{"id":620,"date":"2016-11-02T01:15:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T01:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/?page_id=620"},"modified":"2017-03-27T18:38:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T18:38:04","slug":"portraits-philosophy-question-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/philosophyatthemuseum\/portraits-philosophy-question-4\/","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\">4. \u00a0Is beauty the only term you would use to praise your favorite portrait? Try to think of other terms that evaluate that painting but that go beyond merely calling it beautiful? For example, might you praise your favorite portrait for being accurate, expressive, intimate, etc.? 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