Resource Menu: World Languages
Need help finding what you are looking for? Take a look at our Resource Menus; an annotated list of VMFA resources organized by subject area. Here is a curated menu of easily accessible selected offerings relating to Spanish, French, Russian, and German World Language Classes.
VMFA offers online resources on many topics and at many grade levels. Here is a curated menu of easily accessible selected offerings relating to Spanish, French, Russian, and German World Language Classes.
Sensory Inventories
Sensory Inventories are a very effective way to encourage active observation by students—and offer many opportunities for practicing writing skills and expanding vocabulary. VMFA’s Learn site offers this activity in Spanish, French, and German.
WRITING TO LEARN: SENSORY INVENTORY (SPANISH)
WRITING TO LEARN: SENSORY INVENTORY (FRENCH)
WRITING TO LEARN: SENSORY INVENTORY (GERMAN)
Spanish Resources
MOVER PARA APRENDER: HACER UNA POSE (MOVING TO LEARN: STRIKE A POSE)
DIBUJAR PARA APRENDER: MÁS ALLÁ DEL MARCO (SKETCHING TO LEARN: 30-SECOND SKETCH)
MIRAR PARA APRENDER: PERCIBIR, SABER, TENER INTERÉS (LOOKING TO LEARN: PERCEIVE, KNOW, CARE ABOUT)
RUMORS OF WAR INFORMATIONAL HANDOUT (SPANISH): Rumors of War is a sculpture created by Kehinde Wiley for VMFA.
BÚSQUEDA EN LA GALERÍA: EGIPTOMANIA: La locura por todo lo de Egipto empezó mucho antes del descubrimiento del Rey Tut en 1922. Explora las galerías del museo de Bellas Artes de Virginia (VMFA) y conforme descubres las conexiones inesperadas de nuestra cultura con la antigua cultura egipcia contesta las siguientes preguntas.
VIDEO: JAUME PLENSA : The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts commissioned Chloe—a large-scale sculpture composed of polyester resin, marble dust, and a stainless-steel—from world-renowned Spanish artist Jaume Plensa. Here, Plensa talks about his process, vision, and how sculptures can transform our outer and inner landscapes.
French Resources
NAPOLEON’S RISE & FALL: ILLUSTRATED TIMELINE
A GUIDE TO IMPRESSIONISM: Learn about the history and artistic style of the Impressionists in this teacher’s resource. Find out why the Impressionists were considered so shocking and how they influenced art over a hundred years later. Explore the art of Monet, Renoir, Degas, and more!
BARYE SCULPTURES: VMFA’s collection includes an impressive group of small bronze sculptures by the French artist Antoine-Louis Barye (1796–1875), including Napoleon in A Frock Coat and Charles VII, The Victorious.
Russian Resources
The VMFA Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library Rare Book Collection includes these five fully digitized Russian storybooks, beautifully illustrated by Boris Zvorykin and Ivan A. Bilibin—and several are retold by Alexander Pushkin.
- Tale of Tsar Saltan, of His Son the Renowned and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Gvidon Saltanovich, and of the Beautiful Princess-Swan
- The Tale of Tsarevich Ivan, the Firebird, and the Gray Wolf
- The Frog Princess
- Maria Morevna
- The Tale of a She-Bear
FABERGÉ AND RUSSIAN DECORATIVE ARTS: This sites features 360⁰ views of the five imperial Easter eggs that Fabergé created for the last two tsars of Russia. The museum’s suite of five galleries displays a selection of Fabergé objects as well as other Russian decorative arts from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including a group of “Old Russian” enamel objects made in Moscow.