Hello,
students! Today you will work with world-known paintings. But first, let’s take
a look at some prepositions of place which might help you with your painting
descriptions.
Match the prepositions with the pictures.
Where is the ball?
Read the description about At the Moulin Rouge and answer the following questions.
1. What was the Moulin Rouge famous for?
2. Who did Toulouse-Lautrec include in his paintings?
3. Which person is Toulouse-Lautrec?
4. Why do some people thinkhe liked painting the dancers?
OK,
the painting we’re looking at now is by the French painter
Toulouse-Lautrec.
The painting
is called At the Moulin Rouge is a
nightclub in Paris. In the 19th century, the nightclub was very
famous for its beautiful dancers and singers.
Toulouse-Lautrec did a lot of
paintings and posters of the Moulin Rouge. He especially loved paintings the
dancers. And in these paintings he sometimes included his friends too.
In the
middle of the picture, there are five people who are sitting at a table having
a drink. The woman who’s wearing a hat is a dancer – her name is la Macarona –,
and the man sitting next to her on the right is a friend of Toulouse-Lautrec. He
was a photographer. On the right, here, there’s a woman with fair hair, blue
eyes, ad very red lips. Her face looks very white. That’s another famous dancer
called Jane Avril. At the back of the picture, on the right, there are two
women who are standing together. One of them is touching her hair. That’s La
Goulue and she was one of the most famous singers at the Moulin Rouge at that
time.
Now this is very interesting. If you look carefully to
the left of the two women, there are two men walking out of the nightclub. One of
them is very tall and the other one is very short. The very tall man is Toulouse-Lautrec’s
cousin Gabriel, and the other man is Toulouse-Lautrec himself. Toulouse-Lautrec
was only 1.5 metres tall. He had very short legs and couldn’t walk very well. Some
people think this is why he loved painting the dancers of the Moulin Rouge…
because they all had beautiful, long legs.
Read the description again and write the numbers of the people next to their names.
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Toulouse-Lautrec
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His cousin Gabriel
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His friend, a photographer
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Jane Avril, a dancer
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La Macarona, a dancer
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La Goulue, a singer
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Look at the painting below. It's another piece of art painted by Toulouse-Lautrec. This one is called Marcelle Lender Doing The Bolero In Chilperic. Using some of the prepositions from above and your own knowledge about physical description, make a list of what you see in the painting.
1.________________________________________________
2.________________________________________________
3.________________________________________________
4.________________________________________________
5.________________________________________________
6.________________________________________________
Exchange your ideas with a classmate and compare your sentences. Is there anything else you would include?
Journal
Write a new entry in your journal answering the following questions:
- Do you have a favourite painter? Who?
- Do you have a favourite painting? What? Can you describe it?
Write a description about a painting of your choice. Describe what you see and include some insteresting facts about the painter and the painting itself.
If you don't have any favourite painter or painting, here are some websites where you can choose from.
Hand in this assignment to your teacher on April 18th.
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