POLISH LANGUAGE THROUGH ART | PART II

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POLISH LANGUAGE THROUGH ART. PART 2 A series of 14 museum classes aims to teach Polish to adults through encounters with art. Participants will have the opportunity to learn by exploring and describing works of art. Thanks to this format, where discussions about art take center stage, language learning progresses naturally. Meetings will take place in the galleries of the National Museum, and prepared worksheets with exercises will allow participants to reinforce vocabulary and phrases at home. The classes are designed for people from various cultural backgrounds and will be conducted by two educators using three languages: Polish, English, and Ukrainian. We warmly invite individuals of varying language levels who wish to get closer to the excellent works of art in the MNW collection. 📅 Dates: Fridays: September 5, 12, 19, 26; October 3, 10, 17, 24; November 7, 14, 21, 28; December 5, 12 at 4:30 PM ⏳ Duration: 80 minutes 📍 Meeting point: Main Building of MNW – Main Hall 👥 For whom: adults 💰 Participation rules: passes priced at 150 PLN available at the ticket office and online starting August 27 at 10:00 AM SCHEDULE: - September 12: Fashion and Art During the class, we will discuss the influence of fashion on art, looking at works from various periods. Exercises will include vocabulary related to clothing and the past tense. - September 19: Medieval Times Stories In this meeting, we will explore important works in the Medieval Gallery, whose messages can only be understood through careful contemplation and knowledge of the presented symbolism. Exercises will focus on pronunciation, accents, and syntax. - September 26: Stories in Modern Times Paintings During the meeting with works from the 17th to 19th centuries, we will attempt to interpret the depicted stories. Exercises will include a wide range of vocabulary and numeral declension. - October 3: The Child - Its Image and Rights in Ancient Cultures This meeting will focus on the social position of children and their presence in art in ancient cultures of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. In the presence of artifacts gathered in the Ancient Gallery, we will practice vocabulary related to the meeting's theme. Exercises will include practicing adjective and adverb gradation. - October 10: The Child - Its Image and Rights in Modern Times During the meeting, we will look at the changing image of children in art, along with the evolving family model, where parent-child relationships became closer and less formal. Traces of these changes can be found in paintings in the MNW collection, starting from Renaissance art and ending in the 20th century. Language exercises will include the past tense. - October 17: And Time Flows This meeting will focus on vocabulary related to time terminology, its measurement, and passing. During the meeting, we will examine various clocks that measured time over the centuries. Clocks also indicated the social status and education of their owners. - October 24: The Nude. Is There an Ideal Body? Since ancient times, the nude has been one of the most popular genres in art. Greek philosophers began the discourse on the ideal proportions of the human body, followed by artists, as seen in the art of subsequent eras. The topic remains relevant and will be discussed during the meeting alongside works from the MNW collection. - November 7: Writing. Antiquity Thanks to speech, humans could share their thoughts, feelings, and experiences with others. Later, they wanted to preserve what they said or observed around them. Thus, writing was born. During the meeting, we will work on vocabulary related to the topic and numbers and perform several engaging exercises. See you there! - November 14: Writing. Middle Ages Books were luxury items in the Middle Ages. Parchment had great value—it was entirely made from skin, and producing pages required a lot of work. We warmly invite you to discover the secrets of writing in the Middle Ages and enrich your vocabulary in an inspiring artistic environment! - November 21: Old Age This meeting will focus on the image of old age in art. A dual attitude toward aging has been visible for centuries in many cultures. On one hand, we see respect for older, experienced individuals, and on the other, fear of losing physical fitness, illness, and death. During the meeting, we will learn abstract concepts and expressions as part of the exercises. - November 28: Iconography of Saints Attributes in Christian art make saints easier to recognize, so their knowledge is essential for fully understanding the content of a work. During the class, we will learn about the lives and attributes of selected saints whose images are found in the Medieval Art Gallery. - December 5: Medicine and Art Can art somehow be connected to medicine? During the meeting, we will show that these connections exist and have existed since antiquity. We will look at Egyptian amulets, Greek votives, and also 19th-century artworks, where medical knowledge allows for a deeper understanding of the piece. - December 12: Objects Yesterday and Today This meeting will focus on various objects that have disappeared from our lives, and their names are often forgotten. However, new objects with different names but the same functions have taken their place. The classes will take place in the Old Art Galleries and the Educational Room, and language exercises will focus on reinforcing vocabulary related to shapes, colors, and numerals. Educators: - Magdalena Kucza-Kuczyńska – art historian, educator at MNW, lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and the Higher School of Art, author of texts on art anthropology and art therapy, interested in the looting of artworks during World War II. - Sofia Riabczuk – coordinator of the Ukrainian program in the MNW Education Department, educator, translator, psychologist. Graduate of philology at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Kyiv) and clinical psychology at the Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv). Interested in the therapeutic impact of art in group work in museums. 📧 Contact: [email protected]