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Rhythm -
looking and listening activity page
Romare Bearden
Look at the collage Tomorrow
I May Be Far Away by Romare Bearden.
How has Romare Bearden used shapes to create rhythm in this work? Use
the pointer tool to run over the parts which show rhythm and repetition.
What function does the color blue serve in tying together the harmony
of the collage?
If you could hear this artwork, which instrument do you think would best
represent the rhythms?
Look at the title Tomorrow I May Be Far Away. What thoughts and feeling
does it evoke? What sort of music would you choose to express these feelings?
Go to the Rhythmic Connections
Page on Jazz. Listen to some blues music. Write some words of
your own for a blues song which might express the feelings of the main
figure in the collage by Romare Bearden.
Go to the Rhythmic Connections
Page on African Music. Discuss with a partner which section of
this page may be relevant to the title" Tomorrow I May Be Far Away".
| Quote |
The rhythm of
life
Is a jazz rhythm,
Honey.
The gods are laughing at us.
From Lennox Avenue: Midnight Langston Hughes |
| Quote |
Some years ago,
I showed a watercolor to Stuart Davis, and he pointed out that I had
treated both the left and the right sides of the painting in exactly
the same way. After that, at Davis' suggestion, I listened for hours
to recordings of Earl Hines at the piano. Finally I was able to block
out the melody and concentrate on the silences between the notes.
I found that this was very helpful to me in the transmutation of sound
into colors and the placement of objects in my paintings and collages.
From Reminiscences, Romare Bearden. |
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