Melbourne Winter Masterpieces
Napoleon: Revolution to Empire
2 June – 7 October 2012
The exhibition website will include commentary targeted to various areas of the curriculum, brought to life with key questions, activities, film and interviews that celebrate the power and politics, spectacle and splendour of Napoleon and his times!
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For teachers and students
The exhibition Napoleon: Revolution to Empire and the companion website provide a rich and vivid learning resource for:
VCE History Units 3 and 4: Revolutions
• Area of Study 1: Revolutionary ideas, leaders, movements and events
• Area of Study 2: Creating a new society
Examine key ideas, events and factors contributing to the French Revolution and the part played by key individuals and groups in creating a new society.
VELS Humanities History Level 4 and 5
• Discovery of the New World and the Age of Exploration including the French explorers
• European settlement and the establishment of colonies
National Curriculum – History
• Year 4 First Contacts – European exploration and colonisation of Australia
• Year 9 The Making of the Modern World – Nationalism, imperialism, the colonisation of Australia as part of the expansion of European power.
Discover how the keen interest in exploration, colonisation and discovery of the New World shared by Louis XVI and Napoleon Bonaparte connected them to Australia.
VCE Visual Communication and Design
Area of Study 4: Visual Communication in context
Examine how social and political events shaped the style of the Revolution and Directory and how the styles of the Consular and Empire period proclaimed the might and right of the new order.
VCE Art and Studio Art
Study of pre 1970 artists
Examine how the events of the French Revolution affected the art and artists of the time. Explore how the key figures, ideas and events of the Revolution were depicted by artists. Discover the work of artists such as Jacques- Louis David, Antoine-Jean Gros, Robert Lefèvre, François Gérard, Jean-Baptiste Regnault and the exquisite botanical illustrations of Pierre Joseph Redouté.
LOTE
Languages Other Than English : French
Explore the time of the French Revolution and its impact on modern France. Learn about the people and stories of Revolutionary France and the little known connections linking France and Australia.
The exhibition website will include multimedia commentary about aspects of the period in French with subtitles.
