Western taste
Assignment due Week 3
Questions McNutt – this article you get through database
JSTOR. Go to Eastern homepage, academics, library and click on data bases.
1. What had the
most influence on the development of Western taste, during and after the
Renaissance? What did educated people feel bound to do?
2. How, why and
when did the first cast collection enter the United States?
3. Which artists
used this first collection?
4. What happened
to the casts that John Singleton Copley ordered?
5. Which casts
did George Washington order? What about Thomas Jefferson?
6. What was the
problem of THE NUDE?
7. How did
Napoleon influence the quality of education at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts?
8. Cast or live model
– what did artists prefer? Which was more practical? How did artists and
educators cope?
9. As casts lost
their importance for artists, their influence shifted. What use did casts then
assume, and for which group of people?
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