Claude Lorrain: The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet
 
Art History + Literary Analysis + Creative Thinking Resource
Bring Baroque beauty and classical storytelling into your classroom with this engaging resource centered around Claude Lorrain’s The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet. This one-of-a-kind set blends art analysis, mythology, and critical thinking in a way that sparks curiosity and deeper understanding.
 
What’s Included:
1-Page Background Information – Learn about Claude Lorrain’s connection to the Baroque era, his landscape innovations, and the mythological moment from Virgil’s Aeneid that inspired this painting.
Enlarged Image for Print or Digital Display – High-resolution artwork ready for close observation or classroom projection.
Student Analysis Questions – Thought-provoking prompts that guide students through interpretation, visual evidence, emotion, symbolism, and artistic choices.
Creative Viewing Activity – Sketch and compare: students first draw the scene based on the text, then compare their vision to Lorrain’s interpretation.
Zoom-In Observation Tool – A fun “telescope” activity to help students discover and describe fine details in the composition.
 
Why It Works:
This resource builds visual literacy, integrates classical literature, and encourages personal interpretation. Perfect for middle and high school students, it fits seamlessly into lessons on mythology, Baroque art, narrative painting, or interdisciplinary studies.