Vincent van Gogh 3

Vincent van Gogh 3^rd Grade

1. 
   Go to www.iem.ac.ru/wm/paint/auth/gogh
   
2. 
   Read the first paragraph. In what city and country was Vincent van Gogh born? What year?
   

3. 
   In what city and country did Vincent van Gogh die? What year? So, how old was Vincent van Gogh when he died?
   

4. 
   Over how many years did Vincent van Gogh paint?
   

5. 
   Scroll down to the painting of “The Potato Eaters”. Read the sentence prior to the painting. How many paintings could Vincent van Gogh have painted each year(use your answer in 4. to calculate this value)?
   

6. 
   Click on the painting of “The Potato Eaters”. How many are sitting at the table?
   

7. Click the “back” arrow in the upper left corner of your screen.

8. 
   Scroll down to the painting of “Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear”
   
9. 
   Look at the end of the following paragraph. Why did Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear? Which ear did he cut off?
   

8. 
   Click on the painting of “Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear”. Which ear does the portrait show is cut off? Why do you think this is so?
   

8. 
   Click the “back” arrow”
   
9. 
   Vincent van Gogh moved from what is called impressionism(paintings that look like real life. The painting “The Potato Eaters” and his self portrait are this) to expressionism(expresses an idea but is not exactly like real life). Scroll down and click on the underlined Starry Night. Click on the painting. Do you think this is an impressionistic painting or an expressionistic painting?
   

13. Click the “back” arrow twice. Click on any painting to see a bigger version of it. Which of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings do you like the best?