Curriculum Materials: Art in America
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Image 18 Georgia O'Keeffe Questions: |
Think Questions
1. Based on this painting, how do you think O'Keeffe felt about New York City? Why?
2. Name three adjectives to describe the mood of this night scene. Then, imagine that O'Keeffe had painted in every window on these skyscrapers. How would this addition change the mood conveyed? What changes would you have to make to turn this into a daytime scene? How would these changes alter the mood of the painting?
3. Central to O'Keeffe's STYLE is her interest in the ABSTRACT forms that she sees in the world around her, like the shapes of flower petals or the long lines of skyscrapers. Choose an object from your classroom. Study it carefully. What abstract forms do you see within your chosen object? If you were going to paint this object, what aspects or details would you have to leave out to emphasize the abstract qualities?
4. Why do you think O'Keeffe chose this point of view? What elements of city life was she able to include by choosing this point of view? What elements was she able to exclude?
5. Compare O'Keeffe's City Night to
Grant Wood's painting of Herbert
Hoover's birthplace. These paintings were made only a
few years apart. What elements of the American experience
during this era does each represent? How does each use
ABSTRACTION? What
overall mood does each create? If
O'Keeffe had painted the rural scene
and Wood had painted the
CITYSCAPE, how do you
think each would look?
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