Year 9 Italian

Year 9 Italian 'Corsini Exhibition Excursion  

“On Monday 21 May, the Year 9 Italian class ventured out to the WA Art Gallery to view the Corsini Art Collection.

It was an amazing experience for the whole class as we got to see some historical Italian artwork. We saw the style of paintings change over the centuries, ranging from oil canvas paintings, tempera on metal and board, sketches, as well as tapestries. Botticelli’s Madonna and Child with Six Angels is one of the highlights of the collection.

We got an insight on many interesting facts which the majority of us did not know before the tour. With the help of two wonderful tour guides, we were able to see life through other people's eyes, the telling of stories and the growth of the Corsini family over the many decades."       

                                                                                                               (Niamh Cooksley)

“The Corsini Collection was full of incredible artwork that all told stories about the time in which they were created. It was interesting to see paintings depicting different Biblical stories as well as the myths of that time. Life was extremely different then and getting a small glimpse of what it was like, was fantastic.”                                                      (Arielle Chant)

“The Corsini Collection was interesting and fun at the same time. It was interesting learning about the Corsini family and myths that occurred around that time. The paintings were amazing, they were painted with such detail and by looking at the paintings you could tell how passionate the artists were when painting. It was definitely an amazing experience that expresses Italian culture and art.”

                                                                                                                  (Sophia Giuffre)

“The Corsini Collection was very fascinating and the artworks and objects we saw were both interesting and beautiful. My favourite painting was of St Andrea Corsini and it was painted in the 1630s. The painting had two bullet holes through it, one exactly through the head of St Andrea. During WWII, a German soldier was trying to steal the artworks from the Corsini family and he fired two shots through the canvas. I highly enjoyed the Art Exhibition.”  

                                                                                                                    (Nicole Vlahov)

“I thought the Art Exhibition was very interesting and I liked learning about the  Corsini family."                                                  (Courtney Fitzgerald)

Many thanks to the Year 9 Italian students (and their parents/guardians) for appreciating and participating in the artistic and cultural aspect of studying a language. Hopefully one day the students can visit Firenze and the Palazzo Corsini to see the rest of this very special private collection. Grazie also to Davide Gottardi, the Italian native speaker who accompanied the class on this excursion.                            

Ms D Tersigni (Italian Teacher)