Friday, I figured out that there’s no easy way to choose the focus question/two concepts, and finding connections between each of those. However I did learn that are a few possible connections that can be made between them. By choosing the focus question first it helps you decide which key concepts will work with art, music and literature. For the Romantic period I decided to choose the focus question what is reason? This question goes well with literature and music piece however it was somewhat lacking in the art part. However, I think there’s a way to describe it in so that it can be done. For the two key period concepts I chose The Imagination/States of Consciousness and Powerful Emotions, Moods, and Experiences. It works well for Goethe’s Faust because during the play Faust struggles to see a poodle in the mist, he thinks he sees fire around its feet however, his student claims to see nothing. The Powerful Emotions concept also fits well because when Faust was away he didn’t know what had happened to Gretchen and he feels angry at Mephisto for deceiving him. It also works in Schubert’s Erlkonig because the father of the boy reasons away the boy’s illusions to nothing more than the mist playing tricks on him. The piece of composition shows a powerful emotion of fear as the boy sees the angel of death and his father doesn’t believe him. Another powerful emotion in this piece is the sadness of the father as he arrives in the courtyard and he realizes his son is dead. As for the piece of art I chose the Monk by the sea, it can be said that the darkness around the monk could leave one open to imagine what is actually there. It also conveys a somewhat spiritual emotion that can tie in with the Powerful Emotion concept. Now all I need to do is figure out how to tie everything together.
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