Curriculum Materials: Art in America
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Image 22 Romare Bearden Questions: |
Look Questions Teacher Answer Key
1. How many human figures are in this picture? (Three.) What are they standing beside? (A factory smokestack or a brick wall.) What is in the BACKGROUND? (A factory.) How did the artist direct your eyes to the factory? (The shape formed by the men leads back to the factory.)
2. A CONTOUR line is a line that describes the outer edge of an object or figure. Where do you see contour lines in this painting?
3. GEOMETRIC shapes are shapes that come from simple geometry-for example, the circle, square, and triangle. ORGANIC shapes are irregular shapes that appear in nature. Where do you see geometric shapes in this painting? Which geometric shapes do you see? Where do you see organic shapes?
4. What colors did Bearden use in this painting? Where do you see the brightest colors? Where do you see more subdued colors?
5. Bearden began his artistic
career as a political cartoonist for magazines and
newspapers. What aspects of this painting still show some
cartoonlike qualities? (Strong
CONTOUR lines,
exaggerated features, lack of descriptive
details.)
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