Using famous paintings we will go a bit deeper into working on visual literacy
EXAMPLE 1 :
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ACTIVITY ARE IN THE ATTACHED DOC
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GREECE _ TYRNAVOS
Grades 5, 6
the students and their teachers focused on the famous painting: "The Fall of Faeton" by Rubens based on a greek myth which explains the birth of the Milky Way. After the work at school they visited the local observatory to learn about telescopes and the space.
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Grades 3, 4 focused on VanGogh's "Starry Night" and produced their own versions of the painting
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A14 Wales Kyffin Williams.pptx
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AGIA MARINA KA, STROVOLOS, NICOSIA CYPRUS
WORKING ON THE NAIVE PAINTING OF KKASHALOS
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CHILDREN'S PAINTINGS INSPIRED BY KKASHALOS STYLE.pdf
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SPAIN
Working on the painting - Las Meninas- by Velazquez
a14 SPAIN MEMINAS IMAGEN.pdf
a14 SPAIN STORY OF LAS MENINAS.pdf
a14 SPAIN LOOKING AT LAS MENINAS BY VELAZQUEZ.pdf
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Czech Republic
Giuseppe Arcimboldo 1573
Four Seasons - Autumn, 1573, Louvre Museum, Paris
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Giuseppe Arcimboldo.pptx