Thursday, August 2, 2012

Term 1 Ambleside Selections 2012


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
 

   2. Les Grands Boulevards, 1875

 


   3. La Loge, 1874

 
   4. Girl with a Watering Can

 
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917)

   5. Monument to Balzac

 
   6. The Thinker

 

Shakespeare: Henry VI, Part II and III
Plutarch: Solon

1 comment:

Christy said...

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. :)