More Human Than Human

Watch the More Human Than Human video and answer the following questions on your Blog:

1. What are the most interesting discoveries you made watching this video?

-A lot of the images we see that are meant to represent the human body, are just that; Representations. Many sculptures and everything to advertisements are mostly just representations of the body. They don't exactly look like a humans. 

-These things started long before our time, when people made the first drawings and sculptures. The same idea has been present. 

-Over time, the image of the body has changed with the time period. The styles have changed, but the underlying intent of the body not looking realistic is still there. 

-The body is there to represent the body and get the point across that there was one, not necessarily to make it look realistic.

2. What do you think about Vilayanur S. Ramachandran theory with the chicks?

I believe Ramachandran's theory with the chicks is that they are mesmerized by the stripe on a beak the way we are with certain artworks. His main point is that their eye is attracted to something for a reason and the more they get of it, the more they can't keep their eye off of it. Same goes for humans. Certain things attract out eye more than others and therefore some artwork affects us more than others. 

3. Do you see any connection between the art/subjects  in this video (Venus of Willendorf, the Herring gull chicks, Egyptian images of the human body,Kritian Boy) and the way the human body is portrayed today?

The connection that I made between all these things is that we make art in the way that is most appealing to us. The things that we see as most important, become the most important. Whether they are realistic or not, we represent them the way that we chose to. We each decide what we see when we look at the human body and put that into context.