1. I choose The Drawings of Michelangelo and El Greco: Discovering a Master because I wanted to learn more about an artist I already know of, and to learn about one I know nothing of.
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"El Greco Discovering a Master"
El Greco was a painter who specialized in painting in a Byzantine style. He took influence from the Renaissance era and used it within some of his paintings. Based on the video, it seemed like he took a somewhat realistic approach on his paintings, since after his death his paintings became less popular due to the naturalistic era that was approaching.
"The Drawings of Michelangelo"
It was interesting finding out how tedious and caring Michelangelo was when making his art. He only wanted perfection so he discarded his sketches so the only memory would be of the one he deemed to be perfect.
3. The videos mainly related to the text in the since that they explained how both artists used their surroundings and time period as influences.
4. I enjoyed both videos. However, I liked the piece on Michelangelo more because I appreciated his need for perfection in doing the thing he loved.
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