Wednesday 26 November 2014

DESCRIBING A PAINTING PART II

Looking at art
When you visit an art gallery, there are different types of paintings.

A Portrait is a painting, drawing or photograph of a person. Usually the head and shoulders. 
MONA LISA.- Leonardo da Vinci


A Self-Portrait is a painting, drawing or photograph of the Artist him/herself.
VINCENT VAN GOGH
A Still Life is a painting, drawing or photograph of a group of inanimate objects, a bowl of fruit, flowers etc. . . . (usually on a table.) 



SUNFLOWERS.- Van Gogh
A Landscape is a painting, drawing or photograph of the land. A view or an outdoor scene.

STARRY NIGHT.- VAN GOGH
An Interior is a painting, drawing or photograph of the inside of a room or a building.
Joan Miro Interior Painting  Romancing Miro by k Madison Moore Pennsylvania Artist -- k. Madison Moore
JOAN MIRÓ INTERIOR PAINTING ROMANCING.- K Madison Moore
A Seascape is a painting, drawing or photograph of the sea.


THE GREAT WAVE.- Kanagawa

WALK ON THE BEACH.- Sorolla  

A Cityscape is a painting, drawing or photograph of the city. 

Rue De La Bavolle, Honfleur - Claude Oscar Monet - www.claudemonetgallery.org
RUE DE LA BAVOLLE, HONFLEUR.- Claude Monet
A Real-Life Scene captures life in action. It could show a busy street, a beach party, a dinner gathering, or anyplace where living goes on.

THE HARVEST.- Camille Pissarro
An Abstact is a non-representational painting, (not like a photograph). It
uses the elements of design to express the essence of a subject or idea.

Painter Wassily Kandinsky. Painting. Moscow I. 1916 year
MOSCOW.- Kandinsky
FOREST WITCHES.- Paul Klee
COMPOSITION  n 10.- Mondrian

BIRDS AND INSECTS.- Joan Miró

Sunday 23 November 2014

DESCRIBING A PAINTING!!! PART I


FAMOUS PAINTINGS

This video presents fifty of the world most famous paintings of all time. A number of these famous paintings are currently housed in various famous museums around the world.

FAMOUS MUSEUMS

PRADO MUSEUM.- MADRID
The Museo del Prado is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It features one of the world's finest collections of European art, dating from the 12th century to the early 19th century. El Prado is one of the most visited sites in the world, and is considered one the greatest museums of art in the world. The numerous works by Francisco de GoyaDiego VelázquezEl GrecoTitianPeter  Paul Rubens and Hieronymus Bosch are some of the highlights of the collection.



THE MOMA.- NEW YORK
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, located in New York City, is the largest art museum in the United States, and one of the three largest in the world, with the most significant art collections.



THE NATIONAL GALLERY.- LONDON

The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in London. It houses one of the greatest collections of paintings in the world. 


LOUVRE MUSEUM.-PARIS

It´s one the largest and most visited museum in the world, Opening on August 10th, 1793 with an exhibition of over 500 paintings. It now has over 35,000 pieces of the world's most important art.






Wednesday 5 November 2014

HISTORY.- THE MODERN AGE

  Christopher Columbus cartoon
What do you know about him?
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Story time: Christopher Columbus Video

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