How art can help you analyze - Amy E. Herman

Can art save lives? Not exactly, but our most prized professionals (doctors, nurses, police officers) can learn real world skills through art analysis. Studying art like René Magritte's Time Transfixed can enhance communication and analytical skills, with an emphasis on both the seen and unseen. Amy E. Herman explains why art historical training can prepare you for real world investigation.

Lesson by Amy E. Herman, animation by Flaming Medusa Studios Inc.

[c.s.hayden]

I love to see someone publicly addressing this and teaching it. The analytical mind is too often seen as something apart from holistic sense, but in reality everything is connected. Analysis can greatly focus and add depth to feeling.

[MarkTuchinsky]

I'm buckling up for an... interesting online class.

[tuodekab]

I took a philosophy class called aesthetics in fine art and it blew my mind...art holds infinite power!

[alrayjr]

Im only here for homework I have to do, anyone else?

[zackbling]

Who is here because of homework and is now extremely confused?

[StephenRoseDuo]

I love one line that she did say. "Conspicuous absences are only conspicuous for eyes trained to look for them."

[yossmister]

now i can apply my love of art to real situations... like fighting off laser wielding ninjas

[ivanlos]

I'm here doing a homework from art appreciation lol

[aecv]

Man, this homework is not going to make any sense.

[MarieYah]

When I was a little child I would always stare at the pictures of a book. I would look at the patterns of certain illustrations and the backgrounds, people or creatures, the place and even down to the little shadows. I looked at everything! Even now I find myself getting sucked into images getting a feel for it.. So now, I find myself observing everything, all of the time! I would wonder why.. but now I have an idea. Wonderful, it all makes more sense now. I do think that this can really help people to analyze better.

[Hatewine]

this is very hard to follow for the short message you want to explain

art helps you analize because you look more focused at stuff, is what i learned from this.

[TilekMamutov]

I understand why art is enjoyable and interesting, but it feels to me that there may be more direct and better ways to achieve the same benefits.

[sarahrhoades]

To be honest, I already knew that art was important to study and this made me feel like scrabbled eggs.

[lcvrr]

pov: you're here because it's a discussion assignment for school and you have to create a thread.

[jamesparkinson]

I think some people are missing the point. Think of this explanation as the advertisement to why people from different professions should be interested in art. It helps improve their analytical skills yes, but it also does much more.

[jordan]

I never knew that art had so many real world applications in fields I'm really interested about. Even if I'm making a decision on what to wear for the day. I have to pay special attention to minor details about the weather like how the sky looks, If it seems cloudy but just over cast it might not rain but if its very dark and feels humid outside there might be a good chance that it's going to rain.

[alix]

POV: You are here for your online Art Appreciation class bored out of your mind.

[amandamendoza]

Homeschooling mom here try to convince my middle school child that art is important and does matter. Thank you for this video!

[autonomousAcquaintances]

I'm an artist and i'm pretty sure you don't need art to figure this stuff out. People who try to explain why art is important are always so dramatic and absurd. They want people to think art is important so they make up reasons that don't really make sense. Art is important for personal expression. It's good for conveying ideas. It's good for historical records. But it's not the soul way we can do things. Id hardly call police records in need of art education.

[the_mnstr]

This video: Makes art look like an extreme amazing skill to have
My art class: Ok everyone let’s draw are hands without looking!