3º BRITISH: Webquest and Presentation: Baroque’s artists

The first webquest of the year has two parts: do a research... and a presentation in class!

You have to choose a Baroque artist (see the list below) and a study his/her work. The file (PowerPoint) should include between 10 and 30 slides. Besides his/her artworks’s photos, you must include the following sections:

• Brief biography of the artist (between 10 and 15 lines).
• Three masterpieces by the artist, with an explanation (the title, the “mecenas” or art collector, what does it mean, what is it important for...).
• Conclusions: opinion from all members of the group about the artist and the work.
• Webgraphy (links to websites consulted) and Credits (which section did each team member).

You have to send it by email to: blogeducativo08@gmail.com. Then, you will have to present the results in class! Each group will make a small presentation (about 5-8 minutes) and remember that ALL the members of the team has to talk. But don’t panic: here are some tips for public speaking.

Here is the list of Baroque’s artist you can choose from:

1. Architects: Bernini, Borromini, Carlo Maderno, Mansart, Churriguera.
2. Sculptors: Bernini, Duquesnoy, Gregorio Fernández, Martínez Montañés.
3. Painters: Caravaggio, Artemisia Gentileschi, Rubens, Rembrandt, Velázquez, Georges de la Tour, Canaletto, Veermer, Van Dyck, Murillo, Mary Bayle.

And here are some links where you can start:

• Huntfor – Arthistory
• World Digital library
• Arte Creha (masterpieces’s Studies… in Spanish)
• Artehistoria (you can searh by authors or titles, but it’s in Spanish)

This work is compulsory and it will be part of the score at the end of the term. If you fail to finish them, you do it out of date or you don’t do the presentation, the mark will be a 0 for that work.