This document provides information and discussion questions for students visiting the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid. It includes 11 discussion questions to guide students in observing and analyzing various artworks on display. It then lists the titles, artists, and dates of 14 different paintings and one sculpture that students will see. The questions are meant to have students describe what they see, interpret meanings, analyze techniques and materials, discuss colors, make connections, and understand the historical context of the pieces. It concludes by announcing excursion dates for different first year classes to visit.

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REINA SOFÍA
MUSEUM 2016

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Art Detectives
 1. What do you see? Describe the painting.
 2. What do you think is happening in this piece of art?
 3. What materials do you think the artist used to make this piece
of Art? Describe briefly the technique used.
 4. How are the colours in this work? What is the color most
important in this painting, why do you think so?
 5. Does this piece of art remind you of anything?
 6. Pretend you could go inside this piece of art. What do you
see? What do you hear? What do you smell?

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Art Detectives
 7. Which part pof the piece is your favourite? Why?
 8 If you could change one thing about this puiece of art, what would
you change?
 9. How does this piece of art make you feel? Can you say why?
 10. If you had to describe this piece of art to a friend, what kind of
words would you use?
 11. Describe briefly the aged in which this piece of art was done.
 12. Explain shortly the author´s biography?

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Jardín de Aranjuez. Glorieta II. 1907
Santiago Rusiñol

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Manola. 1900-1910
julio Romero de Torres

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Niebit. 1909
Isidre Nonell

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Hombre con pipa. 1925
Joan Miró

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MZ 442. 1922
Kurt Schwitters

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Personajes junto al
Mar. 1934
Joan Miró

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Mujer de Mujer Llorando con
Pañuelo. 1937
Pablo Picasso

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Les Coqs (Les Coqs Rouges). 1935
André Masson

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Tertulia. 1929
Ángeles Santos

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El Gato y el Canario
(Las Damas de
Rathboneplace). 1947
Óscar Domínguez

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Paisaje. 1926
Benjamín Palencia

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Retrato. 1925
Salvador Dalí

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La fenêtre ouverte (La ventana abierta). 1921
Juan Gris

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Retrato de Tristán Tzara.
1923
Robert Delaunay

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Reds, Rome. 1920-1925
Amédée Ozanfant

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Try to keep your public amused during all the speech
Good Luck
Remember
The duration of
the speech
should be 6-8
minutes and
every one should
speak.
Try to prepare
some resumed
notes to help you in
the speech but
avoid only read
them

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Excursion´Days
15th of February
1º Eso E and C
22th of February
1º Eso B and D
29th of February
1º Eso A