👁 Phase 2 — Encounter 🔍 Quick Check ⏱ 2 minutes

Task 3 — What Do You See?

A quick challenge before Investigation. Look at one artwork — can you identify the artistic movement? Then tell us: how does it make you feel? There is no right answer to that second question.

Step 1 — Silent observation (30 seconds)

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Before you answer — just look

"Look at the artwork below carefully. Notice the colours, the shapes, the energy of the brushstrokes. What do you feel before you start thinking? Can you guess the artistic movement?"

⏳ 30 seconds to observe

The artwork

Q1 — Identify the movement

Question 1 of 2 · Auto-marked

Which artistic movement do you think this work represents?

💡 Think about the visual elements you explored in Task 2 — the brushstroke style, the colours, the emotional energy of the composition.

Impressionism — capturing fleeting light and movement in loose brushstrokes

Surrealism — diving into the unconscious, dreamlike imagery

Post-Impressionism — expressive brushwork and personal emotional intensity

Abstraction — no recognisable figures, pure form and colour

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Exactly! Notice how the swirling lines, the intense blues and yellows, and the thick expressive brushstrokes are characteristic of Post-Impressionism — and especially of Van Gogh's personal style. The technique reflects not just what he saw, but what he felt. The sky itself seems alive with emotion.

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Good try! This work is Post-Impressionism — a movement that built on Impressionism's loose brushwork but pushed further into personal emotional expression. Notice the swirling, almost violent brushstrokes and the intense colour contrasts. These are not just descriptions of a night sky — they are an expression of inner feeling.

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The Starry Night — Vincent van Gogh

1889 · Oil on canvas · Museum of Modern Art, New York · 74 × 92 cm
Painted during Van Gogh's stay at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum. He wrote to his brother Theo: "I often think that the night is more richly coloured than the day."

✦ Post-Impressionism · Netherlands / France

Question 2 of 2 · Personal response · Saved to portfolio

Describe in one sentence: what does this painting make you feel, and why?

Max 120 characters · There is no right answer here — only your honest response matters.

🎨 This is a personal question — you will not be judged. Your response will be saved privately to your portfolio with the tag "Personal Interpretation — Phase 2". Only you and your teacher can see it.

Thank you for sharing your perspective! There is no single correct emotional response to art — the fact that it made you feel something is what matters. That is the beginning of visual literacy.

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What happens in Task 3

A 2-minute formative micro-activity before the Investigation phase. The artwork is displayed at 95% width for maximum visual impact. Students observe in silence, then answer Q1 (MC movement identification, auto-marked with immediate colour feedback) and Q2 (open personal emotional response — no judgement, saved to portfolio). The artwork context is revealed after Q1: artist, title, date, museum, movement, and a brief contextual note.

🎨 Artwork used

The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh (1889). Oil on canvas, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Correct movement: Post-Impressionism. This work is ideal because its swirling expressive brushstrokes are visually distinctive, it connects to van Gogh's biography (painted in an asylum), and it bridges the Impressionism discussed in Task 2 with the Expressionism explored in Phase 3.

📋 Q1 feedback detail

✅ Correct: C — Post-Impressionism

"Notice how the swirling lines, intense blues and yellows, and thick expressive brushstrokes are characteristic of Post-Impressionism — and especially of Van Gogh's personal style. The technique reflects not just what he saw, but what he felt."

❌ Incorrect feedback

"Good try! This is Post-Impressionism — notice the swirling, almost violent brushstrokes and the intense colour contrasts. These are not just descriptions of a night sky — they are an expression of inner feeling."

♿ SEN Adaptations

Audio description of the artwork available before Q1 (30-second spoken description of what is shown in the painting)
Zoom button allows full-screen artwork viewing for visual details
Voice input on Q2 personal response field (microphone icon)
Extended time: +30 seconds per question available in accessibility settings
High contrast mode available for the artwork display
Q1 options use both text and movement icon for extra clarity

🖨️ No-Tech Format

Teacher shows a printed or projected card/image of The Starry Night (or another studied artwork)
Students raise their hand to guess the movement (vote A/B/C/D by hand)
Teacher reveals the correct movement, reads the feedback text aloud
Teacher shows context card: artist, year, museum, one quote from Van Gogh's letters
Students write Q2 on an individual sheet: "What do you feel? Why?"
2–3 students share voluntarily — teacher validates all responses equally

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Observe the artwork silently

Q1 — identify the movement

Q2 — your emotional response

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Featured artwork

The Starry Night

Van Gogh · 1889 · MoMA, New York

All Tasks — Lesson 2

What is Art?

How Artists Communicate

What Do You See?

Group A — Art Historian

Group B — Art Critic

Group C — The Creator

Art in My World

My Art Statement

Group Gallery

Class Wonder Map

Summative Test