Curriculum Materials: Amazing Animals in
Art
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Image 8 Christophe-Ferdinand Caron Essays: Questions: |
Suggested Questions: Grades 4-6 - Teachers Key
- What kinds of animals do you see painted on these
cups? What are they doing?
- How does the stork feel about the fox eating from the
flat bowl? How can you tell? How does the fox feel about
the stork eating from the tall vase? How can you
tell?
- Tell the FABLE
of "The Fox and the Stork." What parts of the story do
you see on the cups?
- Fables are stories that teach us moral lessons. What
do you think this fable teaches us? What do fables teach
us about human behavior?
- What looks real about these pictures? (Consider:
setting, animals and their movements.) What do you
see on the cups that is not real? (Animals drinking
from dishes, fox and stork dining together.) In what
other ways do the fox and the stork behave like
humans?
- Who or what do you think is most important in this
painting? What did Caron do to make you notice this
element? Discuss color,
SCALE, perspective,
placement.
- Where do you see gold on these cups? The insides of
the cups are covered with gold too. Why do you suppose
designers and artists put gold on teacups? Consider the
purpose of these cups: they were part of a tea set given
to a Prussian prince by the emperor of France. What clues
does their purpose as a royal gift give you?
- Although they are made of different types of clay and by different methods, these teacups, the vessel in the form of a fish from Peru, and the horse from China are all CERAMIC, made of clay. What do these different pieces tell us about ceramics? (Universality, importance to various cultures at different times in history, variety of uses and functions.) Have you ever made something out of clay? What did you make?
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