NGV Kids Activity Book - National Gallery of Victoria
NGV Kids Activity Book - National Gallery of Victoria
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<strong>NGV</strong> <strong>Kids</strong> <strong>Activity</strong> <strong>Book</strong><br />
The cricket<br />
and the dragon:<br />
Animals<br />
in Asian Art<br />
This book belongs to<br />
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Tiny Animals<br />
A tiny painted dragon fly and<br />
a cricket on a snuff bottle.<br />
Look closely and find some more insects.<br />
Snuff bottles<br />
were decorated<br />
in lots <strong>of</strong><br />
different ways.<br />
Sometimes the<br />
picture was<br />
even painted<br />
on the inside!<br />
A cicada sitting on a stalk<br />
<strong>of</strong> grass in a painting.<br />
Draw an insect on<br />
this snuff bottle.<br />
I am a cricket.<br />
I am an insect<br />
and I am tiny.<br />
Insects have<br />
6 legs and usually<br />
have 4 wings.<br />
Can you find these insects<br />
in a big painting?<br />
In China and Japan<br />
people keep crickets as<br />
pets because they sing so<br />
beautifully. They keep them<br />
in special little cages.<br />
All works collection <strong>National</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong>, Melbourne unless otherwise noted. clockwise from top left: CHINESE Snuff bottle Qing dynasty<br />
(19th century) China (detail), porcelain, glass, ivory, cork, (a–b) 8.7 x 8.2 x 3.5 cm (overall). Gift <strong>of</strong> Miss D. Gibb, 1964. TING Yen Yung Chinese<br />
1905–78, Cicada from the Birds and flowers album 1975 China (detail), album: ink and watercolour on paper, 16 leaves, cardboard and silk<br />
cover, glued binding, 33.3 x 23.0 cm (image); 33.5 x 23.0 x 3.2 cm (closed); 33.5 x 45.8 x 2.0 cm (open). Purchased, 1975. © TING Yen Yung.<br />
Hougansengen Japanese, active (19th century) Hannya the witch (19th century) Japan (details), pigments on silk, 69.8 x 122.0 cm (image),<br />
Accessioned, 1887.<br />
I am a dragon.<br />
I am an extraordinary<br />
animal. I can make<br />
myself very<br />
big or very small.<br />
Extraordinary Animals<br />
Extraordinary animals are<br />
<strong>of</strong>ten made up <strong>of</strong> parts from<br />
different animals.<br />
Dragons have<br />
• the ears <strong>of</strong> an ox<br />
• the scales <strong>of</strong> a fish<br />
• the horns <strong>of</strong> a deer<br />
• the claws <strong>of</strong> an eagle<br />
• the paws <strong>of</strong> a tiger<br />
• the neck <strong>of</strong> a snake<br />
• the head <strong>of</strong> a camel.<br />
There are many<br />
ways to make a<br />
dragon - they can<br />
be big, carved<br />
from stone or they<br />
can be small and<br />
painted in a bowl.<br />
Find more ways to<br />
make a dragon.<br />
Draw your own extraordinary animal made <strong>of</strong> parts from different animals.<br />
Dragons bring good luck<br />
and wonderful rain.<br />
right: CHINESE Plate 1899 Jingdezhen,<br />
Jiangxi province, South-east China,<br />
porcelain, gilt, enamel, 4.1 x 23.6 cm<br />
diameter. Gift <strong>of</strong> Miss Biddy Allen, 1967.<br />
Fu dogs are also extraordinary<br />
animals; they are part dog and<br />
part lion.<br />
Did you see the Fu dogs<br />
protecting the animals in here?
Sky, Water, Land<br />
Draw more animals in the places you would find them.<br />
I live in the<br />
water and<br />
swish my tail<br />
from side<br />
to side.<br />
I live in the sky and fly<br />
amongst the clouds.<br />
I live on the land<br />
and hide under logs,<br />
rocks and plants.
Count The Animals<br />
Hunt for the animals below<br />
and when you find them colour in a square.<br />
Then add up the filled squares.<br />
12<br />
11<br />
10<br />
9<br />
8<br />
7<br />
6<br />
5<br />
4<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
rat duck crocodile<br />
fox rooster toad<br />
Indian miniature paintings were once painted to tell stories about<br />
the lives <strong>of</strong> kings or Marahanas and their kingdoms.<br />
How many<br />
crickets have<br />
you found ?<br />
Which animal did you<br />
see the most ?<br />
________________________<br />
All works collection <strong>National</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong>, Melbourne unless otherwise noted. from left: JAPANESE Rat with a chestnut (19th century), Japan,<br />
bronze, 10.3 x 16.0 x 10.0 cm. Purchased, 1890. CHINESE Wine jug Qing dynasty, Kangxi period 1662–1722 China, porcelain, enamel, (a–b) 22.3<br />
x 15.0 x 7.5 cm (overall), Private collection, Melbourne. RAJASTHANI Maharana Sangram Singh II attending the feeding <strong>of</strong> crocodiles at Jagmandir<br />
c. 1720 Udaipur, Rajasthan, India (detail), opaque watercolour and gold and silver paint on paper, 50.2 x 46.0 cm (image). Felton Bequest, 1980.<br />
Tsukioka YOSHITOSHI Japanese 1839–92, The moon on Musashi Plain (Musashino no tsuki) (detail) from the One hundred aspects <strong>of</strong> the<br />
moon (Tsuki hyakushi) series, 1892 Japan, colour woodblock, 36.4 x 24.1 cm (image). Purchased, 1993. SUMBANESE Man’s cloth (Hinggi)<br />
(20th century) Sumba, Indonesia (detail), cotton, dyes (warp ikat), 273.5 x 124.0 cm. Purchased, 1973. Shunkosai HOKUSHU Japanese, active<br />
(c. 1808–32) The actor Arashi Rikan II as Ogata Rikimaru 1831 Japan (detail), colour woodblock, 36.8 x 25.2 cm (image and sheet), Purchased<br />
through The Art Foundation <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> with the assistance <strong>of</strong> Coles Myer Ltd, Governor, 1993.<br />
I pile rocks to block the<br />
front <strong>of</strong> my cave on<br />
the ocean floor.<br />
I have eight legs.<br />
You can find me sitting on<br />
a helmet from Japan.<br />
I am an ________________<br />
I live near lakes and rivers.<br />
Every day I wash my<br />
thick skin, squirting<br />
water with my trunk.<br />
You can find me in<br />
miniature paintings<br />
from India.<br />
I am an ________________<br />
Answers:<br />
octopus, fish, Garuda ,elephant, deer<br />
Use your powers to<br />
find the animals that<br />
m a t c h t h e c l u e s .<br />
I have golden scales and<br />
can be kept as a pet but<br />
do not like to be petted.<br />
I swim all day long.<br />
You can find me in a<br />
painting from China.<br />
I am a ________________<br />
I like to hide in long grass or<br />
forest and can run very fast.<br />
As a male I have antlers or<br />
horns, as a female I do not.<br />
You can find me on a<br />
star-shaped tile from Iran.<br />
I am a ________________<br />
Which Animal ?<br />
I wear a crown and<br />
have an eagles’ beak<br />
and a human body.<br />
When my wings flap they<br />
can create a hurricane<br />
and block out the sun.<br />
You can find me carved from<br />
wood. I was created in Bali.<br />
I am a ________________<br />
Scholars studied<br />
nature and painted<br />
landscapes and<br />
animals in ink<br />
on scrolls.<br />
They used brushes<br />
made from bamboo<br />
and animal hair.
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cover: CHINESE Cricket (19th century–<br />
early 20th century) China, jade, 2.8 x<br />
3.8 x 2.6 cm. Private collection, Melbourne<br />
Prepared by Education and Programs<br />
<strong>National</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong><br />
Design: <strong>National</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong><br />
Illustrations: Madeleine Stamer