1. Title: Masterpieces 2. Introduction:The Victorian Museum has organized an exposition of famous English and American painters. You are art critics who have visited the Museum to study and write about the life and work of those painters.
3. The task: You have to investigate the biography and work of the painters. You have to find out more than five pieces of information in relation to the artist you choose. You will write a critical report and you are going to display your result on posters to decorate the art gallery.
4. Process:
● Roles:- Students will work in pairs. Both critics will visit the different sites to investigate but one of them will concentrate on biographical facts and the other will pay more attention to the representative painting.
- There is also a person in charge of decorating the walls of the art galley with the posters.
- There is also a person in charge of decorating the walls of the art galley with the posters.
● Steps:
- In the gallery:
1. Each pair has to choose between these painters:
1. Each pair has to choose between these painters:
FRANCIS BACON ANDY WARHOL JOSEPH WRIGHT
2. The critics should decide which one is going to deal with the biography
and which one with the painting.
and which one with the painting.
- In the computer room:
3. Visit different websites to answer these questions:
3. Visit different websites to answer these questions:
- When and where was he/ she born?
- What is his/ her most famous painting?
- What type of painting does he/ she employs?
- Does he/ she belong to any school of art?
- What are the main features of his/ her style?
4. Add three questions to complete your critical report.
- Back in the gallery:
5. Use the collected information to prepare a critical report following the model. Do not forget to differentiate between the biographical data of the painter and the description of his/ her painting.
6. Display your results on a poster. The poster will show the critical report and a picture of the painting.
7. Present your task to the rest of the class.
CRITICAL REPORT MODEL:
- Back in the gallery:
5. Use the collected information to prepare a critical report following the model. Do not forget to differentiate between the biographical data of the painter and the description of his/ her painting.
6. Display your results on a poster. The poster will show the critical report and a picture of the painting.
7. Present your task to the rest of the class.
CRITICAL REPORT MODEL:
Roy Lichtenstein.Roy Lichtenstein was born in 1923 in Manhattan, New York.
He was an important American pop artist best known for his
comic book style paintings. He was also an art teacher.
Contemporary art critiques once called him ‘the worst
American artist ever’ but by 1927 his works were at the
highest price in the market.
His death in 1997 was the result of complications due to pneumonia.
He was an important American pop artist best known for his
comic book style paintings. He was also an art teacher.
Contemporary art critiques once called him ‘the worst
American artist ever’ but by 1927 his works were at the
highest price in the market.
His death in 1997 was the result of complications due to pneumonia.
'Drowning Girl'This is one of the most famous paintings by Lichtenstein.
It shows a young woman in the sea. This woman is
drowning but the problem is not that she can’t swim. She
is crying and maybe she wants to die because she is sad.
I think this picture is quite depressing. I prefer other
pictures by Lichtenstein because they are funnier and more
colourful.
5. Resources:www.artquotes.net/masters/bacon
http://www.thefineartcompany.co.uk/
www.orangemarilyn.com/index
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wright_of_Derby
http://www.youand/yesterday.co.uk/Joseph_Wrigh
6. Evaluation:POOR :( GOOD :) VERY GOOD :D
Presentation:
-effectiveness
-structure
-organization
Content:
-interest of the chosen questions
-clear development
-respect of the task
Language:
-accuracy
-fluency
-use of the lexis of the unit.
Creativity:
-varied questions
-use of the Internet
7. Conclusion: At the end of this webquest you will have learned:
● to use the internet to find specific information about painters and paintings.
● to cooperate with a classmate to prepare a critical report.
● to feel more confident to talk in front of an audience.
It shows a young woman in the sea. This woman is
drowning but the problem is not that she can’t swim. She
is crying and maybe she wants to die because she is sad.
I think this picture is quite depressing. I prefer other
pictures by Lichtenstein because they are funnier and more
colourful.
5. Resources:www.artquotes.net/masters/bacon
http://www.thefineartcompany.co.uk/
www.orangemarilyn.com/index
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wright_of_Derby
http://www.youand/yesterday.co.uk/Joseph_Wrigh
6. Evaluation:POOR :( GOOD :) VERY GOOD :D
Presentation:
-effectiveness
-structure
-organization
Content:
-interest of the chosen questions
-clear development
-respect of the task
Language:
-accuracy
-fluency
-use of the lexis of the unit.
Creativity:
-varied questions
-use of the Internet
7. Conclusion: At the end of this webquest you will have learned:
● to use the internet to find specific information about painters and paintings.
● to cooperate with a classmate to prepare a critical report.
● to feel more confident to talk in front of an audience.
