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Art Looking: Guide for Teachers
The educational document provides a comprehensive guide for teachers to explore art with students. With a selection of 10 works of art and associated teacher sheets, the art discussion process is structured and enriched. Students are encouraged to …
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Bertus Aafjes, A journey on foot to Rome (1946): Listening and reading skills poem
On March 31, 1936, Bertus Aafjes (1914 - 1993), who was then 21 years old, left his native city of Amsterdam on a pilgrimage to Rome by bicycle. On the way he had to abandon his bicycle and continue on foot. He arrived in Rome on May 12, 1936. Ten …
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What is culture?: Audiovisual teaching materials
In this collection you will find image and sound fragments about culture, together with more context and concrete teaching tips.
The discussion has been going on for centuries: what exactly is culture? What is the difference between pulp and 'Art with …
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Wonder Chamber of TRUTH: Teaching package
The GUM offers a new temporary exhibition: Wonder Chamber of TRUTH, an exhibition about the many ways in which people search for the truth.
This teaching package focuses exclusively on this exhibition and serves to prepare your visit and also offers …
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Anna Bijns (1493-1575), Choruses: Lesson idea
Anna Bijns (1493-1575) is known as the first feminist writer in our literature. She wrote choruses, the rhetoricians' favorite form of poetry, but she could not become a member of a chamber of rhetoric because she was a woman. She dealt with two …
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Culture in the Mirror, controversial art: Audiovisual teaching materials
In this collection you will find image and sound fragments about controversial art, together with more context and concrete teaching tips. Art has caused quite a stir over the centuries. Why is it that some works of art are controversial? Is a …
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Reinout van Montalbaen and the history of the Four Heemskinderen: Lesson
A Ros Beiaardommegang is held in Dendermonde every ten years, which has been recognized by the UNESCO as an intangible world heritage site. It depicts the story of the Four Heemskinderen, who are constantly at loggerheads with their uncle …
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How can art make the world a better place?
Through this assignment you as a teacher let the students think about the social utility of art. How can art make the world happier, more beautiful, better? They look for an artwork that makes the world a better place for them. Then they come up …
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The story behind the work of art: Audiovisual teaching materials
In this collection you will find image and sound fragments about the stories behind art, together with more context and concrete teaching tips.
In this collection we try to discover the story behind the artwork. What do the symbols in the painting …
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Was Jan Van Eyck a genius?
Leonardo Da Vinci needs no introduction. The world star of the 15th and 16th centuries would have known no equal, but is that true? Wasn't there a homo universalis with Jan Van Eyck a few decades earlier in our own little Belgian country or is …
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Deed or Crime?: Teaching Pack
Transgressions, misdemeanors and crimes are of all times and all cultures. The weight that societies assign to these crimes varies, as does the level of punishment. Mythological, Biblical and other stories about deviant behavior and punishment are …
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What is so special about the Lamb of God?
The Ghent Altarpiece is considered one of the most important Belgian paintings ever, but what can you actually see? Religious historian Danny Praet (UGent) was fascinated by this polyptych as a child and shows us that there is much more to see …
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