Russia, Royalty & the Romanovs: Multiple online and offline learning opportunities from LGfL’s longstanding partnership with The Royal Collection Trust.
We are delighted to announce a series of new opportunities for schools in collaboration with the Education team at the Royal Collection Trust.
The Royal Collection Trust looks after the Royal Collection, one of the most important art collections in the world. Their aim, is to ensure that the Royal Collection and Palaces are valued and enjoyed by everyone.
Russia includes two exhibitions exploring Britain's relationship with Russia through works of art in the Royal Collection; ‘Royalty, Russians and the Romanovs” and ‘Roger Fenton’s Photographs of the Crimea, 1855’ at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace (open to the public and school groups until 28 April 2019).
We have added new images to the LGfL Image Bank. The 10 images have been specially selected for their relevance and interest for schools and come from ‘Russia, Royalty & the Romanovs'. All images are available to download for educational use* in super high resolution for studying in preparation for a school visit.
LGfL Image Bank is a growing collection, with unique access to collections from The Royal Collection and The British Library; its purpose is to provide a free repository of high quality materials copyright cleared for use in teaching and learning*.
All of the resources in the Image Bank are archived at the highest quality available so they can be used on whiteboards, printed materials, animations and for any other educational application. All of the resources are copyright cleared so they can be downloaded, edited and re-purposed for educational use, both within the classroom and at home*.
High resolution scans allow you to print large version of the pictures in high quality. All images from the LGfL Image Bank will print out at large scale and in good quality. This may prove to be useful in a classroom setting if you are fortunate enough to have a high resolution, large scale printer. Since the high resolution scans have so much fine detail – you can zoom in on a part of the picture without losing image quality; this is very useful if you want to print out just a part of the image or focus attention on one aspect of the picture. What separate stories can these smaller sections of a picture tell the viewer?
You could, if you have access to Apple Keynote, use the ‘magic move’ transition or if you have Office 365 use the Powerpoint transition ‘Morph’ to zoom in and out of the chosen image, and save this as video below is an example using a powerful image form (n.b. the video does not have sound)
Through war, alliance and dynastic marriage the relationships between Britain and Russia and their royal families are explored from Peter the Great's visit to London in 1698 through to Nicholas II. Portraits, sculpture, photographs, archival documents and miniature masterpieces by Fabergé illustrate historic events and family meetings between the rulers of the two nations.
Many of the rich and varied works of art on display are unique – some commissioned as grand diplomatic gifts, others as intimate personal mementos between the royal family and the Romanovs, and they bring to life the shared patronage of artists and craftsmen from both countries.
Throughout the year, schools can arrange visits or attend special workshops with the education experts at The Royal Collection Trust (in London, Windsor and Edinburgh). In addition, the RCT is hosting unique sessions at the Queen’s Gallery. The sessions provide a number of inspiring routes into the curriculum for children to develop creative writing, drawing skills and drama opportunities,These are free of charge, run by experts, open to all schools, and the ideal complement for working alongside our image bank.
Friday, 9 Nov 2018 - Friday, 26 Apr 2019
KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4
History, Art & Design
Session times: 10:15 and 12:30
Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Pupils will explore Roger Fenton's Photographs of the Crimea and Russia, Royalty & the Romanovs with a professional artist, compare and contrast the styles of portraiture displayed between the amazing paintings and the evocative historical photographs, using both to inspire pupils to create their own portraits.
Dance & Music Week: A Ball at the Winter Palace
Monday, 11 Mar 2019 - Friday, 15 Mar 2019
KS1, KS2
History, Art & Design, Dance, Drama, English Literature, Music
Session times: 10:15 and 12:30
Duration: KS1 - 1 hour, 30 minutes KS2 - 2 hours
Children will have the opportunity to visit the magnificence and riches of the Russia, Royalty and the Romanovs exhibition; viewing extraordinary items of Faberge, porcelain, exotic and highly coloured furniture and stunning paintings. Then using information they have gathered they will then create the scene of a ball in the Winter Palace during the 1860’s and learn The Grand March, a Victorian dance.
Power of the Image: A Creative Writing Workshop
Friday, 9 Nov 2018 - Friday, 26 Apr 2019
KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5
History, Art & Design, English Language
Session times: 10:15 and 12:30
Duration: 2 Hours
Explore Roger Fenton's Photographs of the Crimea and Russia, Royalty & the Romanovs with a published author to inspire your pupils' writing. This workshop highlights the many possibilities for inspiring Creative Writing from works of art. The session will also provide a set of comprehensive teachers' notes and follow up ideas to aid pupils to develop their writing back at school.
Russian Empires: Key Stage 3 History
Friday, 9 Nov 2018 - Friday, 26 Apr 2019
Key stage 3, Key stage 4
History
Session times: 10:15 and 12:30
Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
This session explores Russia, Royalty & the Romanovs to consider the concept of public image within the Romanov family. Using art in context to make historical claims based on evidence, students will be able support their studies on the lead up to the Russian revolution
The second exhibition Roger Fenton’s Photographs of the Crimea, 1855 is the first exhibition to focus exclusively on Roger Fenton's pioneering photographs of the Crimean War. Fenton's photographs showed the impact of war to the general public for the first time and created the genre of war photography.
At LGfL we are delighted to announce a resource that complements the current Royal Collection Trust exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery, but the workshop can be run entirely independently. ‘Roger Fenton Finding the Truth with Photographs’ explores media representation of current affairs using the war photography. This workshop is aimed at 11-15 year olds and teachers are encouraged as necessary to adapt to their student’s needs. It poses questions about how news is presented both in Fenton’s era and the current day and how recipients of news should question how reliable news stories and sources are. The ‘Scepticism spanner’ provides questions for the pupils to deliberate whilst discussing Fenton’s images and their impact.
Fenton arrived several months after the major battles were fought, so focused on creating moving portraits of the troops, as well as capturing the stark, empty battlefields on which so many lost their lives. Due to the size and cumbersome nature of his photographic equipment, Fenton was limited to producing pictures of stationary objects, mostly posed pictures; he avoided taking pictures of dead, injured or mutilated soldiers.
For further information on visiting the Queen's Gallery with a school group visit our essential information pages for:
To book one of the above workshops please contact:
- Tel: +44 (0)303 123 7323
- e-mail: learning@royalcollection.org.uk
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*Please note: Adherence to the licensing terms of use by teachers and learner is essential. This will ensure that content providers continue to partner with LGfL and offer unique resources for teachers and learners connected to the National Network.