Visualizing Music

Visualizing Music- a project exploring Wassily Kandinsky's abstract paintings inspired by music. Students also create an artwork inspired by music.

Wassily Kandinsky quit his job as a lawyer and became an artist when he first heard this opera (an excerpt)

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Lesson 1 Video

Lesson 2 & 3 Video

Day to day lesson plan sequence, required supplies and resources. Also, correlation to CCSS and National Core Arts Standards

This slideshow documents Kandinsky's evolution from representational to abstract painting.

We recommend Pentel brand oil pastels for classroom use.

Fourteen musical selections along with QR Codes to display with student art work so observers can hear the music that inspired the art