Educational activity around the short film An object at rest
Practice a few moments of an investigative process.
Represent the surrounding world.
An object at rest © Seth Boyden
TitleAn object at rest
ThemeEcology
Genre & keywordsComic, geology, nature, mountain, prehistoric, past, future
Age (for film)3-11 years
Duration05 min 43 s
DirectorSeth Boyden
MusicJulian Beutel
Production3Dar (États-Unis, 2014)
Compare different representations of mountains in art then draw your mountain.
Often difficult to access, with frightening characteristics, the mountain only became a subject of representation in the West late. In the 17th century, artists began by representing it as a hostile space and it was only in the 19th century, with the appearance of mountain tourism and the desire to conquer still unexplored territories, that representations changed to make the mountain a welcoming and picturesque place.
Describe 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th century paintings of mountain landscapes using the adjectives that seem to fit best.
Scary, welcoming, dangerous, hostile, pleasant, beautiful, sublime, magical,
disturbing, strange, pleasant, charming, inaccessible, abrupt, light, dark.
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Students can then choose to draw a welcoming or scary mountain.
Possible extension
"where the sun, from the proud mountain [...]" Le Dormeur du va, Arthur Rimbaud (1870)
“The night is coming: hurry, my strange companion, For the moon has greened the blue of the mountain, [...]” The Night is ours, Renée Vivien (1877-1909)
Activity sheet written by: Christophe Defaye
