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A PORTRAIT Treasure Hunt!

Read and Follow these Directions:

  1. Enlarge your browser's window to fill the screen.
  2. At the top of the "portrait" page is first a definition of the word. After the definition is a list of artworks, each an example portrait. Those for which a thumbnail reproduction is displayed are preceded by a < or a >, depending on whether the picture is to the left or right. A larger image of an example can be seen by clicking on the title of the work. Examples are listed in chronological order: from the earliest made to the most recently made. Each example is described in this order: the name of the artist, where and when the artist lived, the title of the work, when it was made, what it's made of, and where in the world it can be found today.
  3. Following the list of examples is a collection of great quotations about portraits.
  4. See if you can find the answers to the following questions, then write the answer in the blanks.

 

A. Can a portrait represent anything other than a person or a group of people? If so, what else? [HINT: find the answer to this question in the definition at the top of the page.]

 

B. How many of the example portraits listed were painted by American artists?

 

C. After looking at a few of the portraits, pick one which you are ready to say is the nicest you've found. Who's the artist, and what's the title? Then, why do you like it?

 

D. Who said "To paint a figure [person] one must not paint that figure, one must paint its atmosphere"? Do you agree or disagree? Why?

So that both you and your art teacher receive the results of your work, put your art teacher's email address here: [not yet functional]

Mr. Delahunt's email address is MichaelDelahunt@aristotle.com

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ArtPage - dictionary of visual art.

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