Unit 10
Lessons 5 and 6
Student’s Book pages 80 and 81
READING
1 Read the article about the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. What is special about it?
Suggested answers
The gallery contains extremely valuable paintings, sculpture and pottery from all around the world. The gallery a Touring Museum programme.
2 Which words are connected to art? Check the meaning of any words you don’t know in the Activity Book Glossary or in a dictionary.
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Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
If you visited a country to learn mainly about its culture, that would be cultural tourism. The best places to start finding out about Jordanian culture are the museums and galleries in Jordan. They can give a tourist a good idea about art in this country, and how it has developed over the years.
One of the most magnificent places for art exhibition in Jordan is the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. It was opened in February 1980 CE by the Royal Society of Fine Arts, and its patrons were His Majesty the late King Hussein and Her Majesty Queen Nour Al Hussein.
The gallery contains extremely valuable paintings, sculpture and pottery that represent both contemporary and Islamic arts. Exhibitions at the gallery contain works of art, sculpture and pottery by contemporary Jordanian artists such as Adnan Al Sharif and Alia Amoura, as well as artists from the Middle East and all around the world.
A recent project introduced by the gallery in May 2009 CE is the programme of the Touring Museum. The purpose of the programme, as its name shows, is to promote art to people all over Jordan, especially those who live in remote places. Art workshops and displays of the main exhibitions in the gallery are the main parts of the programme.
The gallery is closely linked to the Jordan Association of Artists, who organise and curate the Touring Museum. They aim to make art available to everyone, and also to make sure artists can be free to deliver their message. The Association has recently helped the Gallery to increase the number of exhibitions by female artists and continues to set up conferences on the subject of Jordanian art and culture.
So, if you want to know more about Jordanian art and culture, go to the Jordanian Gallery of Fine Arts!
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gallery
fine arts
patron
contemporary
pottery
curate
COMPREHENSION
3 Read the article again and answer the questions.
1 What is cultural tourism?
2 What do the words in bold refer to?
3 What did His Majesty the late King Hussein and Her Majesty Queen Nour Al Hussein do?
4 What does the gallery include?
5 Describe the Touring Museum project in your own words.
6 What is the Jordan Association of Artists’ goal?
7 What has this association already achieved?
8 Do you think the Touring Museum is beneficial for people living in distant areas? Why/Why not?
1 When people visit a country to learn mainly about its culture, and not for visiting its tourist attractions mainly.
2 they: the museums and galleries in Jordan
Those: people all over Jordan
They: people in the Jordan Association of Artists
3 His Majesty the late King Hussein and Her Majesty Queen Nour Al Hussein supported the National Gallery of Fine Arts.
4 The gallery contains extremely valuable paintings, sculpture and pottery that represent both contemporary and Islamic arts.
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6 Its goal is to make art available to everyone, and also to make sure artists can be free to deliver their message.
7 The Association has recently helped the Gallery to increase the number of exhibitions by female artists and continues to set up conferences on the subject of Jordanian art and culture.
8 Students’ own answers
SPEAKING
4 What other activities could the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts do to activate national interest in art? Discuss with your partner.
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5 Many people say that art is the most important means of expressing one’s ideas and feelings. Do you agree or disagree with this? If you disagree, what do you believe is more important? Have a debate to present your ideas.
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WRITING
6 Can you design a new programme for promoting the artistic movement in Jordan? Write your plan and describe the process. Include answers to the following questions:
1 What is the name of the programme?
2 What is the purpose of the programme?
3 What are the steps for realising it?
4 What are the possible difficulties that you might face?
Name of the programme: ………………………………………………………………………..
Purpose: …………………………………………………………….
Process: ………………………………………………………..
Difficulties: …………………………………………………….
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SPEAKING
7 Use the plan in exercise 6 to give an e-presentation about your programme to the class and explain how it functions.
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Research box
Who is Adnan Al Sharif and what are some of his most famous works of art?
He is a Jordanian artist. Some of his famous works are (for Love Peace).
Unit 10
Lessons 5 and 6
Activity Book pages 55 and 56
Reading
6 Read the text and look at the words (1–7) in bold. Match them with the meanings (a–g) below.
Artists in Jordan represent the country’s rich cultural heritage through their 1magnificent works, such as paintings, crafts, 2pottery, etc. This variety of art and culture is usually displayed in art exhibition galleries all around Jordan. The Artist Association was inaugurated in 1977 CE by Jordanian artists, like Muhanna Al Dura and Ali El Ghul. There, artists could meet to discuss their problems and share their works. In order to 3 promote cultural diversity in Jordan and other Islamic countries, the Royal Society of 4 Fine Arts was founded in 1979 CE. One of this society’s major achievements is the foundation of the Jordan National 5 Gallery of Fine Arts in 1980 CE, which contains a unique collection of modern and 6 contemporary works. Jordan’s 7cultural heritage is extremely rich and offers tourists an amazing experience through its art, religion and history.
a…………………….. a room or building where people can see works of art
b…………………………………… objects made of baked clay
c………………………………… relating to a society and its way of living
d…………………………………. impressive because of being beautiful
e…………………………………… belonging to the present time
f……………………………………. to support or encourage
g………………………………………….. creative art that is of very good quality
a 5
b 2
c 7
d 1
e 6
f 3
g 4
7 Choose five of the words in exercise 6, and use them to write your own sentences.
1 …………………………………..
2 …………………………….
3 ……………………………….
4 ……………………………………..
5 …………………………….
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8 Have you ever been to an art exhibition gallery? If yes, where was it and what did you enjoy the most? If not, would you like to visit one? Explain why in both cases.
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WRITING: THE HISTORY OF AN OBJECT
9 Write an article about the history of an everyday object. Choose your own object to research, or use the ideas below. Make notes in your notebook.
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10 Write about the invention of the object. Use the passive as much as you can. Make sure you answer these questions in your writing:
● Who was it invented by, and when?
● How did the inventor get the idea for it?
● How was it first made?
● How did the design change or improve?
● How successful has it become?
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