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SUMMARIZE: How to Read Art

Read the September 2016 issue of Scholastic Art. Then answer the questions below. Remember to write in complete sentences! (type in your answers under the questions – the page will expand as you type). Save your paper as a pdf with Yourlastname1stinitial_readartquestions_class period. If Mrs Beach was doing this paper for class 1A hers would be saved as beachp_readartquestions_1A.pdf

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Part 1 (each worth 12 points)

1. What is the first thing you should do when you look at a work of art? Why? (pages 4-5)

2. What techniques do Rachel Ruysch, Vincent van Gogh, and Georgia O’Keeffe use to represent flowers in their paintings (pages 4-5)

3. Why are the objects on the shelves in The Ambassadors important? (pages 6-7)

4. How does Anthony van Dyck show power in this painting on page 8?

5. What story does Jacques-Louis David present in The Oath of the Horatii? (pages 10-11)

Part 2 Complete the quiz (Comprehension Quiz: How to Read Art) that goes with this reading by putting the correct letter by each number on this paper. (each worth 4 pts)

1. _____6. _____

2. _____7. _____

3. _____8. _____

4. _____9. _____

5. _____10. _____