Go to Art through time: A Global view, watch the video on portraits and answer the questions: refer to specific images from current culture and the video to support your answer
- What purpose do these images serve?
- How do they differ from the portraits in this video? Both the terracotta portrait head and Picasso’s portrait of Gertrude Stein demand that we reconsider what a likeness might be, and in the process, question our assumptions about what portraiture is.
- Neither the terracotta head nor Gertrude Stein offers a likeness in the expected sense. Do you think “likeness” is a useful term for talking about these images? Why or why not? Examine the portrait images of Gertrude Stein, Kennedy Family on beach and Louis Kenton.
- What do these portraits, featured in the program reveal about the relationship between the subject and the artist? response should be a reflection of the portrait says about the relationship between artist and subject.
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