PAINTING AND MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS

Go online and find a painting and on YouTube, a musical composition (classical or jazz,
no contemporary music) performed in front of a live audience, and you will do research and analysis of
them.
Requirements:
Part I:

  • Introduction paragraph. Remember that in the introduction you need to tell the reader what you
    will be doing in the rest of the paper. What kind of findings will you be reporting on. etc. The
    reader needs to finish the introduction paragraph (s) knowing what they will be reading about.
    Part II
  • Use the library online database and/or books to do research on the painter and painting you have
    chosen. Some of the topics you can research (you don’t have to research theses specifically) are
    they artists’ history, artistic influences, and art style of painting.
  • Write 1 or more paragraphs about your findings based on your research. You need to use in-text
    citations here.
  • After the research paragraph(s) for the painting/painter of choice add a paragraph analyzing
    elements of the painting you have chosen (lines, hues, forms, etc).Analyze at least 5 elements of art in this section.
    Part III
  • Use the library online database and/or books to do research on the music composer and musical
    composition you have chosen. Some of the topics you can research (not limited to) are they
    composers’ history, influences, and musical style of the musical piece.
  • Write 1 or more paragraphs about your findings based on your research. You need to use in-text
    citations here.
  • After the research paragraph(s) for the composer/composition of choice add a paragraph
    analyzing elements of the composition you have chosen (melody, texture, harmony, etc). Analyze at
    least 5 elements of music in this section.
    Part IV
  • Conclusion paragraph(s)
    Part V