his drawings, which I don’t know as much about. The second video I selected was Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance. I chose this video simply because I also love Leonardo as an artist. The Renaissance period is one that I think is very cool, especially with the garments that women wore.
The Drawings of Michelangelo video was definitely helpful when it showed how Michelangelo started his drawings. He started with the torso, as that was the center of the body. This was intriguing to hear about and is something that I know I will think about whenever I am sketching. The use of cross-hatching that Michelangelo uses in his drawings showed that it made certain parts of his drawings, like the drapery on someone, much more dense and full looking. Cross-hatching is a really fascinating concept within his drawings. The Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance video showed how Leonardo created correct facial proportions within his drawings, like the boxes and lines he drew around human and animal heads. I wasn't surprised to see the box he drew around the human face to make it proportional, but I was surprised when I saw a drawing of an animals head from the side, where he still drew a box around this head as well to make it proportional.
The Drawings of Michelangelo video related very closely to the text seeing how the text featured many of his pieces, like the Sistine Chapel ceiling, and it also had a section dedicated solely to Michelangelo and his life history. As for the Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance video, Leonardo is also talked about a lot within our text, in addition to the Renaissance period. Some of Leonardo’s pieces represent this time period, like his Madonna and Child with St. Anne piece. Interestingly, the text states that this piece's composition is not meant to look realistic, but is meant to suggest theological meanings. An example of this within his Madonna and Child with St. Anne piece is that the three figures form a single unit because they are a single lineage. For someone who doesn't know much about Leaonardo's style, they (like myself) would not catch this hidden meaning.
The Drawings of Michelangelo video absolutely added depth of understanding not only on Michelangelo as an artist, but also how he created his drawings and made them so lively. The video gave off many tips as to how his drawings were so successful and realistic, like starting the drawing of a person with their torso or the cross-hatching concept that I previously spoke about. Also, as I started talking about in the last paragraph about Leonardo, the videos help viewers understand hidden meanings that the artist creates within their work, which is very helpful in understanding the true meanings behind them.
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