Table of Contents Introduction Resources Supplies and Picture Study Information Suggested Plans for Study Art Appreciation Plan

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Table of Contents Introduction Resources Supplies and Picture Study Information Suggested Plans for Study

Art Appreciation Plans Johannes Vermeer Artist Information and Plans Coloring Page Links for Vermeer Follow-Up Activities for Vermeer

Vermeer Art Prints: Girl with A Pearl Earring The Art of Painting Woman Weighing Pearls The Music Lesson Girl with the Red Hat The Milkmaid Lady Writing a Letter The Geographer The Lacemaker Small Prints Page One and Page Two

Vermeer Notebook Pages: Vermeer Notebook Pages Cover The Art of Painting Notebook Page What Makes a Vermeer a Vermeer? The Music Lesson Notebook Page Vermeer’s Colors Notebook Page The Milkmaid Notebook Page Compare Two Vermeer Paintings Notebook Page The Geographer Notebook Page and The Geographer #2 Notebook Page Vermeer Biography Notebook Page Vermeer Biography Notebook Page for Younger Children

Music Appreciation Plans Joseph Haydn Information and Links Suggested Plans for Study The Piano Notebook Page The Cello Notebook Page The String Quartet Notebook Page Joseph Haydn Notebook Page Joseph Haydn Notebook Page for Younger Children

Harmony Fine Art Art and Music Appreciation Plans

Artist: Johannes Vermeer (yoHAHNiss vurMEAR) Composer: Joseph Haydn (JOzef HIdin)

Art Appreciation These plans organize at least nine weeks of picture study and follow-up activities for Vermeer (see suggested schedule). You can use the suggested links and resources to learn more about his life and his paintings. There are suggestions for books on the resources page. There are images of each of the featured paintings included in this ebook to use for your picture study each week.

Along with picture study, I have planned follow-up activities to your picture study. There is a list of supplies needed on the resource page.

A new feature of the Harmony Fine Arts art and music appreciation plans is a complete set of notebook pages to help you glean more from your art appreciation. All the pages when completed will give your child a wonderful keepsake notebook for their art portfolio. Each of the notebook pages is scheduled in the suggested plans and are explained in the follow-up activity instructions.

Another new feature of these ebook plans are the inclusion of smaller art prints to use in your art appreciation. Ideas for their use are listed HERE.

Music Appreciation The featured composer to go along with your art appreciation is Joseph Haydn. There are suggested CDs, online listening sources, and activities to help your family learn more about this important composer. Listening to his music as much as possible will give your family a familiarity with the sound and style of Haydn’s music. Load the music on your computer and listen during your school day, keep a CD in your car and listen when you drive around for your activities, or put some of Haydn’s music on your iPod.

Although I give you suggested CDs and downloads, you can use any Haydn CD that you have in your home library or that you can borrow from the public library. Keep it simple and inexpensive. The main point is to actually take time to listen to the music with your family.

There are suggested follow-up activities included with these plans and several different notebook pages to use as you listen to Haydn’s music. Harmony Fine Arts Art and Music Appreciation-Resources Suggested

Suggested Books on Vermeer:

Getting to Know The World’s Greatest Artists-Johannes Vermeer. ISBN 0516269992 Vermeer’s Secret World-Adventures in Art. ISBN 3791339877 Vermeer: The Complete Paintings. ISBN 3836513773

Jan Vermeer Coloring Book: This unique coloring book is in the flavor of the “anti- coloring book” style that allows for maximum creativity. Children are given parts of scenes and then asked to fill out the rest of the page in a way that makes sense to the child. I love these sorts of coloring books that allow more than filling in the lines.

Suggested Resources for Joseph Haydn:

The Best of Haydn ASIN B0000014HJ All suggested pieces of music in these plans are included on this one CD.

The Merry Little Peasant ISBN 1933573007 (suggested ages 8-12) Beethoven and Haydn Companion CD to The Merry Little Peasant ISBN 1933573023

This book and companion CD are an excellent living book selection for your children. The CD contains all the music referenced in the The Merry Little Peasant as well as coloring pages and sheet music.

The Story of Haydn ASIN B000001KD1 This CD has a narrative story of Joseph Haydn and several complete selections of his music to listen to after learning more about Haydn’s life. (suggested for all ages)

I also have included lots of suggested mp3 downloads on my Joseph Haydn page for you to preview and order for around $1 each.

Wikipedia has some of Haydn’s music that you can listen to for free in the Haydn article. (scroll down and look on the right side)

Compare Two Vermeer Paintings

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Things I Have Learned About This Composer:

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I listened to: Surprise Symphony Forte—musical term that means loud Farewell Symphony and with force. Forte is a dynamic and tells us how loud or how soft the Trumpet Concerto music needs to be played. Cello Concerto Sample Listen for examples of String Quartet No. 76 music played forte in Haydn’s symphonies.

My favorite piece of music by Haydn:______