The Gulf Stream, 1899.  Winslow Homer
Oil on canvas, photo 1994 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Digitized image @http:www.artchive.com/artchive/H/homer/gulf_stream.jpg.html

Guided Looking

Look at the painting with a partner.  Talk about the painting together.
  • What do you each like about it?
  • How does it make you feel?
  • What does it make you think of?

    • Why do you think this painting is in the being afraid unit?
 Now consider movement:
  • How does the artist use lines?
  • What shapes do you see?
  • Do some of the shapes repeat?
  • How do the lines show movement?

    • Do the colors add to the feel of movement?


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