Each video spoke about the aesthetics of art and the theory behind it. The first one mentioned various philosophers' theories on the art and the second one gave 2 scientific views behind the conception of a art piece. Both spoke about harmony and symmetry in what the brain views.
I felt the 18th century philosopher, Francis Hutchinson, was important because of his belief that God is the sign of harmony and all is good and that is beautiful. The inner sense of beauty is spontaneous and one must be knowledgeable to appreciate the aesthetics of art.
Changeux and Ramachandran both viewed the aesthetics and art as being scientific. It is how the brain is wired according to Changeux. He gave very detailed brain diagrams and explanations to his theory, talking about brain synthesis and restrictions. Ramachandran gave a more lighter, funnier version of how one sees art. Ramachandran's 8 Laws of Aesthetics explained some of what we are reading in the book, such as the symmetry, contrast, as well as groupings in species, societies or across time. The most interesting fact from Changeux I thought was that the brain synthesis of nested processes takes 15 years to develop. Ramachandran remarks about the one region of the brain that extracts one thing about an art piece and gets rid of the clutter.
The videos mentioned what we read in the text, only elaborated in a more scientific manner and very detailed. They gave other opinions and the power points are instilled in my brain, so now I will look at art differently.
I thought the films were educational, but Changeux was too hard to understand and I missed some important words, even after replaying the section. The videos gave me better understanding of how the brain receives the art viewed and explains more about the aesthetics of art than the book.
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