Portraits

The Task: As a group create a slideshow of a collection of 5 portraits and their analysis.

Step 1: Have a virtual excursion to The National Portrait Gallery in Canberra it has many of its portraits available for viewing online.

Step 2: Individually, choose one portrait and find out more about its creation, the artist and the subject. 

Step 3: Individually, complete an analysis of your chosen artwork

• A)– What do you see? Describe the different parts of the work itself.
• B)– What does it mean? What do the different aspects of the image represent? Do you get to know the subject by how the artist has portrayed them?
• C)–  Is it good? What artistic techniques are employed? What is the artistic movement?

Step 4: Work as a group on a shared Powerpoint presentation, try and find a common theme or idea in your portraits. Use zoom in and out techniques in powerpoint to include your analysis and focus on particular parts of your artwork.

Have a look here for some ideas  – National Portrait Gallery has a collection of online ‘stories’ also the Google Arts and Culture website has some great collections.

Below is a ClickView video about portraits