NGV Kids Activity Book - National Gallery of Victoria
NGV Kids Activity Book - National Gallery of Victoria
NGV Kids Activity Book - National Gallery of Victoria
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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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