Curriculum Materials: Art in America
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Image 16 Robert Koehler Questions: |
Look Questions
1. What is going on in this picture? Is this a modern scene or one from the past? How can you tell? How are the clothes different from those we wear today? Which mode of transportation depicted here do we still see today? This is an old picture of Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis. Can you tell this is Minneapolis simply by looking at this picture? Why or why not?
2. What time of day is shown here? How can you tell?
3. What details would you include in a weather report for the day shown in this painting? Is it still raining? How can you tell? How can you tell if it is breezy? How can you tell whether it is cold or not?
4. What colors dominate this painting? Are they dull or bright? WARM or COOL?
5. What is in the FOREGROUND of this painting? What objects do you see in the BACKGROUND? Are the objects in the foreground or the background larger? Where do the buildings look darkest? In what part of the painting do the buildings appear blue?
6. Where do you see natural light in this painting? Where in this painting do you see artificial light?
7. Koehler, like the IMPRESSIONIST painters he admired, used loosely painted BRUSHSTROKES in this painting. Where can you see such brushstrokes?
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