Art Fair - A new "gallery of honour"

• Engel
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

A New Gallery of Honour

English planner

Lesson 1 (today): Describing art and describing a theme

Lesson 2: Prepare for the museum: Describing art

Lesson 3: Prepare for the museum: fill in the worksheet

Lesson 4: reviewing the pieces of art you've found

Lesson 5: Writing about your piece of art (companion piece)

Lesson 6: Peer feedback on your companion piece, hand in finished work at end of class to be graded.

In class today

Art descriptions - match

Describing art vocabulary

Your team and your theme

Kahoot Art

Art descriptions - match

You are going to see six works of art & descriptions.

Read the descriptions and match them to the correct pieces of art (2 slides)

Focus on the underlined words in bold, we are doing a vocab task after the pictures.

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.

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.

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

Your team and your theme

Who are you working with in this project?

What is your theme, upload one picture showing your theme:

Per person:

Find one piece of art matching your theme (does not have to be Rijksmuseum art), and describe why it fits your theme in at least 3 sentences.

Kahoot

Art Kahoot:

General knowledge

Describing art - vocabulary

Translate as many words as you can!

Write a sentence using one of these words:

What is your first impression?
What is the first thing you see?

Who / what do you see?

What is happening?

Is it a realistic depiction, or more abstract (or fantasy)?

Blooket

Vocabulary persuasive writing

Check persuasive writing test

Look at your rubric and look at your own letter.

Ask any questions you have.