Painting Analysis

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Painting Analysis

• What do you see?

George Washington (Lansdowne portrait) by Gilbert
Stuart, oil on canvas, 1796National Portrait
Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
(http//www.georgewashington.si.edu/portrait/non-f
lash.html) December 1, 2008
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Divide into quadrants.

• List what you see in each quadrant, and then look
  again at the whole picture.

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What does this mean?

• Focus on your assigned piece of the painting.
  Write down what you think it means.

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Gesture and Figure
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Face
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Clothing
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Sword
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Table (Leg)
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Chair
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Books on the Table
Federalist Journal of Congress
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Books on the floor
General Orders, American Revolution Constitution
and Bylaws
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Inkwell
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Rainbow
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Dark Clouds
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Portico
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