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FOLK ART IN POLANDfor exampleLOWICZ ART

Lowicz folk art in everybody objets

In today’s lesson, you will perform an art task related to our country, Poland. The theme will be…… To find out, what will be the topic of our classes, please solve the task on the card I have prepared for you. Do the task in pairs, please. Please, wait a minute, I will give you the cards.

On the card you have squares with passwords encoded in them. On the left, in the squares, there are national symbols of Poland and Turkey with lines on them. The lines show you what letters you need to collect in the squares on the right.

Please look at the arrows that will help you to get a proper word. Write the letters in the place with dots. The letters will make words that are entries. At the very bottom, write the entries from the squares in order to find out what the topic of our today’s lesson is.

The pair that completes the task raises hands.

FOLK ART IN POLAND-LOWICZ ART

Folk art satisfied the needs of the village

Artistic activity, very often created in the countryside. Apart from the works called visual arts, folk art also includes music, dances, legends, fairy tales, folk poetry and the entire artistic side of folk customs and rituals.

fOLK aRT

cutout

arts and crafts

applied art

sculpture

painting

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Ornamentation was very much needed to decorate their houses and their interiors.

Cutouts and sculptures were visible everywhere.

Even in everyday items. We see strong colors and floral motifs.

TWENTY FOUR REGIONS

CULTURE REGIONSIN POLAND

Folk art in Poland is divided into the regions we have, there are twenty-four of them. Each region has a distinctive costume and theme that makes it stand out.

THE MOST POPULAR REGIONS OF FOLK ART IN POLAND IS

Kashubian Art

Podhale Art

Lowicz Art

Kurpie Art

The Lowicz cutout is the most famous design motif in Polish folk art.

The most popular is the Lowicz cutout decorated with local patterns.

The most important feature of the art of Lowicz are colors. Very strong and intense colors.

LOWICZ aRT

Your task is to decorate an item of your choice according to the instructions. Your colleagues from Poland will help you. I will show you how to get the task done in a moment.

5. Spread the glue on top, the glue is transparent – when it dries, it will not be visible

4. We put the prepared patterns on the object

3. Each napkin consists of three layers, we tear tchem off so that we only have one layer left

2. We cut out patterns from the napkin. You that will put the patterns on your work.

1. You choose an item to decorate

I am showing one pattern as an example, you can obviously make more of them.

I wish you a pleasant work and fun

The work is ready

7. At the end we cover each side with a transparent varnish (we dry it with a dryer)

6. We dry it with a drayer first on one side, then repeat it on the second side

Today you did a work on the subject of folk art in Poland, the art from Lowicz. I hope each of you will remember the name of this art. At the end of our lesson, I would like to thank you very much for your participation, commitment and for doing such beautiful works. Thank you very much and I hope you enjoyed the lesson.

Thank you!