HW5

Lurzer's Int'l Archive October 2015. Page 95

For this week's blog, I cover the topic of rhythm in compositions.  For people who have not taken graphic design or art classes, most would probably identify rhythm in relation to music and it's true, rhythm is an important structure in music however there is more to rhythm than just music.  Art pieces for instance can demonstrate rhythm as well through repetition.  In other words, movement in music can also be characterized visually.

The painting above serves as a perfect example of rhythm, but at the same time it also shifts just like the notes in music.  Notice how the pattern begins with the Sydney Opera House.  I like to think of it as musical notes scaling down,  the highest note being the first depiction of the opera house and the lowest being the obscured castle towards the end of the bridge.  It's also important to note that the further away you look, the opera house pattern ends and turns into part of a bridge with repeated openings.  As the pattern continues, the shapes and detail decrease which means that the type of rhythm present is most likely metered.  Eventually like every piece of music, there has to be an ending and the castle can represent the concluding note.

I chose this painting because of it's relation to music  Though some people might not recognize the Sydney Opera House, I felt that the coincidental connection could not be any more perfect because many music concerts took place there.