Let's choose 5 different topics from our countries: food, place, monument, traditional costume, tradition festival. Write what is the picture about. We will exhibit all these artists creations on a 3D museum with the tool " artsteps". visit it at the bottom of the page!
THE NETHERLANDS
FOOD
PLACE
MONUMENT
TRADITIONAL COSTUME
TRADITIONAL FESTIVAL
Van Gogh
TRADITIONAL COSTUMES
Long ago the traditional Dutch costume was quite common, now it is only to be seen in places like Volendam, Marken and Spakenburg. And it's mainly people from over 60 still wearing it.
Kai, Alessia, Hidde and Ms Taryn made these crayon and watercolour paintings on the traditional Dutch costumes and the wooden shoes to complement them!
CATALONIA
FOOD
“Pa amb tomàquet” consists of bread, which may or may not be toasted, with tomato rubbed over and olive oil and salt. It can be consumed on it’s own as a snack or a “tapa”.
PLACE
Montserrat is a multi-peaked mountain range near Barcelona. It is well known as the site of the Benedictine abbey, Santa Maria de Montserrat, which hosts the Virgin of Montserrat.
TRADITIONAL DANCE
Sardana is a circular, open dance, that's originated in the Empordà region and the Pyrenees, and now is danced in many squares and streets all over Catalonia.
TRADITIONAL COSTUME
Barretina is a traditional hat. It took form of a bag, made of wool, usually red. Barretina is still used in traditional dances, or as a symbol of Catalan identity.
Do you know htat Salvador Dalí was always wearing the Catalan hat?
FRANCE
FOOD
Crêpes are traditional pancakes from Bretagne. We have cooked some in the classroom and we liked that !
MONUMENT
The Eiffel tower is a 300 meters high tower in Paris. It was built in 1889 for an exhibition in Paris.
PLACE
The Louvre museum is very old but recently, a pyramid has been built just in front of the museum.
TRADITIONAL EVENT
Tour de France is a great cycling race that occurs every june. The arrival always takes place on the Champs Elysées avenue.
TRADITIONAL COSTUME
As we went to Bretagne in january, we have choosen to draw the traditional costume from this region.
ITALY
FOOD
Pastissus Traditional Sardinian Cookies
Sardinian wedding cookies that will make perfect elegant wedding centerpieces for your wedding celebrations.
PLACES
San Palmerio Square
The beautiful medieval facade of this church has three blind arches, and reminds a Pisan-style church for the way the different colours match. The red, white and black colour of the local trachyte produces a pleasant rustic effect .
Aragonese Tower and San Palmerio Church
The tower, which was used as a prison, is an interesting example of Catalan Military Gothic architecture. This imposing tower dates from the fifteenth century and is divided into three floors which have been completely restored and are used as a cultural centre.
San Palmerio Church
The beautiful medieval facade of this church has three blind arches, and reminds a Pisan-style church for the way the different colours match. The red, white and black colour of the local trachyte produces a pleasant rustic effect .
Traditional costumes and dance
Sardinian traditional clothes are worn during folk festivals and major religious holidays, like that of a Cagliari Sant'Efisio or Sardinian Cavalcade of Sassari, but you can admire important collections of traditional dress in the ethnographic museums of Sardinia.
The costumes are particularly elaborate Sardinian and colorful: brightly colored and those of women, more stringent than men.
MONUMENT
The ‘nuraghi’ represent Sardinia’s greatest – and most mysterious - archeological treasure: 8,000 ancient megalithic buildings found nowhere else in the world.
Finnish traditions
FOOD
One of the most well-known pasties in Finland is called Karelian pie, karjalanpiirakka in Finnish. Karelian pie is a thin rye crust with a filling of rice.
We also love our special type of cinnamon rolls that is called korvapuusti in Finnish.
PLACE
In this picture you can see Koli, a very beautiful national park close to us.
In Lapland you can see beautiful northern lights also known as polar lights, if you are lucky. Usually they are easiest to see in winter time in the night sky where the northern lights seem to dance.
MONUMENT
In this picture there is the old copper mine in Outokumpu.
TRADITIONAL FESTIVAL
J.L. Runeberg day (5th of February) is celebrated in honor of the late Johan Ludvig Runeberg, the national poet of Finland. Runeberg tortes, in the painting, are traditionally eaten to celebrate the occasion in Finland.
TRADITIONAL COSTUMES
Finnish national costumes, kansallispuvut.
In all of the our paintings there are Finland hidden somehow.
Can you find it in all of them?
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GREECE
MONUMENT
The Acropolis
PLACE
Ancient Olympia
It is a small town in Elis on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, famous for the nearby archaeological site of the same name, which was a major Panhellenic religious sanctuary of ancient Greece, where the ancient Olympic Games were held
TRADINIONAL COSTUME
Tsolias
It is a kilt-like garment, called "foustanella", based on the ancient Greek tunic called a chiton.
FOOD
Souvlaki and fries
TRADITIONAL FESTIVAL
The Carnival of Patras
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