Look at all of the Holy Week in Art paintings below.
Then choose ONE and answer the questions for your grade.
Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (French, 1842-1848). Fresco. Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Paris, France.
Grades 1-4
What is happening in this picture?
Who is the person on the donkey?
What day is it? How do you know?
Grades 5-7
Name three things the artist does to bring attention to the figure in the center.
Who is that person?
What important day does it commemorate?
Jesus Washing Peter’s Feet, Ford Maddox Brown, 1852–6
Grades 1-4
What is happening in this picture?
How many people can you count?
Grades 5-7
Pretend that you are at the table in this painting? What would you be thinking?
What day of Holy Week does this painting tell the story of?
The Last Supper, Carl Bloch, late 19th century
Grades 1-4
How many men are at the table? Who are they?
What are they doing?
Do they seem happy or sad?
Grades 5-7
What is happening in this picture?
Who is the person in the lower right corner of the painting?
How does the artist draw attention to him and his actions?
The Mond Crucifixion or Gavari Altarpiece, Raphael, 1502–1503
Grades 1-4
List three things you see in this painting.
What do you think you would hear if you were in this painting?
How many trees can you count?
Grades 5-7
What do you notice about the way the people are standing in this painting?
What are the angels doing?
Why do you think the artist included both a sun and a moon in this piece?
Grades 1-4
Tell a story about this painting.
Grades 5-7
Who are the two people in this painting?
What do you imagine they are saying to one another?