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Vocabulary : 
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What is brandalism ?
1. "The creeping corporatisation of schools, libraries and other public buildings, which are gradually being daubed with company logos and slogans.
Coined by graffiti artist Banksy, and expounded on in his book "Wall and Piece"
2. When luxury brands become debased, by their vulgar consumers.
3. Counterculture and often illegal activities to promote a brand such as the act of placing unwanted advertisements and brand logos on property without proper permission."
+ Examples
(urbandictionary.com)
Brandalism: Street artists hijack billboards for 'subvertising campaign'
"Street artists are targeting advertising billboards in a new movement nicknamed 'brandalism'."
Click here to see the ‘subvertising campaign’ in pictures
(independent.co.uk)
Vandalism Versus Brandalism: the Rights to Public Space
(scribd.com)

Billboard by Robert Montgomery - UPDATED
Brandalism artworks - a slideshow
"The Brandalism project saw 25 artists from 8 countries coming together for the biggest subvertising campaign in UK history.
Over five days a team of guerilla installers travelled to Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Bristol and London and put up artworks that seeks to confront the ad industry and take back our visual landscapes..."
(brandalism.org.uk)

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Work of Art (How to understand a work of art) - analyse très
complète! (library.thinkquest)
Listening :
- New York Beyond Sight

"NYC as you've never heard it before!...
"Prominent New Yorkers describe their favorite works of art and culture, architecture, and city landmarks. Hear politicians, actors, artists, business
and community leaders use Verbal Description to make New York's visual culture accessible to all—including people with visual impairments."
(nybeyondsight.org)
from Art Beyond Sight (artbeyondsight.org)
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Multimedia Art Glossary 
(hbschool.com)
"provides audio support for the text in addition to visual images"
5 grades
Recommended by Larry Ferlazzo

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"The artist Quentin Blake - best known for his illustrations in Roald Dahl's children's books - has unveiled a 70-foot-long work celebrating the 800th anniversary of Cambridge University.
On display at Addenbrooke's Hospital - and in his own distinctive style - Quentin Blake's mural depicts famous alumni from centuries past.
Take a guided tour with the artist himself."
(BBC)

- Art
- Les mots s'affichent quand on passe la souris sur les
images. - avec son
(languageguide.org)
INTERACTIVE activities : 

Matchstalk cats and dogs - Music video about the artist Lowry (YouTube) + LYRICS :
"He painted Salford's smokey tops
On cardboard boxes from the shops
And parts of ancoats where I used to play.."
(ntlworld.com)
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Mary Cassatt - "Watch the video and play the game."
Created by Renée Maufroid. (Ac. Lille)

Mary Stevenson Cassatt ( /kəˈsæt/; May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker.
She lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists.
Cassatt often created images of the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children."
(Wikipedia)
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How to analyze iconographic documents
"Une page spéciale pour aider mes élèves à analyser des tableaux de Norman Rockwell.
Il y a d'abord un peu de méthodologie, ensuite, lorsque les élèves cliquent sur un tableau, ils sont redirigés vers une autre page qui leur donnera des indices pour aller au maximum dans leur analyse (j'ai utilisé Images Actives, outil développé par le CRDP de l'académie de Versailles)."
Activités créées par Laurence Haquet (Ac. Rouen)
(letshavefunwithenglish.com)
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16 couples in art.
"Watch the video |