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Queen VictoriaSlide2
Studying a royal portrait
What
caracterizes an official royal portrait? Which symbols can be found around monarchs ? Which elements in a painting may reveal the social status of the sitter? Why were monarchs keen on being portrayed?
The
sitter
A
coronation
robe
A fur-
lined
gown
The pose
The
gestures
The facial expression
The
features
Idealize
The setting
Symbols
of power
The gaze
The
throne
A sceptre
A full-
length
portrait
A
three
-quarter portrait
A
shoulder
-
length
portrait
A
side
-face portrait (in profile)Slide3
Thomas Sully, Queen
Victoria, 1838, Wallace Collection
A RED VELVET CURTAIN
GEORGE IV DIADEMTHE CROWNROSY CHEEKSMost painters depict the monarch sitting on his/her throne, a symbol of power/powerfulness/might/ mightiness.Sully chooses to paint
the
Queen
in
movement
,
walking
towards
her
throne
. The
Queen
is
not
posing
so
the portrait
is
lively
. Slide4
F. X. Winterhalter,
Queen
Victoria, 1859, Royal Collections
Which elements are connected to royal power? What is the impression conveyed/given by the stance / position of the queen? Which historical evolution may justify this portrayal?
Vocabulary
:
a
ceremonial costumean ermin-lined cloak/ mantle (un manteau doublé en ermine)a gown embroidered with gold threads (brodé de fil d’or)the lapel (le bord du manteau)crimson velvet: velour écarlatea crown with diamonds Slide5
Utiliser des adjectifs
Insert the
following
adjectives in the sentences below:Queen Victoria is wearing a dress and a mantle.Ceremonial - long – embroidered - beautiful – redQueen victoria looks self-assured. Like – a – and - monarch
–
dressed
–
powerful
– authoritative The Queen’s costume symbolized her mightiness.Adorned – triumphant - and – with - fur – richly – gold Slide6
Epithète
:
places devant le nom dans un ordre precis a very kind old English ladyTAILLE / ÂGE / COULEUR / ORIGINE / MATIERE + NOM : an interesting old French oil paintingexceptionsAdjectifs accompagnés d’un complément : a glass full of water, a coat covered with mud, a man ready to fightAdjectifs nombreux ou contrastés : An old
beggar
,
dirty
,
ragged, sad-looking, was staring at me. Attribut : après be, look, feel, keep, get, seem, findpour exprimer l’aboutissement, le résultat He pushed the door opencas particulier : adjectifs commencant par a- (afraid, asleep,....) après le nom : A animal afraid of every manSO / SUCH
SO + ADJ/ADV (+ ARTICLE + NOM) : I
was
so
fascinated
that
I
could
have
stayed
there
forever
SUCH + ADJECTIF + ARTICLE + NOM : It
is
such
a
nice
place !Slide7
Franz Xaver
Winterhalter, The Royal
Family
, 1846Queen Victoria was the mother of 9 children. Her she is depicted more as a mother than as a queen.The girls are not painted as their mother’s heirs, not like future queens
but
playing
with
a doll. Though the royal couple is posing (Queen Victoria is looking at the painter) the scene remains lively and the atmosphere intimate. Do you think this painting would
be
hung
, or
displayed
in the
same
place as the
previous
one? Slide8
Sir EdwinLandseer
,
Queen
Victoria and the Prince Consort at Windsor, 1845-47 Slide9
Franz
Xaver
Winterhalter, Portrait de la Reine Victoria, 1842, Versailles
Winterhalter, Queen Victoria, 1845, Royal CollectionsSlide10
1887
Photographic
portrait
Jubilee portraitSlide11
Queen
Victoria,
Diamond
Jubilee portrait, 1897