A JOURNEY THROUGH MUSEE DES BEAUX ARTS WITH ICARUS AS YOUR GUIDE! 11 th Grade Literature Mrs. Sara Burlison Hi! I am Icarus.

ICARUS WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH A TOUR OF THE MUSEE DES BEAUX, WHICH MEANS MUSEUM OF THE BEAUTIFUL ARTS. YOU WILL MEET THE AUTHOR OF THE POEM BY THE SAME TITLE, AND THE ARTIST WHO PAINTED THE ART REPRESENTED IN THE POEM. THROUGHOUT THE FIELD TRIP YOU WILL SEE YOUR VOCABULARY WORDS. IF YOU CLICK ON THEM, IT WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE VOCABULARY PAGE. AT THE END, THERE WILL BE AN ASSIGNMENT FOR YOU TO COMPLETE BY OCTOBER 15 TH. Start Objectives Vocabulary Stop 1 Stop 2 Stop 3 Stop 4Stop 5 Stop 6 Stop 7 AssignmentFinal Stop

STANDARDS CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL :Analyze how an authors choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it, and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL :Analyze the representation of a subject or key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment. CCSS.ELA-Literacy. RL : Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone. Instructions Objectives Vocab Final Stop Assignment

Objectives Students will review the terms of the poetry unit and be able to apply them in an analysis of a text. Students will learn about W.H. Auden and be able to write about his life. Students will be able to identify the poem, Musee des Beaux by W.H. Auden. Students will be able to write an analysis of the poem using the vocabulary. Students will be able to identify the art of Brueger that is applicable to Musee des Beaux. Students will be able to compare and contrast the poem with the art. Instructions Standards Vocab Final Stop Assignment

VOCABULARY Icarus: in Greek Mythology the son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun Old Masters: European painters of skill Allusion: a reference used to call something to the readers mind Enjambment: continuation of a thought over a line break Imagery: language that appeals to the readers senses Free Verse: poem with no rhyme scheme Hey! Thats me! Instructions Objectives Standards Final Stop Assignment

The Author: W.H. Auden Click on the pictures to read two different accounts of Audens life. Click on the name for a timeline ! Instructions Objectives Standards Final Stop Assignment Vocabulary

Click on the picture of Breughel to read his biography. Click on the picture of the Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels to see Breughel's collection. THE ARTIST : PIETER BREUGEL THE ELDER Instructions Objectives Standards Final Stop Assignment Vocabulary

READ AND LISTEN TO the poem, MUSEE DE BEAUX, BY CLICKING ON THE PENCIL AND EAR. Instructions Objectives Standards Vocabulary Final Stop Assignment 2

About suffering they were never wrong, The Old Masters; how well, they understood Its human position; how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along;Old Masters Enjambment Allusion Imagery Musee Des Beaux Musee Des Beaux Lines 1-5 Allusion Click on Old Masters and Musee Des Beaux to read about what it alludes. Instructions Objectives Standards Vocabulary Final Stop Assignment 2

How, when the aged are reverently, passionately waiting For the miraculous birth, there always must be Children who did not specially want it to happen, skating On a pond at the edge of the wood: Brueghel. The Census at Bethlehem Museum of Arts. Brussels. Web. 29, September, Enjambment Imagery Lines 5-8 Instructions Objectives Standards Vocabulary Final Stop Assignment 2

They never forgot That even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot Where the dogs go on with their doggy life and the torturer's horse Scratches its innocent behind on a tree. Brueghel, The Massacre of the Innocents, Museum of Fine Arts. Brussels. Web. 29, September, Enjambment Lines 9-13 Can u find the imagery in this section? Instructions Objectives Standards Vocabulary Final Stop Assignment 2 5

In Breughel's Icarus, for instance: how everything turns away Quite leisurely from the disaster; the ploughman may Have heard the splash, the forsaken cry, But for him it was not an important failure; the sun shone As it had to on the white legs disappearing into the green Water; and the expensive delicate ship that must have seen Something amazing, a boy falling out of the sky, had somewhere to get to and sailed calmly on. Brueghel, Landscapes with the Fall of Icarus.1960.Museum of Fine Art.Brussels. Web.29, September, Allusion Imagery LINES Is there enjambment here? enjambment Instructions Objectives Standards Vocabulary Assignment 2 4

ASSIGNMENT Using the knowledge from your Virtual Field Trip answer the following. Use paragraph form when necessary. 1.) How does Auden use imagery, enjambment, and allusion in this poem (cite specific examples). 2. ) How does Bruegers art depict the poetry? What does the art portray or not portray? What does the poem emphasize and why? Does the color of the art impact the tone of the poem? (cite specific examples). 3.) The first five lines did not have a painting. Draw or paint your own. Good Luck! Instructions Objectives Standards Vocabulary Final Stop