1º ESO - Ancient Greece

 Ancient Greece civilisation - 1º ESO

The students of 1st ESO have made some posters about Ancient Greece. The class has been divided into groups and each group has imagined that they are a team of tour guides who are organizing trips to Greece. They have researched information about different aspects of this culture such as society, economy, sculpture, architecture, mythology or education and have made posters on cardboard to advertise their tours. They have searched for information, worked in teams and improved their oral expression when defending their projects in front of the class.

                                                                                                        WORLD BOOK DAY

This year, among many other activities, our youngest students wrote these original Book Reports with the books they had read for the 3rd term. Then we displayed them in our entrance hall.

Many students prepared an oral presentation of their books too, which encouraged other classmates to read another book.

Many students also prepared oral presentations about these books, which encouraged other classmates to read another book

                                                                                   DRAMA WORKSHOPS

Our 3rd of ESO students took part in very enjoyable drama workshops last April 4th. The workshops revolved around Romeo and Juliet, which most of them had already read. After a brief cultural and literary introduction, students could act out selected parts of the play following very clear directions. The activity turned out to be so good we will be doing it again with 2nd of ESO soon. 

 KEITH HARING MURAL

Keith was born on May 4, 1958. He grew up in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, the oldest of four children. He started to draw right away.

“My father made cartoons. Since I was little, I had been doing cartoons, creating characters and stories.”

 In 1978, Keith moved to New York City to go to a different art school. He loved being in the big city. There were big museums with all kinds of art. There were many young artists working in his neighborhood. And there was a lot of energy on the street.

 Then Keith started seeing empty black pieces of paper on the subways. He knew that this was the perfect place for him to draw. He started making his subway drawings every day.

 
 
After Keith died, his work still lived. You can find it in museums, in books, on posters, on TV — and now even on the World Wide Web [www.haring.com & www.haringkids.com].
Keith wanted everyone to make art, especially children.

 Students  created a poster based on Keith Haring´s "Dance" series.Students will distinguish between primary and secondary  colours.

 

Collage selfportrait project 1st eso

Have you heard of the artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo?  He was an Italian painter in the 1500’s.  Arcimboldo art is so interesting! 

Giuseppe Arcimboldo- Italian painter. In the middle of the sixteenth century Arcimboldo made a normal debut with youthful works including designs for windows and tapestries respectively in Milan and Monza cathedrals and frescos for the cathedral of Como. None of these gave any inkling of the bizarre originality he would soon develop. In 1562 he was summoned to the Imperial court in Prague and almost immediately his original and grotesque fantasy was unleashed. He invented a portrait type consisting of painted animals, flowers, fruit, and objects composed to form a human likeness. Some are satiric portraits of court personages, and others are allegorical personifications.

Arcimboldo's style has been so often imitated over the centuries that it is sometimes difficult to make exact attributions. He has been seen by some as the forerunner of Surrealism in the 20th century, but, more to the point, he should be seen in his own context at the end of the Renaissance. This was a time when people (collectors and scientists alike) were beginning to pay more attention to nature. Arcimboldo really created the fantastic image of the court in Prague, creating costumes, set designs, and decorations. Emperor Rudolf II set him the task of researching and buying works of art and natural curiosities, as well as giving him countless commissions for paintings.

The Important Works: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring (each painted in 1573; each located in the Louvre, Paris)

Students learned about Arcimboldo, were exposed to and inspired by his work, and then tried to create a composite head of their own. This project proved to be fun, strange, and challenging for the students. The students were encouraged not just to "fill" their head with items, but to try to make their features out of certain shapes or placement of items.