Since we're studying the Renaissance this year we're going to put our focus on music and art history. And then we're going to take it even further and see/hear some of these great works. There's also some other things we're going to study to get well rounded on, but I'm entirely excited to see/hear and study some of this stuff!!
Apprentice
The first thing we're going to do is an overview. But for fun look at this first.
Joshua Bell, Yankee Doodle
Isn't he so good?! I love it!
Here's another good one.
Carrot clarinet
Go to this google doc here, and print off the Periods of music, and the pictures of the composers.
Cut out and glue the periods of music into your Commonplace book, making space for notes that we might take in class.
Below is the order of the composers we're studying this year. Some more than others. The first link is a video, but the rest is music. I don't expect you to listen to all of it, but get familiar with it because we're going to play a game in class to see if you remember what composer goes with what music.
Timeline
Middle Ages 500-1400
Guido of Arezzo- Do Re Mi
Renaissance 1400-1600
Desprez- Humble beginnings
Palestrina- Can you picture sitting in a catholic church listening to the monks?
Baroque 1600-1750
Monteverdi- This was revolutionary for his time.
Couperin- Definitely more evolved since the 1400's.
Vivaldi- Oh so this is who wrote this music!
Bach- I've been told some of his music is extremely hard to play.
Handel- In addition to this, he wrote "Messiah."
Classical 1750-1820
Haydn- Interesting hearing how the music evolves.
Mozart- You've probably heard some of this.
Beethoven- Everyone has heard of him.
Schubert- He loved Beethoven's music.
Mendelssohn- Very famous for his violin concertos.
Try to listen to at least 10 minutes of each recording.
Cut out each picture and look up three interesting facts about Guido, Desprez, and Palestrina and write them down in your commonplace book. Save the rest of the pictures for the year.
Get your Cultural Literacy book out and look up these words and record them into your commonplace book:
a cappella
alto
Bach, Johann Sebastian
ballad
baritone
baroque
bass
Beethoven, Ludwig van
chamber music
concerto
My suggestion to you is while you're studying this week, listen to the music. It's great stuff for studying!
One last thing!! Take a look at this here. If you already know how to do it great, if not practice and we'll do it together during class! Sorry parents for the noise. Haha!
Journeyman
If you've made it this far you're awesome!
For Journeyman this year we're going to study famous artists and some of their art.
First thing I want you to do is start drawing, painting, whatever! If you have an art book to draw in then use it. Or if you don't, just get some paper or anything and just start drawing whatever inspires you.
Here's a timeline to print here. Before you print it, make sure you shrink it down so that it'll fit into your commonplace books. I shrunk mine down to 60%. Then you can either just tape each page into your book, or tape them together to make an accordion.
Go to this google doc here and print off the artists we're going to study this year. Cut them out and glue Michelangelo into your commonplace book. Save the other pictures of artists for later.
Go to this website here. Click on Michelangelo and read about his life and work.
Note to parents: Some of Michelangelo's art and sculptures on this page have male anatomy so be aware if you're not comfortable having your kids see these images.
Write down three interesting facts about him under his picture in your commonplace book.
Michelangelo was really into realistic art, and the anatomy of the body. So take look at these examples of realistic art today.
Realistic eye
ipad art
Photo editing
Charcoal drawing
We have some amazing artists today that have been inspired by the greats of the past!
Look up these words in your cultural literacy book and record them into your commonplace book:
bas- relief
expressionism
Giotto
Greco, El
Now take a look at this video here. I want you to draw a picture of an eye, and make it as realistic as you can. Bring it to class to share your work.
We're going to work on drawing and painting a portrait in class. If you have your own paints and brushes, feel free to bring them to class.
Master
Now that we've learned about music, and art; I want you to write down your thoughts and opinions on everything that we've learned this far. Did you like listening to the music? How did it make you feel? Do you think it's important to know about this stuff? What about the art and artists, did you like learning about it and them? Was drawing fun, or something that you just did to just get it done? Has doing all this work changed your perspective? Write down anything that comes to you, even if it's negative. We're going to have a discussion on all the work we've done.Also this month we're reading "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Click here to learn more about the author. Copy a small picture of him and glue it into your commonplace book, and then write down some interesting facts about him that you want to remember. We'll discuss him during our discussion of his book.
