classical sketches

music project research

The Classical Period

From roughly 1750 to 1820, artists, architechts, and musicians moved away from the heavily ornamented styles of the Baroque and theRococo, and instead embraced a clean, uncluttered style they thought reminiscent of Classical Greece. The newly established aristocracies were replacing monarchs and the church as patrons of the arts, and were demanding an impersonal, but tuneful and elegant music. Dances such as the minuet and the gavotte were provided in the forms of entertaining serenades and divertimenti.

At this time the Austrian capital of Vienna became the musical center of Europe, and works of the period are often referred to as being in the Viennese style. Composers came from all over Europe to train in and around Vienna, and gradually they developed and formalized the standard musical forms that were to predominate European musical culture for the next several decades. A reform of the extravagance of Baroque opera was undertaken by Christoph von Gluck. Johann Stamitz contributed greatly to the growth of the orchestra and developed the idea of the orchestral symphony. The Classical period reached its majestic culmination with the masterful symphonies, sonatas, andstring quartets by the three great composers of the

Viennese school: Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven. During the same period, the first voice of the burgeoning Romantic musical ethic can be found in the music of Viennese composer Franz Schubert.

-http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/#class

When I think of classical music I think of fancy, delicate, elegant things like lace and frills.

Classical music is often distinguished by its wide use of instruments of varying tones and pitches to create a deep, rich sound. The different movements of classical music were affected largely by the invention and modification of instruments throughout time.

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music

Transparency

Right now this is transparency but I’m thinking of changing things around/ adding things and I might end up using it for a different one depending on what I do.

I don’t have much of a continued story yet. I just know I want to have him in different setting showing ancient and modern. I thought about the possibility of having him time travel but I’m not sure. I am going to try to re-post before next week because I think I am still behind.

panel 1 so far

I’ve been sick so I am kind of behind at the moment. but this is what I have for the first panel so far. For another panel I know I want to have something with some type of Egyptian cat wall painting to contrast the modern graffiti. I will post again this week before next weeks class to get more feed back and to give more of an idea of what I am thinking.

 

Project 3 ideas and references

I am going to make photo montages/collages using images I shot during the first project combined with other images. My words are ancient and modern.

references

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charater Design

Symmetrical

Geometric

Asymmetrical

Rhythmic

Animate

Dynamic

Inanimate

Natural

8 panels

Symmetrical – need to re-shoot

Dynamic

Inanimate

Rhythmic

Geometric

Asymetrical

Natural- need to re-shoot

Animate- need to re-shoot

4 panels

I shot some medium format film but it came out dark. So I plan on working with it in the darkroom and shooting at least another roll and maybe a roll of 35mm along with it. These are digital images I took while shooting the film to give an idea of what I am thinking about for this project.

Symmetrical

Asymmetrical

Geometric

Animate

character design

*incomplete

They call him the Cat Man. He looks like a normal young man with the exception of a tail and the ears of a cat. He also had whiskers. He seems mostly human but has many cat-like tendencies. The Cat Man feels out of place most of the time, unaccepted by the humans and misunderstood by the felines. The Cat Man is lonely and longs to fit in. He enjoys naps during the day followed by a tuna fish sandwich for dinner. The Cat Man is shy and timid, but he is also curious. He is somewhat lazy and enjoys the simple life.