Name
Tableaux Vivant
Topic
Art, Italian, Music, History, English
Learning time
10 hours
Designed time
13 hours and 30 minutes
Size of class
groups of students from 3 classes of Secondary Low School (3^C, D, E)
Description
The Learning Unit is part of the Art empowring project of our school and it is also propedeutic to the activities which will be carried out duriing an Erasmus+ LTTA. It is based on a crosscurricular approach which will allow the students to a more complete and deep understanding of some works of art. Starting from a thorough 'reading' of the paintings from different points of view ( historical social and cultural backgroud, artistic and technical features, spirit, atmosphere) the students will work in groups on a lab activity and try to get the paintings 'alive', creating appropriate dialogues, making costumes and scenographies,choosing the most appropriate soundtracks. The paintings have been selected taking into account the school curriculum and the paintings' relevance to the Erasmus+ project aims. The learning unity activities will be proposed to the different groups of students in different moments.
Aims
The Learning unit aims at the development of some EU key competences: Communication in the mothertongue, Learning to learn, Civic and social skills, Digital Skills, Cultural Awareness and expression.
Outcomes
Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Affective learning outcomes, Psychomotor skills
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MILLI
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WHAT IS A 'TABLEAU VIVANT'?
60 minutes)
  • Read Watch Listen
    60
    20
    3
    Introduction: the students will be shown examples of what we can mean with the term 'tableau vivant'. The examples will include common people's experiences (well-known flash mobs, such as that realised in a Mall in Amsterdam, to celebrate the re-opening of Rijksmuseum) or famous artists' work (Paolini re.proposing the paintings by Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino etc.).
Notes:
The teachers of the different subjects will be present at this session in order to share information and procedures from the beginning.
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HOW CAN WE REALLY KNOW AND APPRECIATE A PAINTING?
60 minutes)
  • Read Watch Listen
    5
    24
    0
    The teachers shortly explains the students the task: they are expected to look for information and data about some famous paintings, in order to be able to understand them thoroughly and try to make them alive.
  • Investigate
    45
    24
    0
    The students work in pairs or small groups and are assigned different research topics (hostorical, cultural, social context, analysis of stylistic choices and visual language, meaning of the painting.
  • Read Watch Listen
    10
    24
    0
    The teachers shares with the students the THINGLINK links related to the different paintings and briefly shows 'how it works'
Notes:
The activity will be carried out the ICT room with the Art teacher and the students wil work in pairs or small groups - it partly depends on the number of pc actually working. The paintings selected are: The Raft of the Medusa by Theodore Gericault The Wave by Hokusai Guernica, Picasso (and others ...)
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SHARING OUR RESEARCH WORK ON THINGLINK
60 minutes)
  • Collaborate
    60
    24
    3
    The students complete the research work they started at school and are asked to share it on THINGLINK, creating an interactive 'image' describibg the painting under many different aspects. Some group classes will be asked to use PADLET instead.
Notes:
THINGLINK is a free application ( in its basic version) which allows you to 'describe' a central image enriching it with secondary links (texts, images, videos). PADLET is a free application too. It does not allow to create interactive images, but students can share different kinds of contents on a single board/wall.
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GOING DEEPER: HISORICAL SOURCES CAN HELP US TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL BACKGROUND - AND THE ARTIST'S CHOICES
120 minutes)
  • Investigate
    60
    4
    0
    Looking through historical sources ( the bible, paintings, photos) . Group work
  • Discuss
    60
    24
    0
    Discussing on how the historical, cocial cultural context might have affected the artists.
Notes:
The students works with Italian and History teachers during these TLAs.
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HOW CAN WE 'PLAY OUT' THESE PAINTINGS AND MAKE THEM ALIVE?
60 minutes)
  • Collaborate
    60
    4
    0
    Working to sketch down a possible script for the tableau vivant. Small groups are assigned different tasks and roles.
Notes:
Collaborate & Produce. The students work with Italina and Art teachers.
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DOES THE SCRIPT WORK?
120 minutes)
  • Practice
    120
    24
    0
    The students try out and rehearse the script, checking strengths and weaknesses of their work.
Notes:
The students work with the teachers of Italian.
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WHAT BACKCLOTH/SETTING WILL BE MORE SUITABLE FOR OUR TABLEAU VIVANT?
60 minutes)
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    15
    24
    0
    The Art teacher gives some initial prompts (visual, verbal), ideas on possibile materiala to be used ( recycled ones ),some practical directions on the work to do.
  • Discuss
    20
    4
    0
    The students discuss about possible solutions in small groups.
  • Collaborate
    25
    24
    0
    The different proposals / suggestions are shared and a final project of the setting is chosen.
Notes:
Once the teachers introduces the task, the students can also work on the task at home, sharing solutions and suggestions on their Edmodo class. The activity is carried out with the Art teacher. The activity is carried out at the same time as rehearsals of the script will go on.
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WORKING ON THE BACKCLOTH
180 minutes)
  • Produce
    180
    4
    0
    The students work in small groups on specific tasks to build the backcloth of the tableau vivant.
Notes:
The students work with the Art teacher.
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WHAT SOUNDTRACK MIGHT BE SUITABLE TO OUR TABLEAU VIVANT?
60 minutes)
  • Read Watch Listen
    15
    24
    0
    The Music teacher suggests a number of possible songs/music that might be used as the soundtrack of the tableau vivant - and let the students listen to them.
  • Discuss
    15
    4
    0
    The students are asked to chose the soundtrack they think to be most suitable - or suggest others which they would like best.
  • Collaborate
    30
    024
    0
    All suggestions are voted. The students/groups are asked to justify briefly their choice.
Notes:
The activity is carried out witth the Music teacher, at the same time as other activities. The activity progress and results can be documented by a Padlet.
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PROUD OF THE FINAL RESULT!
30 minutes)
  • Practice
    30
    24
    0
    Rehearsal of the script, with backcloth and soundtrack.
  • Produce
    0
    Final performance :)
Notes:
The different tableaux Vivants, produced by the different groups/classes of students will be finally performed for all the other school students.
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