Term 1, Week 3&4 2011

A very exciting week, what with Valentine's Day today and my birthday this Saturday (21 again), NZ Post is busy, busy, busy.

Should you be thinking of a present - chocolate is ALWAYS a winner!

Again, there are some disruptions to lessons with all this blooming physical stuff.
We're up against athletics: field and track events so we'll probably be down one lesson this week :-(

Here's what we'll be covering in class:

• Using what we have learnt about Media, Process & Techniques (check back to week 2 for hyper links), when we look at new works of art. Check out this site about the history of colour. This will be very helpful when we are onto our first Achievement Standard - coming to a cinema near you soon - actually Week 5.
  
• Checking our biblical knowledge - who's who in the Old and New Testament and how to spot them in a work of Art, (or in Hello! magazine)
• Background to the topic - where is Italy on a map of the world? Where are the main cities?
• Why should we care about Constantinople and which supermarket aisle will I find it in?
• The Early Renaissance - embarking on a journey towards understanding the context of this period. I've called this topic: Disease, Misery (& medicine), Politics, the Church, Religion & War. Not exactly a bundle of laughs, but at least the Art will be the light at the end of this very grim tunnel.

To help with understanding context and keeping you really in the loop, find a good timeline to understand where the Italian Renaissance fits within world history.
And on that happy note, have a great week. Ciao for now.