The first video starts off speaking about Picasso's Guernica and whether or not it is art. The gentleman speaking then goes on to discuss different philosophers and their ideas about art and aesthetics. When he got to Plato he mentioned that this philosopher wasn't very interested in art which I guess I was surprised at until I learned more about each of them ( I have zero knowledge of most things having to do with the history of philosophy so this was all new information for me ). He also listed a few quotes that really stuck out to me.

"An artist is an exceptionally sensitive and superior individual" Kant

"Art makes us more human" Schiller

This video does also mentioned 'institutional art'.

The second video was much easier to follow as Ramachandran seemed much more enthusiastic about his work and the research he was presenting. Ramachandran speaks about art and science and their connection and said "Art is about asserting individuality, science is about discovering universal principles". I also thought his research about which areas of the brain react to what sort of stimulation when it comes to a work of art was interesting.

The article speaks very specifically about different works of art and explains why we see certain things differently. Why Mona Lisa's smile appears to move, why shadows and mirrors need to be represented differently ina painting than they are in real life, why value is so important and became such a big part of works that were being made. They also mentioned the importance of symmetry and mentioned that anything that is symmetrical is usually alive, and our systems are hard-wired to alert us to the possibility of a living thing. 

Some of it was difficult for me to grasp, I do think that Kant's theories on aesthetics seemed most important, though the quote that Changeux presented with is really what Im basing it on when it comes to this 18th century philosopher.

Ramachandran was much easier to follow and seemed to be tackling a lot of interesting research as he related his background in neuroscience to art and aesthetics.

The first video was rather dry and hard to follow as a person who doesnt know much about philosophy, but overall the topics they covered were interesting. Its never crossed my mind to think more about the question "What is art?" or "What makes this art?" but both Changeux and Ramachandran are both trying to answer that question with science as best they can.