jueves, 19 de diciembre de 2019

miércoles, 18 de diciembre de 2019

ART AND MYTHOLOGY TASK


ART AND MYTHOLOGY
We find Greek and Roman mythology all along European art.
Proposal: Write a dossier about one of the art works below, including the picture, title, author and date of completion. Add a short biography of the author and an explanation of the art work and the mythological story that it tells. You should also describe the attributes of the god or goddess represented. You can use information from the web but it must be personalized.
Check these sites for information:

http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/gods/explore/exp_set.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z87tn39/articles/zgt7mp3
http://www.elhuevodechocolate.com/mitos/mitos.htm
http://cuentos-infantiles.idoneos.com/cuentos_mitologicos/
http://greece.mrdonn.org/myths.html

Works and authors:
Venus and Adonis, Titian.
Diana huntress,  Fontainebleau.
Leda and the swam, Leonardo da Vinci.
Saturno devorando a sus hijos, Goya.
Las hilanderas, Velázquez.
La forja de Vulcano, Velázquez.
Cupid and Psique, Antonio Cánova.
Proserpine, Rosetti.
El Rapto de Europa, Picasso.
The three Graces, Antonio Cánova.
Apollo and Daphne, Bernini.
Icarus´ flight, Jacob Peter Gowi.
Marte, Velázquez.
Metamorfosis de Narciso, Dalí.
The birth of Venus, Botticelli.
Perseus, Benvenuto Cellini.
Ulises and the Mermaids, James Draper.
Athena, Gustav Klimt.
Orfeo, mosaico del Museo Provincial de Zaragoza.
Pallas and the Centaur, Botticelli.

martes, 17 de diciembre de 2019

Europe and Russia: physical features


Europe and Russia
1. Seas and Oceans
Adriatic Sea
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Baltic Sea
Bering Sea
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Irish Sea
Mediterranean Sea
North Sea
2. Straits, Channels, Bays and Gulfs
Bay of Biscay
Bosphorus
Dardanelles
Strait of Dover
English Channel
Kattegat
Skagerrak
Strait of Gibraltar
Sea of Okhotsk
3. Lakes
Baykal
Ladoga
Onega
4. Rivers
Amur
Danube
Dnepr
Don (Russia)
Ebro
Elbe
Loire
Rhine
Rhone
Seine
Thames
Volga


5. Mountain Ranges
Alps
Apennines
Balkan
Carpathian
Caucuses
Dinaric Alps
Pyrenees
Sierra Nevada (Europe)
Ural
6. Islands
Crete
Sicily
Sardinia
Corsica
Balearic Islands (Illes Balears)
Shetland Islands
Faroe Islands
7. Peninsulas
Balkanic
Italian
Iberian
Scandinavian
Jutland
Crimean

Rise and Fall of Sparta

This is the documentary that we watched in class, in case you are interested.