FAMEFine Arts Mini Experience

Sinbad the SailorbyPaul Klee

Sinbad At SeabyRimsky-Korsakov

Fine Arts

MusicArt LiteratureDance

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

Melody

rhythm

harmony

dynamics

Music consists of:

Introduction

How many of you have ever been to the ocean? Today we are going to make an imaginary trip there. Close your eyes. Picture what it looks like and listen to the music. See if you can really feel as through you are on a boat in the middle of the ocean. Can you feel the movement of the oceans? Now I’m going to give you some help with your imagination. I have a bottle of water and I’m going to spray you lightly to make you feel as though you are at the ocean.

Before I spray you, remember we are trying to create a peaceful day on the water, so feel calmness, keep your eyes closed, and make believe you are sitting in that boat and the sea spray is blowing in your face. This is a piece of music that the composer tried to make sound like the ocean. A composer writes music. (Spray here)

This piece of music and the painting I’m going to show you, tell the story of Sinbad the Sailor.

The Story

of Sinbad

Sinbad’s father dies, leaving young Sinbad wealthy. He wastes his money by buying fancy clothes and expensive meals. He realizes that he will soon be poor so he sells what he has left and buys a ship. He has many adventures and lands on an island. The island is beautiful! The crew lights fires and washes their clothes. Suddenly, the island quakes as they have landed on a whale! They run for their lives! Sinbad floats for days in a wash tub and finally lands safely on a real island. Sinbad finds food and sees amazing sights including a fish with a head like an owl. Eventually he gets home, forgets his hardships and plans for his 2nd voyage.

This story is told by a composer named Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and an artist named Paul Klee.

Sinbad at Sea

By

NikolaiRimsky-Korsakov

The composer’s name sounds a little different but

it’s easy to remember. His

name sounds like a cough.

Rimsky-Korsakov.

1844-1908

• Korsakov loved fairy tales• Korsakov joined the navy• He began to compose songs

about the sea• He married and had three

kids• He became a teacher of

music• He had several heart attacks

which led to his death in 1908

• Melody is important to his piece because it tells the story. The melody is told through the violin’s song.

Sinbad the Sailor

By

Paul Klee

1879-1940

• Born in Switzerland

• He could draw with both hands

• He sang and played violin

• He loved opera

• He became obsessed with color

• He married and had a son, Felix

• He used to make puppets for Felix

• He became an art professor

• He was denounced by the Nazis

• He died in 1940 from measles

Sinbad the Sailor

Central characters:Warrier w/spearThree monsters

Group is unified by:• Color• Pattern• Bright colors• Dark background

Ocean and sky are divided by a curve that resembles a wave.

Background is made of irregular rectangles

Figures are made up of smaller, more complex geometric patterns in greater color mix

Klee’s other

famous works

Color

Lines

Shapes

Lines

Color

Sinbad the

Sailor