Find the overlap between music and art in your specials or general classroom. Rhythm, repetition, rhyme. Movement and motion. These image portfolios provide a starting place for exploring how connected visual and performing arts can be.
Possible Discussion Prompts:
1. How does your body want to move when you see this art?
2. Clap or tap a rhythm that this art represents.
3. Which instruments do you associate with this art?
4. Draw your own work of art as you listen to a song or instrumental work.
Romas Viesulas Notes on Image and Sound, Part II: Bülent Arel "Stereo Electronic Music #1" (Exc embossed print on paper 24 3/8 x 26 11/16 in. (61.9 x 67.7 cm);26 1/8 x 32 1/16 in. (66.2 x 81.4 cm) Museum Purchase
Max Beckmann Begin the Beguine oil on canvas 5 ft. 9 9/16 in. x 3 ft. 11 1/2 in. (176.69 x 120.65 cm);6 ft. 3 3/4 in. x 4 ft. 5 3/4 in. x 4 in. (192.41 x 136.53 x 10.16 cm) Museum Purchase
Edda Renouf Continuous acrylic on canvas 16 3/8 x 16 3/16 in. (41.5 x 41 cm) The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the Nation Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services
Mark Tobey Broadway Melody tempera on board 33 in x 26 in (83.82 cm x 66.04 cm);33 in x 26 in (83.82 cm x 66.04 cm);23 ¼ in x 17 in (59.06 cm x 43.18 cm) Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Stevens
Francis Shields Thought Rhythms lithograph on paper 11 ⅝ in x 15 ⅞ in (29.53 cm x 40.32 cm) Allocated by the U.S. Government
Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Frederick W. Becker Guitar Player wood engraving on paper 4 ½ in x 6 in (11.43 cm x 15.24 cm) Allocated by the U.S. Government
Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Frederick W. Becker Piano Player wood engraving on paper 5 15/16 in x 7 15/16 in (15.08 cm x 20.16 cm) Allocated by the U.S. Government
Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Frederick W. Becker Trombone Player wood engraving on paper 4 15/16 in x 7 4/5 in (12.54 cm x 19.84 cm);4 15/16 in x 7 4/5 in (12.54 cm x 19.84 cm) Allocated by the U.S. Government
Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Frederick W. Becker Drummer wood engraving on paper 8 ⅛ in x 6 in (20.64 cm x 15.24 cm) Allocated by the U.S. Government
Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Naomi Dickerson Second Score for Black Opera lithograph on paper 30 1/16 in x 22 7/16 in (76.36 cm x 56.99 cm);30 1/16 in x 22 7/16 in (76.36 cm x 56.99 cm) Gift of the Michigan Workshop of Fine Prints.
Mark Pomilio The Piano Lesson aquacryl and marble dust on canvas 66 ½ in x 58 in (168.91 cm x 147.32 cm) Collection of the Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan and the University of Michigan Museum of Art