giovedì, gennaio 11, 2007

Create your profile to send to Italy!!!


Today you are going to create a profile of yourself, to present to the students at our sister school in Milano, Italia, l'Istituto Kandinsky, IN ITALIAN. I want you to describe yourself - add pictures and graphics - BE CREATIVE! What do you do in your spare time? What are your dreams for the future? What music do you like to listen to? What is your favorite book, movie, food to eat? I want to know about YOU in ITALIAN! Your work should be at least one page (including pictures and graphics). Let's show Italy the best of you.

The BEST profile will win a tote bag from the Istituto Kandinsky.

You can use WORD or POWER POINT. Please email me your work at asouza@cps.k12.il.us


Take a look at our sister school's website by clicking on the link below:

PS: The artist of the painting above and namesake of the Istituto Kandinsky is Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian artist who created some of the first modern abstract paintings. Read his bio below for more information.
Wassily Kandinsky (Russian: Василий Кандинский, first name pronounced as [vassi:li]) (December 16, 1866 [O.S. December 4] – December 13, 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist. One of the most famous 20th-century artists, he is credited with painting the first modern abstract works.
Kandinsky was born in Moscow but spent his childhood in Odessa. He enrolled at the University of Moscow and chose law and economics. Although quite successful in his profession—he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat—he started painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.
In 1896 he settled in Munich and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He went back to Moscow in 1918 after the Russian Revolution. Being in conflict with official theories on art, he returned to Germany in 1921. There he was a teacher at the Bauhaus from 1922 until it was closed by the Nazis in 1933. At that time he moved to France where he lived the rest of his life, becoming a French citizen in 1939. He died at Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1944.(Russian: Василий Кандинский, first name pronounced as [vassi:li]) (December 16, 1866 [O.S. December 4] – December 13, 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist. One of the most famous 20th-century artists, he is credited with painting the first modern abstract works.
Kandinsky was born in Moscow but spent his childhood in Odessa. He enrolled at the University of Moscow and chose law and economics. Although quite successful in his profession—he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat—he started painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.
In 1896 he settled in Munich and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He went back to Moscow in 1918 after the Russian Revolution. Being in conflict with official theories on art, he returned to Germany in 1921. There he was a teacher at the Bauhaus from 1922 until it was closed by the Nazis in 1933. At that time he moved to France where he lived the rest of his life, becoming a French citizen in 1939. He died at Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1944.

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