Art & Music

Art & Music

Introduction

Throughout the history, painters and sculptors have been artists who have used musical references in their works. The modern composer can be based on a painting as a stimulus to trigger a colorist arsenal or to facilitate the understanding and creation of environment particularly. Music is the art of producing sounds; chords combine all the elements of sound creation, instruments, rhythms, ringtones, serial organization, melodies, and harmonies. At its most primal, music is the art of producing and combining sounds in a manner so it is pleasing to the ear. Aesthetics in music is a type of a branch linked to philosophy which deals with the nature of beauty, art and taste. It can also be defined in a more scientific manner b saying that aesthetics is sensory which means the judgment of taste and sense. Aesthetics play a critical role in art, nature and culture.



Discussion

In each and every civilization, music has played a significant role in most personal or social events (Wold, 1967). This has a mediating role amongst undifferentiated and differentiated or between the spiritual and intellectual. Therefore, art and music is very much important in various ritual ceremonies and their ability to promote emotions in these occasions. The music represents the balance and order by representing a common language. The music, like any art form, is a cultural product. The purpose of this art is to provoke an experienced aesthetic in the listener, and express feelings, circumstances, ideas or thoughts. The music is a stimulus that affects the individual's perceptual field, so the flow of sound can fulfill various functions (communication, entertainment, environment, etc.). The average age of music begins after the fall of the Roman Empire and ends in the 15th century. In the West, the church became the cornerstone of medieval life. Religious music was composed to make more solemn liturgy. From Gregorian music it was developed from which it gave birth to a revolutionary mode of expression: the polyphony. On the other hand, imposing buildings provided artistic styles that were the scene of these melodies. Medieval music is a general term for a period covering nearly 800 years of history of Western music religious and secular, commencing with the first Christian music before the Gregorian reform. Then it was the time for Renaissance music. It was a European music which was written during 1400 to 1600. These two centuries are clear in terms of music, in continuity with what we call the late middle ages, before the acquisition of specific features (Gold, 2005).

However, the major changes in music occurred in 15th and 16th century in the times of Romans and Greeks. The middle ages cover the historical period that goes from V to the XV century and is the time in which they are the peoples of Western Europe. Medieval society gets characterized as exclusively rural and because a large proportion of the population saw is a shortage of resources. At this time, there is religious expansion of Islam and the Christian ...