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In week two, master designer Bill Perkins will introduce you to the differences between major and minor keys. You will practice creating diagrams that help you better understand the ideas of major and minor keys; from there, apply them to the design of your artwork.
Throughout this course, you’ll have access to the NMA community for feedback and critiques to improve your work as you progress.
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Reference Images (28)
Pierre Bonnard, The Snack, before 1947.
Pierre Bonnard, Intérieur blanc, 1932.
Gustav Klimt, Dame mit Fächer, 1917-18.
Charles Bartlett, Udaipur, 1916, 1917.
Solomon Joseph Solomon, Mischa Elman Playing the Violin, 1911.
John Singer Sargent, Eleonora Randolph Sears, 1921.
Muddy Alligators, 1917. John Singer Sargent, American (active London, Florence, and Paris), 1856 1925. Watercolor over graphite, with masking out and scraping, on wove paper, Sheet: 13 9/16 × 20 7/8 inches. Worcester Art Museum, Sustaining Membership Fund.
John Singer Sargent, Muddy Alligators, 1917.
John Singer Sargent, Lady Helen Vincent, c. 1905.
John Singer Sargent, Leonard Wood, 1903.
John Singer Sargent, Girl with a Sickle, 1885.
John Singer Sargent, Smoke of Ambergris, 1880.
John Singer Sargent, Rendezvous.
Mary Cassatt, The Child's Bath, 1893.
Edgar Degas (French, 1834 - 1917 ), The Dance Lesson, c. 1879, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Edgar Degas, The Dance Lesson, c. 1879.
John William Waterhouse, The Rescue, 1890.
John William Waterhouse, Mariamne Leaving the Judgement Seat of Herod, 1887.
John William Waterhouse, After the Dance, 1876.
John William Waterhouse, Gathering Summer Flowers in a Devonshire Garden, 1893.
Mary Cassatt, Woman Bathing, 1890-91.
Katsushika Hokusai, Goto Kujira Tsuki, before 1849.
Katsushika Hokusai, Fuji from Gotenyama, 1830-32.
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Katsushika Hokusai, Tsunami, 19th Century.
Tōshūsai Sharaku, Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebizō in the play The Colored Reins of a Loving Wife, 1794.
Peter Paul Rubens, Old Woman and Boy with Candles, 1616.
Titian, Equestrian Portrait of Charles V, 1548.
Titian, The Penitent Magdalene, 1565.
Titian, Portrait of a Lady, 1510.
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1. Learning Recommendation
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2. Major and Minor Key Value Chart
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3. Representing Each Major and Minor Key with a Tonal Structure
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