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You will be introduced to selected works of art and artists as they relate to the curriculum. In your sketchbook:
1. Complete a thumbnail sketch of the work 
2. Document the #, heading, and credit line 
3. Review all provided resources - take notes 
4. Answer the questions completely and with specificity; complete sentences should reveal the question (write legibly or type/print)

​Entries started in class must be completed as homework by the same day/next week

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#3 Paul Cézanne (1839 - 1906)

10/8/2018

 
Picture
The Basket of Apples
1893
Oil on canvas, 2’ 2” x 2’ 7”
The Art Institute of Chicago

READ THIS and take notes.

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AFTER CAREFULLY REVIEWING THE RESOURCES ASSIGNED ABOVE: Answer the following questions completely and with specificity to the provided resources, notes taken, personal reflection, and additional research as needed. Make sure to consider how this information is relevant to your current work and practice.
1. a) List and explain the hierarchy of subject matter found in paintings at the time in which Cézanne was working. b) Considering where still life lands on this list, why would Cézanne even bother with it?
2. The introduction of photography dramatically changed the way that artists were able to work. With this in with this in mind,  what - specifically - did Cézanne attempt to do in his paintings that was such a drastic change from the norm?
3. Cézanne has been called the "Father of Modern Art." This is a pretty lofty title...what did he do to earn it? 

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