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.
· 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 interesting 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.
