Starry night

Students of class III A are working on the topic of "Evening - Night" from different point of views. So they are gathering info in Italian Literature, English Literature and Culture, Music, Art and so on.

This is a beautiful painting called Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh

and this morning the students listened to a song on this topic and they got a handout with some questions about the painting and the song. Here are the questions on "Starry Night", the painting:

1. What time of the day is it?
2. Where is the scene set?
3. What place is this?
4. Is this a big city, a town or a village?
5. How can you say that?
6. What are the dominant colours in the painting?
7. Do you like this painting? Why?
8. What do you think of while looking at it?

The song we listened to is "Vincent" by Don McLean written in 1971 and it is about the artist and his paintings.



We also had a look at another painting by the same painter that is called "Café Terrace at Night"

Here are some questions too:

1. What time of the day is it?
2. Where is the scene set?
3. What place is this?
4. Is this a big city, a town or a village?
5. How can you say that?
6. How many people are there?
7. What are the people wearing?
8. What are the dominant colours in the painting?
9. Do you like this painting? Why?
10. What do you think of while looking at it?