{"id":14,"date":"2016-02-08T21:19:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T21:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2017-03-27T18:39:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T18:39:15","slug":"portraits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This unit focuses on portraiture. The four portraits are each painted in a different style. We suggest that you begin by discussing each painting individually. Then proceed to the philosophical questions. Although that page is intended to be used after viewing all four paintings, it can also be used after discussing an individual work.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/portraits-1\/\">Start:\u00a0<strong>Portraits Exploration<\/strong> \u2192<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Select a piece\u00a0from below to pick up where you left off.<\/p>\n<p><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>&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>This unit focuses on portraiture. The four portraits are each painted in a different style. We suggest that you begin by discussing each painting individually. Then proceed to the philosophical questions. Although that page is intended to be used after viewing all four paintings, it can also be used after discussing an individual work. 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