More information and more paintings 
​There is always more to find out about the paintings used in the modules AND 
There are always different paintings that can be used to provoke discussion and work within each theme. 
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If you  find some paintings that are really useful do please contact us so that we can add these to the toolkit.

Love and Family 

Strength and Power 

Still Life with Drinking-Horn 
by Willem Kalf 1635

Perhaps not a conventional look at Power and Strength but inorder to collect together this range of objects at that time would have required great wealth and the power to organise trips and shipments.

The Ambassadors

Nature

The Cornfield by John Constable 

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Also take a look at The Haywain by John Constable ​

Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh
https://youtu.be/YV4YGUAHPJU
Also look at Vincent Van Gogh - A Wheatfield, with cypresses.
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/vincent-van-gogh-a-wheatfield-with-cypresses

Weymouth Bay: Bowleave Cove and Jordan Hill  by John Constable  

 Also take a look at a talk about beaches 
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/stories/a-curated-look-beaches

Work and Industry 
See also notes for Men of the Docks 

Our World 

Two boys and a girl make music

Have you ever sat down with a friend or family and made music? The girl is improvising on a helmet, what have you ever drummed on?  

Ballet Dancers 

Degas has painted dancers wearing traditional costume but what do you like to wear to dance?  

Beach Scene 

Lots of us visit the beach ...but does it look like this? 

Science and Technology 

An experiment on a bird in the Air Pump 
Click below to see and hear examples of work completed 

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/learning/teachers-and-schools/teaching-english-and-drama/pupils-work-an-experiment-on-a-bird-in-the-air-pump

 Digital and sound responses to colour linked to two different paintings. 
A collaboration between the National Gallery and Kings College  

​ https://youtu.be/ai6cf7MzrmM
Van Gogh's Wheatfield and Cypresses
https://youtu.be/6EAgalhqOpw
Monet Water-Lilies, Setting Sun 

The Fighting Temeraire​

In Design and Technology you may have used air or water to power mechanisms but the tug in this picture is using steam power to be able to pull in this huge fighting vessel. 

Freedom 

Freedom and Change 
by Lubaina Himid 1984 

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/himid-freedom-and-change-t15264

Third Marquette for 'The unknown Political Prisoner'
1951-52 © The estate of Reg Butler

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/butler-third-maquette-for-the-unknown-political-prisoner-l02991

Untitled( London Bridge)
by Kerry James Marshall 2017

​https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/marshall-untitled-london-bridge-l04083

Migrants and Refugees

Ukranian Dancers 
by Hilaire-Germain-EdgarDegas 1899

Clearly an important cultural country over a hundred years ago - now fighting for their survival. 
​https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/hilaire-germain-edgar-degas-ukrainian-dancers

Winslow-Homer 'The Gulf Stream' 1899 

An exhibition of this American artists work is about to start at the National Gallery September 2022
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/press-and-media/press-releases/winslow-homer-force-of-nature
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Whilst not a direct image of migrants or refugees this image might be a catayst for discussions about topical issues. 


​The Finding of Moses 
by Orazio Gentileschi

This is the 2022 Take one Picture - you can follow links to find out more about the picture https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/orazio-gentileschi-the-finding-of-moses
​but also to see the ......
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