Term 1: August-November 2012
Composer Study:
Claude Debussy (1910)
Prelude to the Afternoon of the Faun
La Mer
Nocturnes for
Orchestra
Suite Bergamasqe
(includes Claire de Lune)
Children's Corner
Jeux
("Games"); a "danced poem" intended to accompany a ballet
Note: Where is
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair? Look at Preludes
Artist:
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
1. La
Grenouilliere, 1869
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Claude_Monet_La_Grenouill%C3%A9re.jpg/280px-Claude_Monet_La_Grenouill%C3%A9re.jpg)
2. Les Grands
Boulevards, 1875
![](http://www.renoirgallery.com/paintings/renoir-the-great-boulevards.jpg)
![](http://www.renoirgallery.com/paintings/renoir-the-great-boulevards.jpg)
3. La Loge, 1874
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2AeFzCrDAm4AdiUtGI9Ezvbz5OnTTqdyPetNLYouH66RCNHxLgVFbMcjDbz2WQVJB14D2BfBQcB54GJdU2WrAi2rkuHrlsz365_uz_4GhL4TdfBkmUOWRQ16tXGlUmSdqpicxzlPK4E/s320/Pierre_Auguste_Renoir_La_loge.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2AeFzCrDAm4AdiUtGI9Ezvbz5OnTTqdyPetNLYouH66RCNHxLgVFbMcjDbz2WQVJB14D2BfBQcB54GJdU2WrAi2rkuHrlsz365_uz_4GhL4TdfBkmUOWRQ16tXGlUmSdqpicxzlPK4E/s320/Pierre_Auguste_Renoir_La_loge.jpg)
4. Girl with a
Watering Can
![](http://www.nga.gov:80/image/a00007/a000070a.jpg)
![](http://www.nga.gov:80/image/a00007/a000070a.jpg)
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917)
5. Monument to
Balzac
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Monument_to_Balzac.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Monument_to_Balzac.jpg)
6. The Thinker
![](http://eloncareerfellows.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/rodin_thinker3.jpg)
![](http://eloncareerfellows.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/rodin_thinker3.jpg)
Shakespeare:
Henry VI, Part II and III
Plutarch: Solon
1 comment:
Thank you for posting this! I just wanted to point out though that the "La Grenouillere" that you have posted here is actually Monet not Renoir. The Renoir is here: http://0.tqn.com/d/arthistory/1/0/k/_/186583_02.jpg
They are so similar! My children and I had fun spotting the differences. :)
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