Zoom English: 3ESO. UNIT 3. IS THIS ART?

1) CONNECTING KNOWLEDGE: Warm-up activity. Can you spot the 4 differences?

How much do you know about art? Test yourself!

A) Materpieces: https://es.liveworksheets.com/ma402062jb

B) Van Gogh: https://es.liveworksheets.com/xy637473ib

C) Warhol & Pop Art: https://es.liveworksheets.com/nx692173zq

D) Renaissance: https://es.liveworksheets.com/ca611874dm

Art concepts:

a) Shapes: Kandinsky: https://es.liveworksheets.com/hz1321999jl

b) Texture: https://es.liveworksheets.com/nt1221233lu

c) Colour: https://es.liveworksheets.com/qf1212113ca

EXTRA: PABLO PICASSO: https://es.liveworksheets.com/iy1303270jz

2) VOCABULARY: Previous knowledge:

New vocabulary:

3) Video: ART HISTORY MOVEMENTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyabu9mU1bk

FLIPPED CLASSROOM: watch the video and notice the evolution of the visual art movements.

Which work of art is revisited in the future?
What 4 Spanish painters can you identify?
What is one of the author's favourite movements?
What is the first movement of this timeline and in which century does it begin?
Which movement depicts popular objects in the 1960s?

Have a look to this timeline: what are the 3 big periods previous to the Renaissance?

https://www.invaluable.com/blog/art-history-timeline/

EXTRA (advanced) To learn more, watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkWHrWw5yTg

4) COMPARE:

http://monalisa.org/2012/08/16/compare-side-by-side/

The ‘Earlier Mona Lisa’ and the Louvre ‘Mona Lisa’ situated side-by-side and to scale

Move the slider with your mouse to examine the paintings further. Notice the differences, but be sure to identify the striking similarities. Look carefully at the position of the hands, the fabric of the garment, the embroidery near the bust, and the age of the subject. The portraits are approximately eleven years apart, and interestingly, the woman in the Louvre ‘Mona Lisa’ appears to be about a decade older.

5) READING: https://daily.jstor.org/mona-lisa-mystery/

6) LISTENING: https://www.cristinacabal.com/?p=4448

7) SKILLS (describe a picture: Sp/L/R/Wr): https://www.dailystep.com/en/blog/how-to-compare-and-contrast-pictures

8) MINDFULNESS: Colour Breathing Relaxation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBNsPwtGD0I

9) PROJECT: An interactive museum in class.

You will have a number that corresponds with the painting in this ranking. https://listovative.com/top-25-most-famous-paintings-in-the-world/
Describe it according to the model: figurative/abstract? Elements + colour, shape, space, texture, line.
Look for the author/painter and a brief biography. try to look for a self-portrait of the painter too.
Provide a QR code with a babblerize in which the author (or the portrait!) says a message to the audience

The Dogs Playing Poker series refers to the collective group of Coolidge's dog paintings, including his original 1894 painting

Powerpoint:

MODEL:

Get ready for your oral presentation! Here, Sofi presenting Velazquez's Las Meninas.

10) VIDEO: El Prado Museum (over 200 years old!) What masterpieces can you recognize?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oDKeYsC2AI

WEB + VIDEO: 3 IMPORTANT MUSEUMS IN MADRID: https://bit.ly/3hOIUCT**

The Prado, the Reina Sofía and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, three of the world's leading museums, are all on a great boulevard with gardens and fountains created in the 18th century and intended as a place of recreation and enjoyment for the people of Madrid. Popularly known as the Art Walk, it’s home to more than 4,000 exhibited works by universal great masters, from Velázquez, Goya, Picasso and Dalí to Van Gogh, Hopper and Joan Miró.

The Essential Art Walk App will help you discover 24 great masterpieces, eight in each museum, in a simple and entertaining way. A complete tour of the History of Western Art in the heart of Madrid.

**LISTENING COMPREHENSION: True or False. Correct the False ones.

The 3 museum are at walking distance
In Reina Sofía Museum you can find masterpieces from the Middle Ages to contemporary art
Picasso's Guernika can be seen in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
The audio and texts of the app are available in 5 languages
You can buy 1 entry for the 3 museums