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Modern Art, Oxford: Study Visit Web Resources
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Introduction
- Type of visit
- Information needed
- Language needed
Study resources
- Modern Art, Oxford
- Art Glossaries
- Other Art Galleries
Interactive study resources
Choose a different study visit
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Text by Geoff Taylor, St Clare's, Oxford, OnLine (SCOOL) Co-ordinator, July, 2005
 Introduction
Modern Art, Oxford, exhibits a wide variety of contemporary art by practising artists from the UK and around the world. Recent exhibitions include:
- Installations
- Paintings
- Photographs
- Performance
- Sculpture
- Video & film
Quotes
"the South East's leading centre for modern and contemporary art with a national and international reputation"
Source: www.modernartoxford.org.uk/
"one of the best spaces in Britain for seeing new developments in contemporary art"
Sir Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate
Type of visit
- Art gallery, founded in 1965
Information needed
- Genres of (modern) art (oil-painting, watercolour, sculpture, etc)
- History of art, especially modern art
Language needed
- General descriptive vocabulary: colours, shapes
- General language of opinions, including positive/negative adjectives
- Specific art-related vocabulary, including:
- Location and prepositional phrases (in the background, etc)
- Genres of art (oil-painting, watercolour, sculpture, etc)
- Vocabulary related to the process of creating artworks
Study resources
(These links could be used as information sources before a visit)
Modern Art, Oxford
- Modern Art, Oxford, 30 Pembroke Street Oxford 0X1 1BP
http://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/
Founded in 1965. Said to be "the South East‘s leading centre for modern and contemporary art with a national and international reputation". Admission is free!
Planning your visit
http://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/Visit/planning.php
Includes information about opening times; information about group bookings; link to map
Art Glossaries
- Art Glossaries at WebMuseum, Paris
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/
Short descriptions of major art periods: Baroque, Classicism, Cubism, Dada, Expressionism, Fauvism, Futurism, Impressionism, Realism, Renaissance, Romanticism, Surrealism
- Art Glossary
http://www.ucanbuyart.net/art_glossary.html
From Acrylic to Zodiac
- Glossary of Art Terms
http://www.martinlawrence.com/glossary_explore.html
From Aquatint to Wash
Other Art Galleries
Interactive study resources
(These activities could be used as practice exercises, before or after a visit)
Art Quizzes
- Ms. Quiz's Art Quizzes at ArtKids
http://accessarts.org/ArtKids/ArtHistory/msquiz.html
A fun and educational way to test your knowledge. Compare your answers to other artists. Choose from 10 to 50 or more questions. Your result is sent to your email address. Difficult!
Art Appreciation
http://msquiz.com/ArtAppreciation/
Art Styles & Techniques
http://msquiz.com/ArtTechniques/
Art History
http://www.msquiz.com/ArtHistory/
- Art Quizzes
http://www.ucanbuyart.net/art_quiz.html
"These weekly art quizzes will test your knowledge in the world of art and art history."
The questions start off easy and get harder as they progress. The questions change each week. When I visited, they were about Van Gogh. Good Luck! You'll need it!
- The 70 most Beautiful words in English
http://www.britishcouncil.org/card/card.html
Beautiful animated word display by the British Council (Requires Macromedia Flash plug-in)
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