Curriculum Materials: Art in America
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Image 20 James van DerZee Questions: |
Look Questions Teacher Answer Key
1. Where are these people? (A city.) How can you tell? (Buildings, cars on street.)
2. Is this a candid photograph or a posed PORTRAIT? (A posed portrait.) What clues led you to your answer? (Car is stopped; car door is propped open; people are looking at the camera/photographer; man's and woman's poses do not seem natural.)
3. Was this photo taken recently or a while ago? (1932.) How can you tell? (Clothing and car.)
4. Where do you see vertical lines? Where do you see horizontal lines? Where do these lines form PATTERNS? (Steps, buildings, running board of car, reflections on car.) Where do these horizontal and vertical lines meet to make GEOMETRIC shapes? (Rectangles of windows and doors.) Find other geometric shapes. (Circles in car tires, triangles in architecture, etc.) Where are geometric shapes repeated?
5. Where does van DerZee contrast
light and dark in this photo? (The car, the windows, the
buildings.) Rough and smooth? (Smooth surface of car
and the rough building surfaces.) Shiny and dull?
(Chrome and tires, car surface and canvas roof, car
surface and figures or buildings.) Soft and hard?
(Fur coat and car surface or buildings.) Horizontal
and vertical? (Stairs and windows, car and figures.)
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