This article establishes an interdisciplinary connection between music and visual arts by examining the concepts inspired by Maurice Ravel’s Boléro and revealing their unique value within the artistic production process. The research was conducted within the scope of the Basic Design course at Trabzon University, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Painting, and aimed to enable students to experience and internalize the principles of emphasis, balance, and unity. The study is based on the interaction between music and visual arts, where students were asked to transform their sensory perceptions into visual forms, inspired by Boléro. Analyses of ten student works show that each student selected a different concept wind, occult, chaos, wheel, atom, ascension, thought, wave, awakening, and passion and interpreted these ideas in original ways. In the works, dominance was generally achieved through large forms, balance through symmetrical arrangements, and unity through the repetition of contrasting colors and similar shapes. By translating the emotional structure of music into a visual language, students enhanced their abstract thinking, aesthetic perception, and expressive abilities. This process demonstrates that art education, when approached through interdisciplinary methods, fosters creative thinking and strengthens cultural awareness.

Interdisciplinary art, painting and music, Maurice Ravel, basic design, Bolero.