Session 6.1
Session 6 Activity: Discussion RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE
There are two activities for Session 6: Activity 6.1 (parts a and b) and Activity 6.2.
You will be working independently with the opportunity to respond to others for activity 6.1. Both the activities take place on the DISCUSSION BOARD.
Activity 6.1 Art and Music: Comparing a work of art to a piece of music. General notes: Try to make comparisons that go beyond 'art that illustrates a piece of music well' or 'music that fits what is happening in the work of art'. For your points of comparison, think of the themes, the subject matter, the compositional structure, historical significance (do your selections reflect their times or are they revolutionary or avant-guard? )
First posting - 6.1a Baroque. Relate any work of art from the Baroque period found in the Getlein text to any piece of music from this same time period. Here is a link to the TOP 10 Baroque composers:http://classicalmusic.about.com/od/baroqueperiod/tp/baroquecomposer.htm You do not need to select from this list; as long as your musical selection is from the Baroque period, you are all set. Remember that you are to compare a BAROQUE work of art to a BAROQUE piece of music.
- I chose the work of art of Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun. The artwork was called Marie-Antoinette and Her Children, which was painted in the year of 1787 with the medium of oil on canvas. This painting took place in Palace of Versailles in the country France. In comparison, I chose the composer Jean-Philippe Rameau and his selected work called Trait. This era had a main focus on Queens and Kings and it is known to be “The Age of Kings” (pg. 388). This also had significance with the settlement of three important countries and they were Dutch, the English, and the French. In both picture and music I can tell that there is a similarity because they share the same nationalities and it is brought out through painting and music. In the painting it has a focal point on the
There are two activities for Session 6: Activity 6.1 (parts a and b) and Activity 6.2.
You will be working independently with the opportunity to respond to others for activity 6.1. Both the activities take place on the DISCUSSION BOARD.
Activity 6.1 Art and Music: Comparing a work of art to a piece of music. General notes: Try to make comparisons that go beyond 'art that illustrates a piece of music well' or 'music that fits what is happening in the work of art'. For your points of comparison, think of the themes, the subject matter, the compositional structure, historical significance (do your selections reflect their times or are they revolutionary or avant-guard? )
First posting - 6.1a Baroque. Relate any work of art from the Baroque period found in the Getlein text to any piece of music from this same time period. Here is a link to the TOP 10 Baroque composers:http://classicalmusic.about.com/od/baroqueperiod/tp/baroquecomposer.htm You do not need to select from this list; as long as your musical selection is from the Baroque period, you are all set. Remember that you are to compare a BAROQUE work of art to a BAROQUE piece of music.
- I chose the work of art of Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun. The artwork was called Marie-Antoinette and Her Children, which was painted in the year of 1787 with the medium of oil on canvas. This painting took place in Palace of Versailles in the country France. In comparison, I chose the composer Jean-Philippe Rameau and his selected work called Trait. This era had a main focus on Queens and Kings and it is known to be “The Age of Kings” (pg. 388). This also had significance with the settlement of three important countries and they were Dutch, the English, and the French. In both picture and music I can tell that there is a similarity because they share the same nationalities and it is brought out through painting and music. In the painting it has a focal point on the