Music: Another Art Form
Throughout the semester, we have studied different forms of art such as paintings, singing, and dancing. We have seen how music plays a major role in operas, ballet, and any other kinds of dancing; though, we did not have the opportunity to look at music individually as an art form. Music always seemed to be a secondary form of art or a complement to art. As any other art, music has evolved and changed through out time. Music has been different in times of war, prosperity, or rebellion. Music, like paintings, has many times been criticized by society. Music, as any other form of art, is able to reveal tremendous information about a time period, an specific individual or place. My point is that music shares various characteristics with other forms of art. For this project, my group members and I wanted to portray music as an art itself. Music, as any other art we studied this semester, creates different moods according to what you are listening. Different pitches, tones, etc. provoke different emotions and reactions. We decided to show the class how music can influence the way people interpret and feel about a particular painting. Our presentation showed how music can present the different perspectives of a painting. In our first example, the first piece of music portrayed heroic side of the painting in which the soldiers kill the enemy. The second piece, however, took the side of the victim. Personally, the second combination had a more powerful effect on me because it was more emotional, sad and depressing. This is only one example, but all the pictures and respective pieces of music created different emotions and interpretations.
December 19th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
This is Laura A.