Video Reviews African Art, Buddhism, Hinduism, African Art: Legacy of Opression

African Art
 I choose to watch was African Art because I have always been interested by the culture.  The video also talked about perceptual and conceptual art.  It shows us that many of their statues are the foundation for the government and several tribes throughout Africa.  Some of their statue are spirtual and religious. Most of the African art comes from conceptual art which means that the artist uses more of their imagination when creating the piece. The video relates to the concepts that are explained in the text as far as conceptual and perceptual.  The video goes further into African art and has many more visual examples than the text.  I enjoyed this video.

Buddhism
I choose to watch Buddhism because I have always been drawn to learning about achieving Zen and imporving your quality of life.  This video discusses how Buddhism began in India.  It touched on the art and architecture throughout India. and Sanchi being the center of Buddhist art and architecture. Through watching this video I realiezed the significane of art is to Buddhism followers.  The worshiping shrines are beautiful. Buddhists also posses great sculpture pieces and other structures.   The video relates to the text but gives us a more in depth look at their art.  After already having an interest in Buddhism I enjoyed this video.

HinduismI wanted to watch this video because I do not know much about Hinduism. This video discussed the practice of Hinduism through the use of architecture and art in India. I thought it was interesting that Hinduism as a religion really does not have a founder, profit and do not even try to make anyone convert over. This related to the text as they both touched on the fundamentals of Hinduism.  The video gave me a pretty good idea of what Hinduism is all about and I liked watching it.

African Art: Legacy of Opression
 I chose to watch African Art: Legacy of Opression randomly.  Modernists, like Picasso, drew inspiration from African sculpture and masks.  I learned how the Belgian people came to own the African artifacts that are part of the Turveren Museum in Belgium and that there was much abuse. I also learned that African Art can be extremely symbolic.  The video does relate to the text but it expands on the topic of African art, and covers an area of historical oppression that is not covered in the text.