FAME Fine Arts Mini Experience - PowerPoint Presentation

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FAME

Fine Arts Mini Experience

Le Billet

Doux

by

Jean

Honore

Fragonard

Musetta’s

Waltz

(from LA BOHEME)

by

Giacomo

PucciniSlide2

Fine Arts

MusicArt LiteratureDanceSlide3

Art is made up of lines, color, light & shadow, and textureSlide4

Melody

rhythmharmonydynamics

Music consists of:Slide5

Introduction

Today we are going to discuss opposites. What is the opposite of tall? (short) Opposite of happy? (sad) What is the art element we have discussed in FAME that contains two opposites? (LIGHT & SHADOW). Today we will be discussing how the contrast of LIGHT & SHADOW in art can be similar to the contrast of happiness and sadness in music and in our own lives.If a composer (a person who writes music) wanted to let you know his/her feelings in a way other than showing them with a smile or a frown, how could he/she do that? (Write music about them.)Our artist, Jean Honore Fragonard, liked to use both light and shadow in his paintings, just as Puccini liked to use both happy, light music along with sadder, darker, or heavier music in his opera, LA Boheme.Slide6

Le Billet

Doux(The Love Letter)ByJean Honore FragonardThe Rococo Period favored pastels including pale pinks, blues, and greens. White with gold and silver was used to set off the delicate colors.1732-1806Born in Grasse, France (city of perfume)Moved to Paris as a small child

Began painting at the age of 15

Attended art school

Enjoyed painting landscapes, portraits and women

Painting came extremely easy to him. He painted fast in the rococo style that was popular at the time

1768, he married and had two children. After marriage, his paintings portrayed the tenderness of home life, children, domestic and country scenes, often using his family as models.

He lost his Louvre position and lost his pension because of the French Revolution.

Died penniless and forgotten for 100 years.Slide7

Le Billet

DouxThe golden glow from the window, bathes the room in light and highlights the lady’s elegant lace cap, accentuating her white skin.Do you want to reach out and touch her silky dress or pet her dog?Even the shadows are warm brown – not grey!Notice the Rococo carving on the lady’s writing desk.Who wrote the letter? Who is the lady looking at? What does the message say?The English title for this painting is The Love Letter!Do you think this lady is poor or wealthy? Why?Slide8

The

Rococo PeriodThe people in Fragonard’s day loved ornate clothes, furniture, and love. In fact, they often carved and painted little Cupids on their walls and furniture.What is fancy, expensive looking, and rococo in Le Billet doux? (The lace and satin on the woman’s dress and hat, the velvet stool, the carved furniture, velvet drapes).All the wealthy, people wanted to have their pictures painted and didn’t have a lot to do. The servants for these rich people worked from dawn till dark.Slide9

“The Confession of Love”

Notice the light coming through the clouds. Venus (goddess of love) and her son, Cupid are painted into this picture. They are a symbol of love.The dog is a symbol of fidelity.Slide10

Cupid

This tricky little guy does something especially nice with his bow and arrow. Do you know what it is?If I was Cupid, and I pointed this arrow at two people, they would fall in love whether they wanted to or not!Slide11

Our artist, Jean

Honore Fragonard, liked to use both light and shadow in his paintings, just as Composer Puccini liked to use both happy, light music along with sadder, darker, or heavier music in his opera, LA Boheme. Opera is a form of music where actors sing instead of talk.If a composer (a person who writes music) wanted to let you know his/her feelings in a way other than showing them with a smile or a frown, how could he/she do that? (Write music about them.)Connection between the artist and composerSlide12

Giocomo

Puccini1858-1924Born in Lucca, ItalyHe came from a family of well-known musiciansAs a young man, he created mischief. One time he and his friends removed some of the church organ pipes and sold them to buy candy! The next time the organ was played, they tried to sing extra loud when the missing notes were played!

He was very poor early in his career, eating mainly soup and beans

Writing operas became his life’s work

Popularity followed him and he became wealthy, living an extravagant lifestyle.

He loved fast riding, first on a bicycle, then in cars, and finally in speedboats. A car accident left him with a lifelong limp. He wrote MADAME BUTTERFLY while he was laid up for eight months from this injury.

Once his rivals paid a crowd to interrupt his performance with booing. He did not let this stop him.

He died from cancer, a multimillionaire, leaving a huge estate to his wife and son.Slide13

LA BOHEME (La Bow-EM)

LA BOHEME was based on a book called Scenes from Bohemian Life which contains scenes of the young painters and poets called Bohemians (French for “gypsy”) who lived in Paris.In contrast to Fragonard’s carefree style of painting, LA BOHEME tells the story of poverty and ill health. There are two interwoven love stories and the opera shows the moods and passions of its characters.There are lovers’ quarrels, dancing and dueling, and a tragic death scene where the weak and dying Mimi is carried to Rodolfo’s Bohemian attic to die in his arms.Slide14

Musetta’s

WaltzFromLA BOHEMEStory line: Marcello (Mar-CHELL-o) and Rodolfo (Row-DOLF-o), two young Bohemian artists, take Mimi, a little seamstress who is very ill, out one evening to an outdoor café to bring a little joy into her life. Marcello’s old girlfriend, Musetta, is there. Even though her romance with Marcello has broken up, he looks pretty good to her, and she decides she wants him back. So she sings a song, Musetta’s Waltz, to make him notice her.Music composition: You will hear a pretty melody sung by Musetta. As you listen, I will tell you what the words are in English. Musetta’s song tells about how gorgeous she thinks she is, and how all the men stare at her because she’s so beautiful. She says:

When I walk out

Alone along the street

All the people stop and stare

And seek out my beauty from top to toe.

However, Puccini wanted more than just a pretty single voice singing a melody. He wanted to add other voices singing in

harmony

to make the piece sound more interesting.