1. Visualizing Music Paper Sculpture Relief
Rhythm, Movement & Harmony in Music
Rhythm, Movement & Harmony in Art
How does an artist create a work of art on something they can’t see or touch? Art and music share many common elements of design. Color can express mood and volume. Music can have smooth or rough texture, harmonies, movement….
By Kathy Chenowith
Grade 8 Comprehensive

2. Open Book Quiz Today Starter: Organize your sketchbook-
Use the following items to help you with your quiz:
Starter sheets
Sketchbook pages
Color Theory worksheet
Vocabulary Sheet
Objective: SWBAT analyze the different expressive qualities of music in order to identify through note-taking and sketching the similarities between visual and music arts.

3. Objective: SWBAT analyze the different expressive qualities of music in order to identify through note-taking and sketching the similarities between visual and music arts.
Starter: Is music an important part of your life?
Explain why or why not. Give examples to support your answer.
Video Fantasia
Sketching to Fantasia using wksheeet.
Assign Hunting and Gathering HW assignment.

4. Walt Disney’s Fantasia
Animation Artists create musical works to great Classical Music Compositions
Toccata in Fugue Pure Music- by Bach
Nutcracker Suite Fantasy by Tchaikovsky
Sorcerer’s Apprentice Narrative

5. Basic Elements for Creative Expressions
Music
Visual Arts

6. Summary Which Fantasia piece did you connect with most? Explain why.
Toccata in Fugue- Pure Music
Nutcracker Suite- Fantasy
Sorcerer’s Apprentice- Narrative

7. Starter: Describe how Vasily Kandinsky uses Rhythm, Movement and Pattern in this painting.
Objective: SWBAT identify & analyze art elements and design principles of contemporary & historical artists in order to interpret music visually.

8. Vassily Kandinsky

12. Art Smart Vocabulary
Rhythm- principle of design repeats elements to create the illusion of movement.
Pattern- a choice of lines, colors or shapes repeated over and over in a planned way
Movement- principle of design that deals with creating the illusion of action or physical change in position

13. Lines that express

14. Pattern & Repetition Rhythm & Beats

15. Analyze a Music Video Coldplay & Rihanna "Princess of China"
Focus on an art element
Color
Lines
Shapes
Texture
Focus on design principles
Emphasis
Contrast
Pattern/Repetition
Rhythm/Movement

16. Summary
Describe how you showed rhythm and movement in your sketches.
Did you like this activity? Why or Why not?

17. Music Video Fantasy Coldplay's Strawberry Swing by Shinola
stop motion animation
Gnarls Barkley, Crazy- Downton Records & Atlantic Recording Corp.
Inkblot animations
Coldplay’s Trouble
Video & digital animations

18. Starter: Interpret through drawing “The Star Spangled Banner”
Starter: Interpret through drawing “The Star Spangled Banner”. Be sure to incorporate, pattern, rhythm and movement.
Objective: SWBAT explore art elements, design principles and media in order to interpret musical themes through drawing and painting.

19. Art Smart Vocabulary Interpret-
to bring out the meaning of (a dramatic work, music, etc.) by performance or execution.
to perform or render (a song, role in a play, etc.) according to one's own understanding or sensitivity:

20. Homework- due next class
Bring in Lyrics to a song that you really like- CLEAN not explicit or vulgar language or subject matter. If you have to ask if it’s appropriate- it’s probably not!

21. Starter: Read about relief sculpture in your text book (pages 248-255)
Starter: Read about relief sculpture in your text book (pages ). List some of the different materials that can be used for this type of sculpture. List some of the methods used.
Relief Sculpture
Materials
Methods
Objective: SWBAT plan a relief sculpture in order to interpret their favorite song or musical genre.

22. Luca Della Robbia Relief Sculptures
Bas Relief Sculpture on a temple in Angkor
Luca Della Robbia

23. Art Smart Vocabulary
Relief Sculpture- Type of sculpture in which forms project from a flat background. Bas Relief (also known as low relief)- A French term meaning "low-raised work." High Relief- a form that extends at least halfway out of the background.

24. Student Sculpture examples:

25. Art Smart Vocabulary
Assemblage: A three-dimensional composition made of various materials such as found objects, paper, wood, and textiles.

26. Drawing Conclusions:
What did you learn about creating a relief sculpture?
What did you learn about interpreting music today?

27. Starter: What type of music genre do you think this sculpture represents? Justify your response.
Objective: SWBAT explore a variety of art elements and materials in order to create a balanced relief sculpture that interprets the movement and rhythm of their favorite song or musical genre.
Frank Stella, K.54, 2008

28. Frank Stella- Stella Sounds the Scarlatti K series

29. Starter: Review the scoring tool for your relief sculpture
Starter: Review the scoring tool for your relief sculpture. Which criteria do you need to focus on in order to improve your work?
Objective: SWBAT analyze their sculpture and compare it to a list of criteria in order to improve and complete it to the best of their ability.

30. Art Smart Vocabulary
Abstract art- 20th century art containing shapes that simplify shapes of real objects to emphasize form instead of subject matter

31. Drawing Conclusions:
Do you like the finished result of your relief sculpture? Explain why or why not.
Do you think it adequately represents your song or musical genre? Why.
What new innovative ideas did you try today?

32. Starter: What do you think Digital Citizenship means?
Objective: SWBAT explore digital citizenship in order to post pictures and art critiques about their sculptures to Edmodo.
HW- using digital citizenship expectations, create a poll to help student to interpret the meaning of your relief sculpture.