Dear participants,

Your photo interpretations of the paintings are fantastic.What about getting some insight into the paintings?In this task, you are invited to work in country pairs and provide information about the painting of your partner country.

      Suggested country pairs
      I. Recanati, Italy   -----      Confolens, Francia

     2. Napoli-Italy  ----   Bilmak, Ukraine

3. Madrid-España  ----      Confolens- France

4. Titu, Romania    ----        Athens, Greece

5. Limanowa, Poland   ----     Chioggia, Italy

The information scheme you have to work on is the following.Below the information , the school who has produced the photo of the painting can embed any material (video, presentation,slides,ebook..) to show us the work process.NOTE: If one school has worked on more than one paintings, the partner school can choose any of these paintings to provide information.

Suggestions:Complete the information scheme about your partner country in class and then the teacher or a pupil administrator tranfers it to this page. Write short paragraphs in SIMPLE English, not copied-pasted from the Internet.As regards, feelings about the painting and the photo, students can write short personal comments. For example:'I like this painting because.... ' by Maria GR or a general comment as a class

NAME OF THE PAINTING:

NAME OF THE PAINTER:

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PAINTING:

ART MOVEMENT--PERIOD OF TIME

FEELINGS ABOUT THE PAINTING/PHOTO

NAME OF THE COUNTRY-SCHOOL THAT HAS PROVIDED THE ABOVE INFORMATION

NAME OF THE COUNTRY-SCHOOL THAT HAS PRODUCED THE PHOTO OF THE PAINTING

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                                           ROMANIA -   GREECE

NAME OF THE PAINTING: 'The Night Watch '(1642)

NAME OF THE PAINTER:  Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669).The Dutch Baroque painter and printmaker Rembrandt is considered to be one of the greatest painters in European Art History. He is famous for his portraits of his contemporaries, self-portraits and illustrations of scenes from the Bible. He possessed an exceptional ability to depict people in their various moods and dramatic guises. He is known as a master of light and shade.  By Alex, Eleni P. 

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PAINTING: It is a group portrait of a company of Amsterdam civic guardsmen whose duty was to serve as defenders of their cities. The company is under the command of Captain Cocq, who wears the formal black attire and white lace collar of the upper class and turns his head to the left and emphatically extends his free hand as he addresses his lieutenant. Sixteen additional portraits of members of this company are also included. A mysterious girl emerges from the darkness with flowing blond hair and a fanciful gold dress. A large white chicken hangs upside down from her waistband. The girl acts as a mascot of the company.   By Maria, Eleni R., Lambros

ART MOVEMENT--PERIOD OF TIME. Rembrandt incorporated Baroque elements in the Genre paintings of the Dutch Golden Age. The Baroque style began around 1600 in Rome and spread in most places in Europe. The style was encouraged by the Catholic Church because religious themes should be communicated through arts. The images are emotionally intense and realistic with a dramatic contrast of light and dark. By Katerina, Filina, Elias, John

FEELINGS ABOUT THE PAINTING/PHOTO. (Click on the images to view the ebooks below)

                                                  

NAME OF THE COUNTRY-SCHOOL THAT HAS PROVIDED THE ABOVE INFORMATION: 27th General Lyceum of Athens, Greece

NAME OF THE COUNTRY-SCHOOL THAT HAS PRODUCED THE PHOTO OF THE PAINTING: Liceul Teoretic "Iancu C. Vissarion", Titu (Romania)

 

NAME OF THE PAINTING: 'The Raft of the Medusa'

NAME OF THE PAINTER: Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault , was a French painter known for many paintings, one of which is “The Raft of the Medusa”. He was born on September 26^th, 1791, two years after the start of the French Revolution. 

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PAINTING: 

“The Raft of the Medusa”, one of his most significant paintings, was created in the curse of almost one year (1818-1819). It’s notoriety is due to the theme, a French shipwreck called “Meduse”. The crew and many passengers died, it was a tragedy. The incident became a national scandal because of the fact that the captain left the men on board to die and saved his own life.

This incident caught Géricault’s attention and so he decided to immortalize this historical event. The painting itself is a statement, the  indictment of a corrupt establishment. The painting is also a representation of an essential theme, that of man’s struggle with nature.

“The Raft of the Medusa” is ondoubtedly a masterpiece and Géricault’s most ambitious work.

ART MOVEMENT--PERIOD OF TIME.

FEELINGS ABOUT THE PAINTING/PHOTO.

"The most impressive one is the man who sits with his back at the camera looking at the horizon and those people who cling to him like he is their last hope for saving. They try to avoid the death that already took the lives of some men placed in the front plan"-Catalina 

"I think that the picture created by the Greek pupils is very unique. I liked how they were paying attention to all the important details and how they truly understood the character each one had to play . Also the way they arranged the stage properly to be almost identical to the original painting was amazing and I was truly impressed by their dedication for this photo " - Andra

NAME OF THE COUNTRY-SCHOOL THAT HAS PROVIDED THE ABOVE INFORMATION:

Liceul Teoretic "Iancu C. Vissarion", Titu (Romania)

NAME OF THE COUNTRY-SCHOOL THAT HAS PRODUCED THE PHOTO OF THE PAINTING: 27th General Lyceum of Athens, Greece.       Below you can see our photo work process in a video produced by the Greek students, Katerina and Iro.

                        

 

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 ITALIA

NAME OF THE COUNTRY-SCHOOL :IC.IX CUOCO SCHIPA -Napoli-Italia

Una domenica pomeriggio sull'isola della Grande Jatte- Georges Seurat

Alessandra, Eleonora, Cristian , Nicola

 

FRANCIA   -  ITALIA

Nombre del la pintura: La liberté guidant le peuple

Autor: Eugéne Delacroix

Movimiento artístico y época: Romanticismo, 1830.

Descripción: Se ve una estructura en posición de pirámide con los muertos en la base y la Libertad encima de ellos sujetando en la mano derecha la bandera tricolor francesa, en la izquierda un fusil.  El ligero pincel de Delacroix y la fuerza luminosa de sus colores exaltan la vitalidad de este cuadro.  Para aumentar la tensión y el movimiento, Delacroix  añadió contrastes complementarios,  junto a la oposición de los claroscuros. El color no solo tenía un valor de representación, sino  también un significado emocional específico, con el que intentaba plasmar el sentimiento y la disposición de ánimo de las personas. En el fondo, se ve el cielo de París tormentoso. Se utilizan colores pálidos con pinceladas sueltas, destacando el azul, el rojo y el blanco de la bandera.

Comentario: La Libertad ... es una obra con un mensaje muy fuerte, que llega enseguida a quien la mira. De hecho, el pintor fue capaz de resumir en una sola imagen la revolución francesa y también todo lo que dio lugar, desafortunadamente, a una feroz batalla que provocó muchos muertos. A pesar de eso, es la libertad la que triunfa y la Marianne con la bandera tricolor francesa representa la alegoría de ella. Al mirar el cuadro, se siente una sensación de angustia debida a los cadáveres pisoteados, y a la ferocidad de los personajes, pero la mujer expresa también  solemnidad, de hecho, la Marianne se ve destacada por la luz y eso aumenta su monumentalidad. Para terminar, hay que tener en cuenta el movimiento del pueblo, que parece dirigido hacia el observador.

Nombre de la escuela y país: Liceo Lingüístico Giacomo Leopardi, Recanati, Italia.

El 3 de mayo en Madrid o ''Los fusilamientos"

 

LIMANOWA, POLAND- CHIOGGIA, ITALY

     NAME OF THE PAINTING: 'The Raft of the Medusa' (1818-1819)

     NAME OF THE PAINTER: Théodore Géricault

     SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PAINTING: 

It depicts a true-life shipwreck which happened in 1816. The French ship called ‘Medusa’ crashed and then was abandoned by its captain, who was incompetent and had obtained his post through political relations. At least one hundred and thirty-five people, who were trying to save their lives on a raft, died. Only 10 people lived through this catastrophe. The painting depicts the survivors who had spent 13 days without food and water. They have just glimpsed the ship called Argus on the horizon, which is going to rescue them.

ART MOVEMENT--PERIOD OF TIME:  Romanticism

      FEELINGS ABOUT THE PAINTING/PHOTO:

    The painting is not simply a portrait of a tragedy.It contains an important message; a protest against         slavery and against those incompetent and unjust governors who let their citizens die.

           

NAME OF THE COUNTRY-SCHOOL THAT HAS PROVIDED THE ABOVE INFORMATION:

Zespół Szkół Nr 1, Limanowa, Poland

NAME OF THE COUNTRY-SCHOOL THAT HAS PRODUCED THE PHOTO OF THE PAINTING

Liceo Classico G.VERONESE Chioggia, ITALY, Chioggia (VE), Italy