From March 7th IES Adormideras students can attend the exhibition Learning English through Painting in the Renaissance . Its aim is to bring students closer to the facts and knowledge of European Renaissance .
Two big panels as well as a selection of paintings which are representative of the main painters of the period put the exhibition in its historical and cultural context. The paintings are grouped by countries and all the explanations are given in English.
Students are invited to explore the exhibition and carry out several ACTIVITIES. Don't forget to write the group you are from.
1. Picture Description
Choose a painting from those on display to make a description and explain why you like it. Use the school blog to publish your description.
2. Answer questions on the Renaissance and the exhibition using their best English.
3. Guess the author of a series of paintings or find the original version of a series of images.
Ms Rosa Villar Villamil, teacher in IES Chan do Monte (Marin) has allowed us the use of this exhibition.
Two big panels as well as a selection of paintings which are representative of the main painters of the period put the exhibition in its historical and cultural context. The paintings are grouped by countries and all the explanations are given in English.
Students are invited to explore the exhibition and carry out several ACTIVITIES. Don't forget to write the group you are from.
1. Picture Description
Choose a painting from those on display to make a description and explain why you like it. Use the school blog to publish your description.
2. Answer questions on the Renaissance and the exhibition using their best English.
3. Guess the author of a series of paintings or find the original version of a series of images.
Ms Rosa Villar Villamil, teacher in IES Chan do Monte (Marin) has allowed us the use of this exhibition.
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Girl with a pearl earring,Jan Vermeer
ResponderEliminar(c.1665-1666; Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 39 cm; Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis, The Hague).
It describes a young and beautiful girl who is looking over her shoulder directly to the viewer.
She has got long blonde hair and she is wearing a kind of a hairband in her head. She is also wearing a white blouse and a brown cloak. What stands out the most is her pearl earring which is shinny and catches the viewer's eyes inmediately.
I have chosen this picture because it is simple and also because of her expression. There is something in her glance that has attracted my attention.
The Arnolfini Portrait, Jan van Eyck
ResponderEliminar(1434; Oil on oak panel of 3 vertical boards, 82.2 × 60 cm; National Gallery, London).
This painting is a portrait of the Arnolfini Marriage. It was painted by Jan Van Eyck in 1434 and it is set in this couple´s bedroom. In this picture we can see many symbols. Some of them are:
-The woman stands near the bed and the shoes suggest conventional gender rules.
-Some people think that she was pregnant but art historians say her dress was fashionable at the time it was painted.
-Next to the husband there are oranges that might refer to fertility and they are linked with the Garden of Eden.
-The dog symbolizes the fidelity the marriage must follow.
The husband is taking the hand of his wife and he is seeing off their visitors at the same time. We can see them at the mirror which is in the background.
This painting has a perfect technique and Van Eyck paints all the details in such a way that it seems like a photography. We can recognize it in the dog or in the way of treating the fur cape of the man.
Pieter Bruegel painted "Children's games in 1554.
ResponderEliminarThe painting shows an urban scene where a lot of childrens appear playing about 84 games.
On the right of the painting we can see an example of excellent perspective that gives the impression of depth, and on the left we can see an example of a traditional flemish landscape. This two examples are typical of this artistic period, the renaissance.
I like this painting because I think that is funny and colourfull.