State Da Vinci Decathlon 2015 Art and Poetry
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Task developed Karen Yager, Knox Grammar, 2015 State da Vinci Decathlon 2015 An academic gala day for Years 9, 10 & 11 Art and Poetry ‘Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen’ Leonardo da Vinci. Team Number _____________ Task developed Karen Yager, Knox Grammar, 2015 The Task: River of Dreams Background information Each one of us has been shaped by our past, our relationship with family and others, and the places that we have lived and visited physically and in our imaginations. Billy Joel’s album cover for the River of Dreams painted by his then wife Christie Brinkley captures humanity’s past as far back as Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The song of the same name is about the search for what has shaped us to become who we are: In the middle of the night I go walking in my sleep Through the desert of truth To the river so deep We all end in the ocean We all start in the streams We're all carried along By the river of dreams In the middle of the night The Task Your challenge is to compose an original, detailed poem and integrated work of art that capture the places that have shaped the life of a famous real or imaginary individual. Imagine if your art and poetry represented Alexander the Great’s life and the places he conquered or Huckleberry Finn as he drifted on the Mississippi River with Jim. The poem and the artwork must be closely interconnected. The artwork can be in any form, such as a 3D sculpture or a symbolic drawing. You must include the following components: A detailed poem and interconnected art work that capture the places that have been influential for a famous real or imaginary individual in his or her life. A significant message about how places have an impact on our lives. Evocative imagery that represents at least three places. A critical evaluation of your poem and artwork. The materials for the poem and artwork Three pieces of A4 paper (You do not have to use all three pieces.) One piece of A4 cardboard Coloured pencils or crayons Sticky tape (optional) *** You cannot use any other material! 2 Task developed Karen Yager, Knox Grammar, 2015 Team Number _____________ Critical evaluation Name of famous individual (real or imaginary) ………………………………………………. 1. Why you chose the places that you have referred to in the poem and art work. (1 mark) 2. How the places have influenced the individual’s life (2 marks) 3. An explanation of the key message of the poem and art work. (2 marks) Marking Criteria Poem Art Interpretation of the task 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 Originality and creativity of the 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 artwork and the poem The interconnectedness of the 0 1 2 3 4 5 poetry and the artwork Critical evaluation 0 1 2 3 4 5 An original message that 0 1 2 3 4 5 connects to the importance of places in our lives TOTAL /35 3 Tasks developed by Wayne Inwood, Knox Grammar School & John Mirosevich ,Wesley College Perth, 2015 State da Vinci Decathlon 2015 An academic gala day for Years 9, 10 and 11 Cartography ‘To understand a place is to engage with braided narratives and sue generous explorations’ Rebecca Solnit. Team Number _____________ Tasks developed by Wayne Inwood, Knox Grammar School & John Mirosevich ,Wesley College Perth Cartography Background Information: Cartography is the art on map making. Maps can unlock and expose the most wondrous places in the world, depending upon the skill and intent of the cartographer. The history of cartography reflects human history—exploration, political change, and wars. It also reflects technological change from designing maps on bark to creating cartographic displays with computers. ―Places matter. Their rules, their scale, their design include or exclude civil society, pedestrianism, equality, diversity (economic and otherwise), understanding of where water comes from and garbage goes, consumption or conservation. They map our lives.‖ ― Rebecca Solnit, Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics All Images used in this document are copyright free from Wikimedia Commons. Main Page. (2015, March 2). Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Retrieved 12:20, March 17, 2015 from http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=151793790 Let’s go and explore some new and possibly wonderful places …… 2 | P a g e Tasks developed by Wayne Inwood, Knox Grammar School & John Mirosevich ,Wesley College Perth Picture 1 Question 1: Which city is this iconic building found? _____________________________________ Question 2: Which country is the city found in? _____________________________________ Question 3: What is the name of this statue? _____________________________________ Picture 2 Question 4: What is the name of the ruins of an old city? ____________________________________ Question 5: Which country is the city found in? ____________________________________ Picture 3 Question 6: Which city is this iconic structure found? ____________________________________ Question 7: Which country is it found in? ____________________________________ Question 8: What is the name of this structure? ____________________________________ 3 | P a g e Tasks developed by Wayne Inwood, Knox Grammar School & John Mirosevich ,Wesley College Perth Picture 4 Question 9: What is the name of this iconic old city? ____________________________________ Question 10: Which country is the city found in? ____________________________________ Picture 5 Question 11: Which city is this iconic structure found? ____________________________________ Question 12: Which country is the city found? ____________________________________ Question 13: What is the name of this structure? ____________________________________ Picture 6 Question 14: Which city is this iconic building found? ____________________________________ Question 15: Which country is the city found? ____________________________________ Question 16: What is the name of this building? ____________________________________ Picture 7 Question 17: Which city is this iconic building found? ____________________________________ Question 18: Which country is the city found in? ____________________________________ Question 19: What is the name of this building? ____________________________________ 4 | P a g e Tasks developed by Wayne Inwood, Knox Grammar School & John Mirosevich ,Wesley College Perth Picture 8 Question 20: Which city is this iconic building found? ____________________________________ Question 21: Which country is the city found in? ____________________________________ Question 22: What is the name of this building? ____________________________________ Pictures 9 and 10 Question 23: Which city shown in this first picture with this iconic mountain in the background found? ____________________________________ Question 24: Which country is the city found? ____________________________________ Question 25: What is the name of this mountain? ____________________________________ 5 | P a g e Tasks developed by Wayne Inwood, Knox Grammar School & John Mirosevich ,Wesley College Perth Captain James Cook [1728 – 1779] in Yorkshire, England, was a well-known British explorer, navigator, cartographer during Britain‘s ‗Age of Exploration‘. He made detailed maps of Newfoundland in Canada prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and many islands in the Pacific. Cook contributed to the accurate mapping of coastlines and improved navigation of this part of the world. Answer the following questions relating to James Cook, his work and the many places that he discovered. Cook was well regarded in the Navy and in the nautical world because of the detail and care that he put into his ‗nautical chart‘ drawing. To the average person there is little difference between a ‗map‘ and a ‗chart‘, but a cartographer knows the difference. Question 1: What is the main difference between a ―map‖ and a ―chart‖ in the cartographic world? __________________________________________________________________________ (2 mark) Question 2: Sadly Captain James Cook died in 1779 whilst on his final voyage and was killed by the natives from the islands that he visited and named on January 18, 1778 and named them the ―Sandwich Islands‖ in honour of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who was one of his sponsors as the First Lord of the Admiralty. This name was in use until the 1840s, when the local name was gradually adopted. What is that name that we use today for these islands? ______________________________________________________________________ 6 | P a g e Tasks developed by Wayne Inwood, Knox Grammar School & John Mirosevich ,Wesley College Perth (1 mark) Question 3: On his final third voyage, the public was lead to believe that Tahiti and hopefully other new places were to be discovered in the Pacific, but the secret mission that Cook was tasked with was to try to find the ―Northwest Passage‖. His attempts at discovering this passage took him between which two places (landforms), but forced back due to the Arctic Ice Cap? __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ (2 marks) Question 4: Prior to his 3 voyages, Cook worked for the Navy and drew this chart of Newfoundland in present day Canada. Name five (5) features of a map that you can clearly identify? (5 marks) 1. __________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________ 3. __________________________________________________ 4.