Art Fair - A new Gallery of Honour (lesson 2)

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A New Gallery of Honour (lesson 2)

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Lesson 1: Describing art and describing a theme

Lesson 2: Prepare for the museum (describing art)

Lesson 3/4: Reviewing the pieces of art you've found

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

Lesson 6: Peer feedback on your companion pieces; hand in finished work at end of class (to be graded)

Describing a piece of art

• Go to the website of the Rijksmuseum's Gallery of Honour via the link: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/visit/inside-the-museum/gallery-of-honour
• Scroll down and read about the Gallery of Honour
• Scroll down almost all the way to the bottom and click on "What is there to see?
• Then follow the instructions on slide 5
  

Are you on the page "What is there to see?"

• Take a look at all the different pieces of art that can be seen in the Gallery of Honour
• Choose one piece of art to focus on during this lesson
  
• Make a screenshot of this piece of art and paste it on to the next slide
• Answer the questions about this piece of art on the following slides
• Be as detailed and descriptive as possible. Look up words you don't know.
• Pay attention to your spelling and punctuation. Remember, you will have to speak about different art pieces. 

Upload the screenshot of your chosen piece of art and paste it here

On the next slides, answer the questions

about your chosen piece of art

Be as detailed and descriptive as possible. Look up words you don't know.
 Remember, you will have to speak about different art pieces for this project.  

   

1. What is the title of this artwork?

2. The artist's name is...

3. What do you see?
Be as detailed and descriptive as possible.

4. What is happening in this artwork?
Be as detailed and descriptive as possible.

5. Does this artwork remind you of something? What does it remind you of?

6. Does this artwork raise any questions?
What kinds of questions?

8. If you had to describe this artwork to a friend, what would you say?

9. How does this artwork make you feel?
(Use a full sentence, not just a few words)

10. Which part of the artwork do you like the most? Why?

If you could change one part of the artwork, what would would it be? Explain why.

12. What do you think the artwork is made of?

Describing art - Vocabulary

Have a great time at the Rijksmuseum!