A new Gallery of Honour (lesson 1)

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A New Gallery of Honour

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

Lesson 2: Prepare for the museum: fill in the worksheet

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)

In class today

The task

Describing art (vocabulary)

The task: a New Gallery of Honour

What are you going to do in this project?

You are going to learn to describe a work of art.
You are going to pick a theme, around which you are going to design your Gallery of Honour.

You are going to do research in the Rijksmuseum and pick two works of art that fit your theme.

You are going to make a video where you describe your theme and argue why each of your chosen works of art fits your theme and why they deserve a spot in your Gallery of Honour.

You are going to design your own Gallery of Honour in arts and crafts class.
You are going to present your Gallery of Honour during the ATC Art Fair (where you will be graded by your teachers and parents!)

Describing art - Vocabulary

Look at the piece of art on the next slide and answer the questions.

 

Try to be as descriptive as possible in your answers. Use as many adjectives (bijvoeglijke naamwoorden) as you can.

Look up words in a dictionary if you need to!

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)?

Are there symbols? What could they mean?

IImagine you are standing
in the middle of the artwork.
1. What do you see?
2. What do you hear?
3. What do you smell?

What is the message of the artist?

What do you feel, when you look at this artwork?

What do you think of this artwork? Is it beautiful or not? Why?

Why is this artwork historically significant?
1. Why was X (person, event, development, artwork...) important at that time?
2. How is X connected to us today?
3. Why should we care about X?
4. How should we remember X?
5. Wat lessons, if any, can we learn from X?

Look at the piece of art on the next slide and answer the questions.

 

Try to be as descriptive as possible in your answers. Use as many adjectives (bijvoeglijke naamwoorden) as you can.

Look up words in a dictionary if you need to!

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)?

Are there symbols? What could they mean?

IImagine you are standing
in the middle of the artwork.
1. What do you see?
2. What do you hear?
3. What do you smell?

What is the message of the artist?

What do you feel, when you look at this artwork?

What do you think of this artwork? Is it beautiful or not? Why?

Why is this artwork historically significant?
1. Why was X (person, event, development, artwork...) important at that time?
2. How is X connected to us today?
3. Why should we care about X?
4. How should we remember X?
5. Wat lessons, if any, can we learn from X?

That's it for now!