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National Gallery


Bacchus and Ariadne by Tiziano (1520-23)
Titian Bacchus and Ariadne

Activity 1: On the left  we can see the princess Ariadne who has been abandoned on the Greek island of Naxos by her lover the king Theseus. She looks sad and tired because she was mislead by Theseus. Explain the myth of Ariadne and Theseus
Activity 2:  In the center of the picture we can see Bacchus god of wine, try to find out his role in the story
Activity 3: What is the meaning of the stars above Ariadne’s head?


Bathers at Asnières by Georges Seurat (1884)
Baigneurs a Asnieres


Activity 1: Describe the people and the landscape you can see in the picture. Can you find any clues about the kind of society showed in the painting?
Activity 2: Make a short list of the main facts of the post impressionist movement 


Tate Modern

Activity 1: The building where the Tate Modern is, used to be a:

a)     prison       b)   factory      c)  power station

Activity 2: Pop art is an art movement that emerged in Britain and USA in the late 1950s. Pop Art includes imageries from popular culture such as news, comics, advertising, etc. These imageries normally are removed from their own context, isolated or combined with unrelated material. Pop art was a reaction to abstract art. Locate where this Pop art picture by Roy Lichtenstein is


Activity 3: Describe the art piece that has impressed you the most. Write also the name of the artist and the art movement that it belongs to

British Museum

Watch the following video before you visit the museum and answer the questions below





1.    What is the Enlightenment Gallery focused on?
2.    What kind of items we can find in the Living and Dying Gallery?
3.    What is the most popular gallery in the museum?
4.    Why was so important the discovery of the Rosetta Stone?
5.    Why are the Parthenon friezes a controversial exhibition?


Science Museum