An Examination of a Class on the Subject of Painting Appreciation for Multifaceted Reading of Veronese’s “The Wedding Feast at Cana (1562-63)”:

A Learning Plan with Two Parts, “Observation, Imagination, Interpretation” and “Understanding”

Abstract

This paperʼs purpose is to clarify interpretive tendencies of the second grade of junior high school by using audiovisual recordings and worksheets through practicing an art class reading Veroneseʼs “The Wedding Feast at Cana” as a learning material for focusing on interpretation. For this practice, the seven-step learning model presented in the previous paper has been radically reworked. The forty-five minutes class will consist of two parts, free interpretation and reading the work in a lecture-based but interactive manner. We will verify how the color and shape in accordance with oil paintʼs material properties, the beauty brought about by the artistʼs skill, the splendid decorative treatment, the excellent sense of design, the narrative direction using varied characters, and the fertile construction of meaning based on the biblical article, etc., provide learners with various ways of interpretation, and furthermore, this act leads to the understanding of the subject matter.