1. TABLEAU VIVANT
GRADE 6 (ST’ 5)
MAY 2015
Class: ΣΤ 5

2. TABLEAU VIVANT Teacher: Elena Liakou Class: ΣΤ 5
Number of students: 18
Duration of project: one week
Age of students: 11/12
Years of learning English: 4

3. Tableau Vivant which is borrowed from the French language means ‘living picture’. Throughout the duration of the display people do not speak or move. My goals for this project were for students to expand their vocabulary and to view and learn something about authentic pieces of artwork and gain an appreciation of art. I also wanted them to create their own artwork. After a class discussion, they were given a handout with specific instructions on how to go about doing the project. They were assigned to do research on a famous artist and create a ‘famous artist reference card’ along with a picture of one of their masterpieces. The students then had to create a living version of this famous painting by assuming the pose and facial expression of the subject. Here are some samples of their work.

4. Henri de Toulouse Lautrec
Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa

5. Biography Born: 24 November 1864 Albi , Tarn , France
Died: 9 September 1901 (age 36)
Nationality : French
Known for : painting, printmaking, louche lifestyle
Masterpiece : Madame Poupoule at Her Dressing Table
Year : 1898
Type : Post- Impressionism
Dimensions : 60,8 x 49,6 cm
Location : Musée Toulouse-Lautrec Albi, France
By Constandina Dalaka

6. Madame Poupoule at Her Dressing Table

7. Madame Poupoule at Her Dressing Table (living version)

8. Leonardo Da Vinci- Mona Lisa
Leonardo Da Vinci was born in 1452 and he died in 1519.He was an Italian artist and he is known for two paintings, ‘’Mona Lisa’’ and ‘’The Last Supper’’ . The Mona Lisa is believed to have been painted between It is only 77cmx53cm and is in oil on a white Lombardy poplar panel. It is on permanent display at the Louvre Museum in Paris since 1797.
By Philippa Vlahopoulou

12. James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Born: July 11, 1834, Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 17, 1903, London, United Kingdom
Parents: George Washington Whistler, Anna McNeill Whistler
Periods: Aestheticism, Modern art, Tonalism, Grand manner
Siblings: William Whistler
Nationality : American
Education : United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
Known for : Painting
Movement: Founder of Tonalism
Awards :
1884, elected honorary member, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
1892, made an officer of the Légion d'honneur, France
1898, charter member and first president of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
By : Susanna Kortessi

13. Whistler’s Mother

14. Whistler’s Mother (me)

15. DAVID MUNCH David Munch is a Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
Born in 1863-Died in 1944.
His themes are pain,death and
perverse love.
In ‘’The Scream’’,we have a vision
of neurotic panic.
Influenced by the work of the
German Expressionists.
By : Tassos Thalassinos 15

16. “THE SCREAM” by DAVID MUNCH

17. “THE SCREAM” by ME

18. Nikephoros Lytras Born: Tinos year 1832 Died: Athens year 1904 Nationality: Greek Known for :Great Artist Masterpiece: The Waiting Year: Type: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 68x50 cm Location: National Gallery of Greece By Danae Krommida

20. Norman Rockwell
Norman Rockwell was born on February 3rd 1894 and died on November 8th 1978.He was an American,known for his paintings and his drawing skills.His most famous painting is Willie Gillis,which was made from 1941 to 1946.It was a fictional character for a series of World War II paintings that appeared on the covers of eleven issues of ‘The Post’.The subsequent 280 mm x 360mm.Now present in the ‘Norman Rockwell Museum’.
By Mihalis Kerassotis M

23. Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Name of artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Born: 25 February 1841, Limoges, France
Died: 3 December 1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
Nationality: French
Known for: Drawing
Masterpiece: Young girl in a straw hat
Year: 1884
Type: Portrait
Dimensions: 56x46 cm
Location: Private Collection
By: Feni Floraki

24. Young girl in
a straw hat

25. (Young girl in a straw hat)ME
(Young girl in a straw hat)

26. Johannes Vermeer Born: 31 October 1632 Died: 15 December 1675
Nationality: Dutch
Known for: important painter
Masterpiece: Girl With A Pearl Earring
Year: 1665
Type: mystery
Dimensions: 45x50
Location: The Hague
By Evgenia Aravossi

28. Evgenia Aravosi

29. The Red Cape Claude Monet Born : 14 November 1840
Died : 5 December 1926 (aged 86)
Nationality : French
Known for : Painter
Masterpiece : The Red Cape
Year : 1870
Movement: Impressionism
Dimensions : 80 x 100 cm (oil on canvas)
Location : The Cleveland Museum of Art
By: Ellie Psaltakou

32. Rene Magritte Rene Magritte Born:21 november1898 Died:15 August 1967
Nationality: Belgian
Known for :his great works of art like ‘The Son of Man’
Type: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 116cm x 89 cm
Location: Private collection
Movement : Surrealism
By Alexandros Chryssanthidis
Rene Magritte

33. THE SON OF MAN (Rene Magritte)

34. THE SON OF MAN (me)