Sample Questions To Inspire Discussion

High School

• Find two artworks depicting similar animals in very different ways. Describe the intent and/or purpose of each artist. Example: Compare Marvin Finn’s Four-Headed Goose to John James Audubon’s bird painting.

• Take a look at Gean Smith’s Jim Gray Winning the Stallion Stakes and Julien Dupre’s In the Pasture. What relationship do the people in each painting have with their animal counterpart? How does the artist portray that relationship?

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