Marie Antionette's Portrait Artist: Vigée Le Brun Case 11
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English - March 18, 2021 18:00 - 18 minutes - 17 MBHistory Kids & Family Education for Kids teachers students history music original women song writer world war 11 australian history awesome history podcast Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Elizabeth Vigée Le Brun painted over 30 portraits of Marie Antionette.
Find out what life was like for a female artist who rose up from poverty to prominence to become Marie Antionette's artist during the lead up to the French Revolution.
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Reflection Questions:
How do you think that copying renowned artworks would help an artist improve their craft?Explain why memoirs and diaries are not always reliable sources.Evaluate the usefulness of a memoir as a source for research.Often there are more sources from the Revolutionary perspective rather than the nobility or bourgeois, why do you think that there are less sources available from this perspective.Elizabeth describes Marie Antionette as warm and kind-hearted, why do you think the dominant narrative of the queen is a frivolous money waster?Think about the context of what is happening in Paris at the time, why do you think this murderous behaviour was acceptable during the French Revolution?The portrait of Marie Antionette was considered propaganda. How can a portrait be considered propaganda?This episode is proudly sponsored by Amped Up Learning You can find classroom ready resources, games and decor for a huge range of subjects from Prep to Year 12.
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