{"id":1289,"date":"2017-03-10T16:06:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T16:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/?page_id=1289"},"modified":"2017-03-27T18:38:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T18:38:51","slug":"portraits-philosophy-question-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/portraits-philosophy-question-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Portraits Philosophy Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/portraits-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2016\/02\/Madame_X_Madame_Pierre_Gautreau_John_Singer_Sargent_1884_unfree_frame_crop-e1456618115390-148x150.jpg\" alt=\"1.What strikes you most prominently about this portrait? 2. How do you think Sargent felt about Madame X? 3. Do you think this is a beautiful painting? What accounts for its beauty 4. If you discovered that this painting caused a scandal, how would that change your understanding of it?\" width=\"148\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/portraits-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2016\/02\/Matisse-Woman-with-a-Hat-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1. What features of this portrait stand out? 2. How do you think Matisse felt about the woman in the portrait? 3. If you discovered that the woman was Matisse\u2019s wife, how would that affect your understanding of the painting? 4. Is this painting beautiful? Is Mme. Matisse beautiful? Does that matter? \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/portraits-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-410 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2016\/02\/mh_2012_l3_v1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Borges Study, Kehinde Wiley, 2008\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/portraits-4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Rembrandt\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2016\/02\/Rembrant_Self-Portrait_1660-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">7. \u00a0<i>Portrait of Madame X<\/i>\u00a0upset many viewers because it violated their standard of decency.\u00a0 Do you think that this makes this a bad work?\u00a0 Should works of art have to be consistent with a community&#8217;s standards of taste?\u00a0 Should obscene works be censored?<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/landscapes\/\">Begin Next Unit: <strong>Landscapes<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/portraits-philosophy-question-6\/\">\u2190 Previous Question<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/03\/Philosophy-@-The-Virtual-Art-Museum-Portraits.pdf\">Click here to get the printable version of this section.<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 7. \u00a0Portrait of Madame X\u00a0upset many viewers because it violated their standard of decency.\u00a0 Do you think that this makes this a bad work?\u00a0 Should works of art have to be consistent with a community&#8217;s standards of taste?\u00a0 Should obscene works be censored? 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