Hello!
How are you?
Today I will show you our fifth writing assignment (作文5) – writing about pieces of
music, or works of art.
Topic
Choose any two (2) works of art, or any two (2) pieces of music, from this blog – or find
two works of art or two pieces of music of your own – to compare and
contrast (比較対照する) in a short essay.
Important note:
If you search out music on your own, any kind is acceptable – but make it an instrumental piece of music, with no vocals. This is because words add another dynamic that may make this more difficult for you.
If you search out music on your own, any kind is acceptable – but make it an instrumental piece of music, with no vocals. This is because words add another dynamic that may make this more difficult for you.
Wikimedia
Commons is a good source to find reproductions of works of art that are
downloadable for free. Of course, YouTube is the best place to find video files
of music.
As you have
seen in class, think about evaluating
the qualities and characteristics of a painting,
sculpture, photograph, or musical
piece along these lines:
- The dynamics of space, color, shape, figures, action for an artwork or of sound for a piece of music
- The particular mood or feeling the composition of the artwork or the piece of music gives you an impression of
- The kind of scenario you imagine from the artwork or piece of music – is there a story that somehow comes to your mind when viewing and remembering the artwork or listening to the piece of music?
Bring together
in the end a comparison and contrast about
the strengths – or weaknesses –
of the artwork or pieces of music. It is perfectly okay to criticize a work of art or piece of music – so long as you can show a strong sense of reasoning for why you
feel the way you do about it.
How much to write
As
I have shown before, I would like to see around 4-5 paragraphs. (Make
the paragraphs at least a little longer!) But if you can write even a little
more – go for it!
Deadline (締め切り)
The deadline
will be December 12th (12/12), so you have two (2) weeks to do this. I want you to bring in a first draft (下書き) on 12/5 in
your notebooks in pencil. Then - I will show you how to go over your work to improve your drafts, and then you can improve your work and hand in on 12/12.
Important note!
Please remember that there is no class on 11/28!
Important note!
Please remember that there is no class on 11/28!
Good luck with this! I hope you can have fun with this, and enjoy
writing about music or art.
See you next time!
Image: By Pablo Picasso - The Art Institute of Chicago and jacquelinemhadel.com, PD-US, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31832131
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