Lesson 2: Films 2+3- Caravaggio/Rembrandt

 - How did Schama approach Rembrandt differently than Caravaggio? (Aside the facts)

- Throughout both of the films, Schama approached Rembrandt using mostly the historical locations with a hint of reenactment about who and what Rembrandt is as a person, his ups and down, and his history with art. While on Caravaggio’s side, it’s the complete opposite, majority of the video showing reenactments of who and what Caravaggio was like in terms of his artwork, his violent side, showing him killing Ranuccio Tomassoni, and showing off the violent-like aesthetic works of art he makes, like The Beheading of St. John the Baptist and David and Goliath.


- Schama combined historical locations with theatrical reenactment. Which was more effective? Why?

- Besides using historical locations throughout the films, which was very informative, I always thought that seeing a theatrical reenactment in each film was the most effective. I say this because they gave us, the watchers, a good visual look of what each of the artists was like when they were still alive. It would also give us a good look of what their lives was like, almost telling an entire story on each artist as well, even adding some graphic scenes like in Caravaggio’s video. In Caravaggio’s case, this shows how much of a violent man he is, considering himself to be a violent artist. In Rembrandt’s case, this shows the format of what would be Rembrandt’s iconic image being The Night Watch.


- Schama does not use expert interviews like Marlow, Bruce (from previous lessons videos) and Hockney. How does this affect your experience? Does it seem more/less credible? Please be specific and explain your thoughts clearly

- Throughout both of the films about Caravaggio and Rembrandt, it never showed as much interviews from other people. The only person talking in said videos is Schama explaining what each artist was about, the kind of person they are, and their backstory, etc. In terms of experience, I would’ve liked it if there was at least other people to talk about Caravaggio or Rembrandt besides Schama doing most of the talk, talking about their history, paintings they made, etc.



Classmate question from Sarah Mohamed: 

What was your favorite creation that Leonardo DaVinci has made? Why?

- To me, in terms of a favorite artwork from DaVicni, I have to say that his Last Supper piece will always be an iconic piece and a favorite to mine. I always felt like the story behind on how DaVinci made it was interesting as well. He made that piece to depict the moment before Jesus got crucified on the cross. DiVinci was aiming to capture each of the apostles being emotional, after Jesus tells them what’s happening, saying he’ll die. Jesus also stated that one of his apostles would betray him as well. To me, DiVinci captured this excellently, using both tempura and oil painting to make the entire piece, and captured the Last Supper aesthetic very well.


Judith Beheading Holofernes


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