Art!

• Work in groups of 2.• One person is O, one person is X.• Take turns saying sentences using one or more of the

words in the grid.• When you say a sentence mark it using either O or X.• The first person to mark all the words wins.

Word Grid Game.

The Scream

.Edward Munch.1893

PABLO PICASSO

Garçon a la pipe,1904 

Walking man

 Alberto Gia-cometti1961

The card players.Paul Cezanne. 1894-1895

Le RevePicasso. 1932

Eight ElvisesAndy Warhol1961

WILLEM DE KOONINGWoman III,1952-53

PABLO PI-CASSONude, GreenLeaves and Bust.1932

Number 5Jackson Pol-lack1948

PABLO PICASSODora Maar au chat, 1941

 GUSTAV KLIMTAdele Bloch-bauer I1907

Put the works of art in order of how expensive they are.

http://www.theartwolf.com/10_expensive.htm

In your groups choose 3 works of art from the

hand outs.Answer the following questions.How does it make you feel?Why do you like or dislike it?Why do you think it is worth so much

money?Find one interesting fact about the

painting.

Agree or dis-agree.

• Read the following statements and in your groups decide if you agree or disagree.

• Say why you agree.• Say why the other side of the

argument is wrong.

Museums should return pieces of art to the country of origin.

• These masks where taken from a native American tribe in the 1930’s.• A French auction house started selling them on Friday.• The tribe want the masks to be returned to them but a French court

ruled that they can be sold.• The most expensive mask is estimated to be worth 50000 Euros.

Anything can be art.

• My bed by Tracy Emin is her bed as it was after she didn’t get up for 3 days because she was depressed about a breakup.

• It was nominated for the Turner prize and she sold it for £150000 to the Saatchi Gallery.

Public art is not a matter for the majority – people should simply cough up and stand back as talented artists indulge themselves

• When the Eiffel tower was built, lots of people were against it.

• They thought it would ruin the beauty of Paris’ skyline.

• Now it is considered one of the most beautiful places in the world.

• The B of the Bang in Man-chester was chosen partly by the public.

• It opened in 2006 but had to be taken down only 3 years later.

Public art is not a matter for the majority – people should simply cough up and stand back as talented artists indulge themselves

Graffiti is art.

Banksy is a graffiti artist from the U.K.His non Graffiti works have sold for up to $1,870,000.A house that he drew graffiti on has risen in value by 150000 pounds.