Curriculum Materials: Art in America
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Image 18 Georgia O'Keeffe Questions: |
Look Questions
1. What is pictured here? How many buildings do you see? What time of day is it? What clues in the painting tell you this?
2. Is this painting NATURALISTIC or ABSTRACT? How can you tell? Which parts of the painting are simplified? What details has O'Keeffe left out of the picture? Which aspects of this abstract painting appear most naturalistic?
3. What shapes do you see? Where do you see them? Where do you see a shape that is not GEOMETRIC?
4. What are the differences in color, line, shape, and SCALE between the human-made objects and nature in City Night?
5. Where would you have to be to see these skyscrapers as O'Keeffe did? What clues in the painting tell you this? In addition to point of view, what else has the artist done to emphasize the height of the skyscrapers?
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