British Institutes Roma Salario
CLIL Art History Courses 2017 Level: Middle School Year 2
Purpose of CLIL Art History courses:
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to transmit the use and comprehension of the English language through the teaching of artistic content
to support and reinforce concepts of art history taught by content teachers using a different
communicative medium (English language)
to familiarize students with a modest content of specific vocabulary (artistic, historic and related) in
English
Settembrini Institute, Rome –Spring 2017 – Art History Curriculum Year 2
Topic: Baroque Art
Duration: 4 weekly one-hour sessions consisting of 4 classes, plus the preparation of 1 examination to be given
in class by content teachers
Didactic material: 4 Power Point Presentations including print-outs (study sheets and glossaries), sent by email
to be posted on the school website – to be printed out by school or individual students -- as home-study
material; one final written examination and key prepared by the CLIL teacher and given by the Content teacher.
COURSE PLAN:
Lesson 1: Mostly Baroque
1) Opening: What is Baroque Art?
Name – Period -- Some artists from the Italian Baroque period
Baroque wordle
2) Main objective of Baroque art
3) MAIN FOCUS 1: Characteristics of Baroque Art
Curves, ovals, spirals, swirl
Combinations for effect
Perspective for depth and movement
Light and shadow
Realism through detail
Movement and dynamic quality
4) MAIN FOCUS 2: Comparison of Renaissance and Baroque Art: attitudes and techniques
Raffaello – Orazio Gentileschi
Piero della Francesca -- Andrea Pozzo
Tintoretto – Annibale Carracci
5) Vocabulary review with contrasting elements of Renaissance and Baroque Art
6) Visual review of artists and works
7) MAIN FOCUS 3: Trevi Fountain
History
Characteristics and Theme
Tritons, seahorses, and Oceanus
Film references
8) Review of artists and works
9) Take-home task (compiti a casa):
 Study 5 new vocabulary words from Glossary
 Do the exercises on the Study Sheet +
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Homework: Draw two dog-houses with a few plants around them – draw one in a Renaissance style and the
other in a Baroque style
Lesson 2 – Bernini – Mostly Fountains
1) Opening: Brief introduction to Bernini
2) Colonnade of St. Peter’s
Oval form / Embrace
3) MAIN FOCUS 1: Tour of Rome to see some of Bernini’s works
 Statues
 Fountains
4) Ecstasy of Saint Theresa and Cornaro Chapel
Details – Lighting -- Spirituality and sensuality -- Theatrical setting
5) Directions for getting to Navona Square
6) MAIN FOCUS 2: Fountain of the 4 Rivers
Description: Danube, Rio della Plata, Nile, Gange
+ Central Figure of Fountain of the Moor
4) Directions for walking to Pantheon
5) Minerva Square: elephant, obelisk, and inscription
6) Directions for getting to Barberini Square
7)MAIN FOCUS 3: Triton Fountain
Detailed description - elements of design and sculpture:
Water play – intensity, play with wind and light, play with stone as it falls
8) Small Bee fountain – directions for getting to Spanish Steps
9) Old Boat Fountain – directions for getting to Borghese Gallery
10) Borghese Gallery:
Statue of Apollo and Daphne
Statue of The Abduction of Persephone
11)Take-home task (compiti a casa):
 Study 5 new vocabulary words from Glossary
 Do the exercises on the Study Sheet +
 Homework: Write in the letters (A-H) of the works of Bernini we have visited on the map. Be prepared to
give directions for getting from one place to another.
Lesson 3 – Faces of David and Goliath
1) Opening: Universal concept of fighting and winning against a stronger opponent
Some fairy tales
2) The Bible story of David and Goliath
3) Three artists inspired by the story of David
Donatello, Michelangelo, Bernini
4) Historical background and technical details about the realization of the 3 Davids
5) MAIN FOCUS 1: Donatello’s David
Innovative aspects of the sculpture
Technical details
The duel: moment / expression / pose
Possible religious/political significance
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6) MAIN FOCUS 2: Michelangelo’s David
Particular characteristics
Freeing the form from the stone
The duel: moment / expression / pose
Possible political significance
Impact on contemporary culture
7) MAIN FOCUS 3: Bernini’s David
Emphasis on tension and movement
The duel: moment / expression / pose
The viewer caught in the event
Possible religious/political significance
8) Comparison of the 3 Davids:
Expression
Moment
Pose/attitude
9) Another David: a painting
Brief introduction to Caravaggio’s painting
10) Review questions
11) Take-home task (compiti a casa):
 Study 5 new vocabulary words from Glossary
 Do the exercises on the Study Sheet +
Homework 1: Bring in a photograph of another painting (or sculpture) of David and tell us who the author is.
What moment of the duel is it? What expression (or pose) does David have?
Take-home task (homework 2): Discover whose face Caravaggio used as a model to paint the head of
Goliath.
Lesson 4 – A Man Named Caravaggio
1) Opening: Fruit Basket: beauty and a wormhole
Realism of Caravaggio
2) Painting of David with the head of Goliath
Whose face Caravaggio used as a model for Goliath and why
Seeking pardon for a homicide
3) Comparison of David’s expression to 3 statues from last lesson
Double self-portrait:
Caravaggio as David and Caravaggio as Goliath
4) MAIN FOCUS 1: Who was Caravaggio?
Description of the artist Michelangelo Merisi: his passions and excesses
5) Caravaggio’s use of light / chiaroscuro / tenebrism
Paintings:
John the Baptist (John in the Wilderness)
The Capture of Christ
6) MAIN FOCUS 2: The life and works of Caravaggio
Birth and early years in Rome: - Sick Young Bacchus
- The Cardsharks
Commissions from Cardinal
Francesco Maria del Monte
St. Matthew series:
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- St. Matthew and the Angel (rejected)
- The Calling of St. Matthew
- The Martyrdom of St. Matthew
Trouble:
Passions and Lifestyle/
Approach to art and life
-Narcissus
-The Conversion of St. Paul on the way to Damascus
-Catherine of Alexandria
Story of a Homicide
Sentenced to decapitation
-Judith and Holoferne
Escape to Naples
-Flagellation of Christ
Malta – Order of Malta
Escape to Sicily
-The Annunciation
Return to Naples;
Seeking pardon;
Assault on Caravaggio
-Salome with the head of John the Baptist
The last days of Caravaggio
Boat to St. Hercules
Fever and death
-David with the head of Goliath (repetition)
7) Silly Quiz: Caravaggio today
8) Review
9) Take-home task (compiti a casa):
 Study 5 new vocabulary words from Glossary / Review all 20 vocabulary words from Glossaries 1-4
 Do the exercises on the Caravaggio Study Sheet (lesson 4) +
 REVIEW ALL FOUR STUDY SHEETS FOR THE EXAM
End of course Exam:
Final examination prepared by the CLIL teacher and given by the Content teacher
 Examination in English + answer key
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