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First-year Illustration major Saige Libertore was especially impressed with Romantic Gothicism in Arts in Context, especially that expressed in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Christabel." This demonic tale of seduction told in verse features two female characters, the protagonist Christabel and the mysterious Geraldine. As you can see in Saige's illustration, Geraldine is figured as the blond haired woman whose reflection shows her to be a snake. She chose an etching style and hoped to convey the drama in most gothic art. It sure seems like a snake about to strike is pretty dramatic! 

Here is a final project for Arts in Context by Molly Warner, a just graduated senior in Game Art and Design. Here, she created a game art environment that combined gothic architecture and music by Hector Berlioz.

We're covering this on Monday in Arts in Context. Can't wait!

Since we covered a little bit of Berlioz in yesterday's Arts in Context and today is Mardi Gras / Carnival, here's Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture. Enjoy!

This week in CA270 we're doing Schubert's Der Winterreise from the perspective of the Romantic Sublime. Here, Sting attempts to capture some of winter's chill in Schubert's "Der Leiermann (The Hurdy Gurdy Man)."

A color-coded analysis of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" explains form in the 1st movement. In contrast, this example visually shows how theme and variations works in the finale.

I'm considering covering this alongside Teju Cole's Hafiz for the last day of Arts in Context.

Want to see some baroque string music visualized? Check out the Allegro Non Molto (Winter) from Vivaldi's Four Seasons. It was a big hit in class yesterday.