January IA

Apprentice

Study/learn

The Symphony Orchestra

Have you ever wondered what instruments makes the full sound of a symphony?  Or maybe you've asked, "How has it changed since it's inception?"

This week for Imaginative Arts:

We're studying the history of the symphony, and do a little ear training to learn what each instrument sounds like.

Study composer, Mozart.

Write these terms on your notecards or in your CPB:

maestro
The Magic Flute
The Marriage of Figaro
Messiah
Moonlight Sonata
movement
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Ninth Symphony
opera
orchestra
overture
quartet



Below is a video of the same person that we saw last month.  I really like her videos and how she briefly explains things, so we're going to use her videos again. It comes in two parts, but I found out that the second video was taken off because of a copyright problem, but she does have it on her blog for you to read, and it's not that long.

pianotvpart1
blogpostpart2

Some of her videos that she posted didn't work for me.  If they don't for you, you can look up what she's talking about.  Below are the ones that I needed to look up.


Beethovens5th
Shostakovich7th


Beethoven's 5th, I'm sure you've heard some of.  Shostakovich's 7th is one that's new to me.  It's really good, and you should listen to at least 20 minutes of it.  So while you're listening to this music, I want you to give a brief summary of what the symphony is.  Also write or print out a diagram of what a symphony is, i.e where the woodwinds, brass, string instruments sit.  You can print out the picture to the side.  Make sure to size it to fit into your CPB.



Mozart

Read: "Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers," the chapter entitled Mozart.

Listen to Mozart

I'm always astounded at how much these composers were devoted to God.  Even though he wasn't perfect (like we all are) he had a huge foundation in Christ.


Know/understand

Answer all of these questions in you CPB:

Do you think that listening to Mozart (and other classical music) bring us closer to God just like they were when they wrote it?

Watch this video:  Here

When you listen to your favorite music why do you like it?  What is it about it that makes you love it?

What is your favorite classical music to listen to, and why?  Journal about it in your book.

Here's an article on the effects music has on our spirits.  click here
Take a minute and review your music that you listen to, and take out what you know could be destructive to your spirit.  We're going to have a discussion on the effects that music has in our personal space.


Become/serve

Over this week and next month try everyday to listen to some classical music.  Even if it's for just a song/movement or two.

Also, at church make sure you get out that hymnbook and sing with the congregation. Click on the link here and scroll down to verse 12.

Learning about the great composers of the past and how they affected the world shapes who we are.  What I've learned since we started is that these wonderful composers were hugely inspired men, and that music has the potential to take you to great spiritual heights, or it can go the wrong way and push the Spirit away.  We'll discuss this in class.

I'm so thankful for music!  I'm so thankful that Heavenly Father inspired people to make instruments and make beautiful sounds!  Can you imagine watching a movie without music?  It would be totally boring.  Or even church; church wouldn't be the same without the beautiful hymns we get to sing.  Or the children songs we learn in primary.  Can you imagine if we never knew those beautiful songs?  Music connects our emotions with truth that we've been taught.  You might not remember the lessons you were taught by your teacher, but you do remember the songs and the emotions that went with them; which in turn, enforced the lessons they taught.   Again, I'm so thankful for music.


Journeyman

This month we're going to study the artist Raphael.

Study/learn

Here's a video about Raphael here.

Glue his picture in your CPB.

Also take a look at the Wikipedia biography here.  Skim through it and write down a summary of his life, and at least 3 interesting facts about him.
Raphael liked to do realistic art like Michelangelo and da Vinci.



Know/understand

The more I look at the art of Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci I am amazed at the detail of their work.  It's beautiful!!

The detail that they put into their work for that time was hugely innovative.  Notice the depth, shadows, the folds in the clothing.  All of those minute details make their art beautiful and amazing. 

Here's an explanation of what materials they used back in the Renaissance.  Click here.




Since starting this course, my appreciation for these wonderful artists, and anyone that does art has grown leaps and bounds. 


Raphael's work is really beautiful.  His detail is really impressive.






Become/serve

We're going to try to make some 3D art.  Take a look at this video.   Now get a glass/cup and try to sketch it as 3D as you can get it.  Come to class prepared to share your work!

If you have any other art that you've been working on over the break, bring it.  Has anyone ever done art similar to Raphael?  If you have we'd love to hear about it, and see it if you have it!





Master

Study/learn

Read "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte.

Take a look at these biography's of her here: #1 and #2.  

Know/understand

Glue or tape her picture into your CPB, and write up a summary of her life, and any interesting facts that you'd like to add.  

I feel so bad that she never found someone to love and marry!  What do you think?

Become/serve

Here're some discussion questions that we can talk about in class:

Why does Brontë juxtapose Jane’s musings about women’s social restraints with the mysterious laugh that Jane attributes to Grace Poole (p. 125-26)?

Rochester tells Jane, “if you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours; Nature did it” (p. 153-54). Are we intended to agree or disagree with this statement?

After Mason’s visit to Thornfield, Jane asks herself, “What crime was this, that lived incarnate in this sequestered mansion, and could neither be expelled nor subdued by the owner?” (p. 237). What crime does Bertha represent? Why does Rochester keep her at Thornfield?

Does Rochester ever actually intend to marry Blanche Ingram? If so, when does he change his mind? If not, why does he go to such lengths to make Jane believe he does?

Rochester’s disastrous marriage to Bertha was based on passion, while St. John refuses to marry Rosamund because of his passion for her. What is Brontë saying about the role passion should play in marriage?

What does St. John feel for Jane? Why does Jane end her story with his prayer?

Jane asserts her equality to Rochester (p. 284), and St. John (p. 452). What does Jane mean by equality, and why is it so important to her?

When Jane first appears at Moor House, Hannah assumes she is a prostitute, but St. John and his sisters do not. What distinguishes the characters who misjudge Jane from those who recognize her true nature?

When Jane hears Rochester’s voice calling while he is miles away, she says the phenomenon “is the work of nature” (p. 467). What does she mean by this? What are we intended to conclude about the meaning of this experience?

Brontë populates the novel with many female characters roughly the same age as Jane—Georgiana and Eliza Reed, Helen Burns, Blanche Ingram, Mary and Diana Rivers, and Rosamund Oliver. How do comparisons with these characters shape the reader’s understanding of Jane’s character?

What is the balance of power between Jane and Rochester when they marry? Does this balance change from the beginning of the marriage to the time ten years later that Jane describes at the end of the novel (p. 500-501)?

Also bring a snack to share while we discuss!