text painting

Word painting was utilized by Renaissance composers to represent poetic images musically. For example, an ascending me- lodic line would portray the text “ascension to heaven.” Or a series of rapid notes would represent running.

There are examples of word painting in Taylor Swift songs. For example, in Jump and Fall, when she says Jump, the song pitch goes higher, which is like jumping. When she says fall, the song pitch goes lower, like falling after a jump. Another example is in Cold as You.

When Surrealist artist Magritte famously wrote “Ceci n'est pas une pipe.” (“This pipe isn't a pipe.”) across his painting, he moved text to a central role in understanding the work. Cubists, such as Georges Braque, were also known for incorporating text into their artwork, often highlighting its graphic quality.

Tone painting is the technique of shaping vocal music according to the meaning of the words. For example, we'd write a melody that goes up on words such as 'rising', 'uphill' and 'climbing' or have the music go really quiet on words such as 'soft', 'peaceful' and 'calm'.

AMONG the most recognizable characteristics of the sixteenth-century Italian madrigal style is that of text painting: the compositional device by which a musical gesture would seem to give sonic representation to the meaning of the sung word or phrase that it accompanies.

Renaissance art, painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and literature produced during the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries in Europe under the combined influences of an increased awareness of nature, a revival of classical learning, and a more individualistic view of man.

Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation.

Word painting is a device used frequently in Renaissance vocal music, especially madrigals - although it certainly also appeared in church music - in which the musical events are designed to illustrate or reflect the text.

Word art or text art is a form of art that includes text, forming words or phrases, as its main component; it is a combination of language and visual imagery.

Artists who work with words have experimented with how short or long statements can provide a powerful commentary on a wide range of socio-political issues, from feminism to art world critiques.

In painting, tone refers to the relative lightness or darkness of a colour (see also chiaroscuro). One colour can have an almost infinite number of different tones. Tone can also mean the colour itself.

Tone is an element of color theory that describes a color's lightness or darkness. Tone is used in art to show depth and contrast, to add shadows and highlights, and to make subjects look realistic.