THE PRE-RAPHAELITES

1. THE PRE-RAPHAELITES A web quest for upper-intermediate English learners created by Marta Nowicka

2. Introduction Welcome! Do you know what the Pre-Raphaelites Brotherhood was? What were the main aims of it? Why it was created? Can you list members of it and tell something about them? What do you know about John Ruskin? If you know the answer for any of those question- GOOD JOB! This test will help you to explore your knowledge and give you the opportunity to present information gained earlier and during taking part in this web quest. If you do not know the answers- this test is just perfect for you. You are going to read about this secret society, and step by step you will be learning about the history of this artistic movement. Enjoy !

3. Task Your job is to: • read all the information about the Pre-Raphaelites • analyse it • prepare a poster How to prepare a poster? You can work alone or in a group up to 3 people. On a large piece of paper you should list all the main points connected with the topic of this web quest (you will find them in the Resources bookmark) and than create mind-mapping which will illustrate the general and more detailed branches connected with a particular topic. For example, one of your main points will be ‘members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’. You should draw lines from the main point to each member and then lines from each member and write useful information about him or her. Your poster should consist of the most important information which you are supposed to explore during your presentation.

4. Process( I ) • Fist of all look how links are grouped (those are your main points). When exploring a particular group put attention to the main information you should find. You have also some clues next to every link (in point 1 and 2). Read them carefully, they can be very helpful. • Read the first two links in the Resources bookmark. You can use these web pages in your further evaluation. You can click on any of blue words to learn more about the particular subject. • Now you are to focus on the things mentioned after every link, make notes and try to organize them in a way you will use them (during preparing your poster). You can also make notes for yourself- about any details you feel you would like to mention during your presentation. • You don’t have to stick always to the general topic in a particular point. You can use information which is for example as a resource in point 1 to explain point 3.

5. Process(II) • Look at the related links on the web sites you are visiting- you can find there some useful information. • Exploring the first point ( the Pre-Raphaelites Brotherhood) try to find all the important and basic information about the reason of creating this society, about main rules, differences according to the artistic style and the most important members. • In the second point (Members and Paintings) you should focus on the founders of this society. You can also choose other painters, sculptors or photographers if you want to talk about their works. It will be enough if you will be able to describe at least one work of a particular member. You should also focus on the woman’s members and put attention to presenting ‘Ophelia’ by different artists. • In last point you should only focus on John Ruskin and his influences on the Pre-Raphaelites. You should also mention in a few words about his life and work.

6. Process(III) • At the end of your presentation you should also add some general conclusionand your personal attitude toward the Pre-Raphaelites. • After some links you have word “additional”. It means that it is not obligatory page for you to read, but if you do it and use information mentioned there in your presentation, you can get a higher mark. • Always mark sites which you think are interesting or may be useful in your further work so that you can quickly find them. • When you have finished your project, look at the Evaluation bookmark. Check whether all important information is mentioned and visible on your poster.

7. Resources • At first read carefully information on the web page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-raphaelites • http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/prb/prbov.html this site and related links will help you with evaluation of any chosen subject

8. Now, focus on those topics:1. The Pre-Raphaelites Brotherhood: You should read about the Pre-Raphaelites focusing on their founders, influences, aims and reasons for creating this society. • http://painting.about.com/cs/paintinghistory/a/Preraphaelites.htm and http://painting.about.com/cs/paintinghistory/a/Preraphaelites_2.htm Focus on: reasons for founding the secret society, list of original members, sources of inspiration, paintings, why they broke up. • http://feminism.eserver.org/theory/papers/lilith/prb.html Focus on: influences • http://www.artchive.com/artchive/prb.html Focus on: luminous color, literary influences • http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/p/preraphaelite.html Focus on: additional information to what you have already learnt, look at the pictures and try to find some characteristic elements, similar for all paintings

9. 2. Members and Paintings • http://www.libfl.ru/pre-raph/photographers-main.html Focus on: photographers [additional] • http://www.anglik.net/waterhouse.htm Focus on: John William Waterhouse paintings and their topics • http://persephone.cps.unizar.es/General/Gente/SPD/Pre-Raphaelites/Pre-Raphaelites.html Focus on: pictures and short, interesting descriptions • http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/indcnt.html Focus on: some of the members and their works with description • http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/online/pre-Raphaelites/index.asp When you clink on a chosen painting you can read a description about author and painting (you do not have to explore all paintings)

10. http://images.google.com/images?q=pre-raphaelite&num=50&hl=en&hs=RSW&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:pl-PL:official_s&sa=N&tab=ii&oi=imagesthttp://images.google.com/images?q=pre-raphaelite&num=50&hl=en&hs=RSW&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:pl-PL:official_s&sa=N&tab=ii&oi=imagest You can watch some of the Pre-Raphaelites paintings [additional] • http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/victorian/painting/gallery/fairlady1.html Focus on: paintings of women, explore in what way the Pre-Raphaelites showed women on their paintings • http://www.theartnewspaper.com/artcritic/level1/reviewarchive/1998/jan_7_1998_main.html Focus on: women paintings- problems • http://www.wiliqueen.com/ophelia/preraphaelite.html Focus on: Ophelia

11. 3. Ruskin • http://www.visitcumbria.com/ruskin.htm • http://www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/ruskin/jr.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin • http://muff.uffs.net/skola/dejum/ruskin/ruskin.php • http://www.victorianstation.com/authorruskin.htm • http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/whh/replete/ruskin.html

12. Evaluation(I) Begining Below Average Average Above Average Excellent Information about the Pre- Raphaelities Detailed description of Very detailed Dates, reasons for the Pre-Raphaelities description of create the brotherhood and their society, brotherhool, aims, and the main aims, resons for creating dates and influences , some differences brotherhood, all sources of inspirations (comparing to the important dates, with exaples to every main reasons for previous artistic style), sources of source, why did they worth 20% creating the the most important inspiration(with some break up and short brotherhood, aims, members and founders exaples), what did they analysis of the Short desription, main main dates, listed one listed, listed two paint, why did they importance of their dates, founders source of inspiration sources of inspiration break up brotherhood Information about the members and their creators and artists artist devided into paintings close connected with painters, drawers and this style, dates, sculptors, dates of optionally short birth and death, short biography, most biography, the most listed creators, most important works important works, famous members, members, dates, style describe up to 4 additional influences, worth 30% dates given and written and techniques listed, paintings (including females artists, most fomous work of some works of artist one female artist), techniques uded, listed the creators and each founders (one mentioned and at least information about present at least 5 most famous members work) one women artist "Ophelia" artists John Ruskin biography, his connections with the Pre- Raphaelites, information about worth 10 % short biography and biography and listed other movement and shown a connection connections and biogrpahy, connection Ruskins' career as a between him and Pre- influences between him and explored influences critic, his influence on short biography Raphaelites and Pre-Raphaelites on Pre-Raphaelites the movement

13. Evaluation(II) The way of presenting the material; preparation of the student is speaking, poster (clear, only the but he is looking at his most important student is reading, he notes, poster is well- information student is reading bases on the poster prepared, but there are student is speaking the speech is well- mantioned) information which are and his notes, the some faults, the looking at the poster, organised, there aren't on the poster, poster is poster includes main presentation is well- poster is well- any weak points of the not prepared according points, but they aren't organised, but student organised, the way of poster, student is well- worth 25% to the directives, well-evalueted, the has some problems presenting his prepared and he/she presentation is not presentation is a little with delivering his knowledge is good and can answer to the organised chaotic speech well- organised questions Conclusion presentation is well- sumarised, the main conclusion are written on the poster, described reasons why presentation is the person summarized, there is a likes/doesn't like the summarized main conclusion and Pre-Raphaelites briefly sum-up with a points of the personal attitude movement and general worth 15 % short sum up without conclusion, but not presentation, there is a toward the comments about works pointed conclusion very clear conclusion Brotherhood (paintings etc.) If for one element of your mark you will get 0% you have to prepare this element once again to pass. Presentation shouldn't last longer than 20 minutes.

14. Conclusion • Please came back to the Introduction bookmark and check whether you can answer all the questions now? Well, I’m sure you can. • During preparing this task you have gained the basic knowledge about the Pre-Raphaelites, you have also learnt how to present your knowledge using poster technique and you had an opportunity to present it in front of the class. You have also learnt to find the most important information, and reject those which you do not need.