Mon+Autoportrait

In this short unit, we'll do some reviewing and get re-acquainted with each other. We will also practice describing people and events, and explore the following questions through the medium of art- in particular, the work of some of the well known French painters.
 * Qui Suis-Je? Mon Autoportrait**
 * What are the distinctive things that make me "me"?
 * How do I want people to see me?
 * How can I express my many different sides?
 * How can I reinvent myself for various purposes or times in my life?
 * How am I changing from day to day or year to year?

500 Years of Male Self Portraits in Western Art media type="youtube" key="Y8U6jD6lKRs&hl=en&fs=1" height="344" width="425"

Art Videos to Enjoy -- includes faces, famous French artists, etc.


 * Regardez les trois autoportraits .....Est-ce que vous pouvez identifier Matisse? Picasso? Van Gogh?**

Since the Renaissance, artists have used self-portraits to answer the basic question, Who am I? A mirror or a photograph can tell a person what he or she looks like, but that outer image rarely reflects the whole self. Self-portraiture asks artists to think carefully about personality, character, mood, and physical appearance in order to make decisions about how to represent themselves. For each self-portrait, the artist must ask: what expression, posture, clothing, setting, colors, texture, style, and material best conveys the real me?
 * Preliminary assignment (in English) to stimulate your thinking about self portraits:**

media type="youtube" key="O5tKG39G6Qk&hl=en&fs=1" height="344" width="425" Assignment (to be done in English): 1.Read and think about the life of the artist Van Gogh: http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/self_portraits/bio_van_gogh.shtm 2. Next, examine the information and answer the questions on this page (en anglais):http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/self_portraits/act_van_gogh_closer.shtm and do the same with this page: http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/self_portraits/act_van_gogh_anatomy.shtm

[| Mr. Picasso Head] [|Interactive Mona Lisa ( La Joconde Interactive)]
 * Fun Activities** :

[|making comparisons][|possessive adjectives(my, your,etc.)][|using adverbs to describe actions] [|negative expressions] [|interrogative adjectives] [|question words] [|practice describing people]
 * Vocabulary and Grammar for Describing Yourself and Others, and Art Resources:** [|HUGE list of descriptive adjectives] [|rules for using adjectives]



Art Resources (artists, vocabulary for talking about paintings, etc.)


 * Assignments:**

[|Gauguin portrait comparison and symbolic self portrait assignment] (You will use only French for this assignment, though the directions on the sheets are written in English).Before you begin, study the following: http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/self_portraits/act_gauguin_words.shtm