Art Fair - A new "gallery of honour"
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Lesson duration is: 45 minItems in this lesson
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Translate as many words as you can!
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5:00
Slide 5 - Open question
Write a sentence using one of these words:
Slide 6 - Open question
What is your first impression?
What is the first thing you see?
What is the first thing you see?
Slide 7 - Open question
Who / what do you see?
Slide 8 - Open question
What is happening?
Slide 9 - Open question
Is it a realistic depiction, or more abstract (or fantasy)?
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This is a sculpture by an artist called Anthony Gormley. It was finished in 1998 and it’s called The Angel of the North. It is characterised by its post-industrial style.
This is a satirical artwork by an artist called William Hogarth, it was finished in 1751 and it is called Gin Lane. Hogarth aimed to criticise the widespread alcoholism in London at the time.
This is a landscape (painting) by an artist called John Constable. He painted pictures of bucolic scenes intended to show the beauty of rural England. This particular painting is called Wivenhoe Park and he finished it in 1816.
This painting is of a boat in the sea. It is called The Slave Ship and it was finished in 1840 by an artist called JMW Turner. He is known for his impressionistic style and loose brushstrokes.
Slide 12 - Drag question
This is a controversial piece of modern art by an artist named Damien Hirst. It was finished in 1991 and is called The Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living.
This is called Oberon, Tatiana and Puck with Fairies Dancing. It was painted by William Blake who is famed for both his poetry and painting. This is a scene from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He completed it in 1786.
Slide 13 - Drag question
Vocabulary - put the words from the art descriptions in the correct sentences.
This ____________ is a beautiful statue made of stone.
______________ is a great social problem that causes bad health issues.
A _________________ painting criticises a situation by making fun of it.
Japanese spring is ______________ ____ good weather and cherry blossoms.
______________ ____________s often show the beauty of the countryside.
______________ is an adjective meaning “like the countryside”.
_______________________ means the way in which the painter puts the paint on the picture.
______________________ means something that many people disagree about.
sculpture
satirical
alcoholism
brushstrokes
bucolic
characterised by
landscape paintings
controversial
