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Year 8 students from Woodfield School for young people with special needs
wrote poetry inspired by Tiepolo's 'An Allegory of Venus and Time' with
Margot Henderson. The masterclass took place literally underneath the
painting as it hangs in the Gallery at a slant off the wall.
The students learnt that originally it was painted for a ceiling and the
characters were all from Greek Mythology, apart from the portrait of the baby
in the centre.
Because the painting is allegorical Margot read the students a poem she
had written especially to explain 'Reading between the Lines'.
She then asked the students to focus on the symbols in the painting,
relating each object to a mythological character.
The students then used these ideas to write their own poems.
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