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Royal paintings

Answer the following questions with your classmates.

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A royal pictureA royal picture - Questions
Royal portraitureRoyal portraiture - Questions
Elizabeth I's coronation portraitElizabeth I's coronation portrait - QuestionsMore about Elizabeth I's coronation portrait - Questions

A royal picture

A royal picture - Questions

Answer the following questions with your classmates.
1.Who is the woman on the picture?
2.Where is she?
3.How is she dressed?
4.On what occasion do you think this picture was taken?
5.How do you call a picture / a photo of a person?

Royal portraiture

Royal portraiture - Questions

Read the text carefully and answer these questions.
1.What type of royal portraits can you see in the Royal Collection?
2.What word is used to describe what is conveyed through these portraits?
3.What type of relationships was there between the monarchs and the artists?

Elizabeth I's coronation portrait

Elizabeth I's coronation portrait - Questions

1.Look at this portrait and discuss:
  • What type of picture is it?
  • Can you guess in which period it was painted?
  • How do you know it's a coronation portrait?
2.Do some research:
  • Who was Elizabeth I?
  • How long did she reign?
  • Why is she still famous?

More about Elizabeth I's coronation portrait - Questions

1. Read the text carefully. Can you highlight:
  • the date of Elizabeth I’s coronationin blue?
  • the items of clothing she is wearinginyellow?
  • the symbols on her outfitingreen?
  • the words related to her beautyinpink?
2. Now read the first paragraph again and answer the following questions.
  • Is this the original painting?
  • Where can people see it today?
3. Looking at the second paragraph: can you tell what the fleur-de-lis represents?
4.Now read the final paragraph again and answer the following questions.
  • What parts of her outfit show that she is the queen?
  • Can you find two beauty standards from Elizabeth’s time?