Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin Test | Final Test - Hard

Lawrence Weschler
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin Test | Final Test - Hard

Lawrence Weschler
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Due to changing light and time of day, this fabric appears how?

2. Irwin takes many day hikes into the flat terrain and stays where at night?

3. When Irwin is told that Sartre dropped everything to learn about this philosophy, what did Irwin do?

4. Irwin is badgered by the seeming arbitrariness of the __________ created in the dots painting in their confinement to the canvas.

5. What does Irwin feel will help clear his mind in his journey of discovery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads Irwin to painting discs?

2. How did Irwin see this display?

3. By what is Irwin now intrigued? How does this affect his work?

4. What are some of Irwin's views regarding this philosophy?

5. Where does Irwin submit proposals?

6. With whom does Irwin work on this collaborative project? What do they discover about each other?

7. Describe Irwin's scrim projects.

8. What does Irwin do now that he has decided to stop making art to sell?

9. What questions does Irwin ask himself regarding these discs? How does he answer this question?

10. Describe the relationship between Irwin and Dr. Wortz.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Robert moves to Europe.

Part 1) Describe this move to Europe. What does he learn while in Europe? Could he have learned this in the states? Why or why not?

Part 2) What does the reader learn about Irwin during this time? How does this time influence him later in life?

Part 3) Would you ever want to live outside the U.S.? If so, where and why? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 2

Irwin transforms from an abstract impressionist to a minimalist.

Part 1) What is an abstract impressionist? What is a minimalist? How does he go from one to another? Would he have put his work into such categories? Why or why not?

Part 2) What type of artist would you consider Irwin? Why? What would he consider himself? Why? Would he have been influenced by critics and other artists, regarding his style? Why or why not?

Part 3) What is your favorite art form? Why is this your favorite? How has your taste in art changed as you have grown older? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Irwin is very liberal in his thinking.

Part 1) Describe Irwin's thinking. How has in upbringing influenced his liberal views? How else have his liberal views been formed?

Part 2) How do his liberal views reflect his personality? How do they also affect his art?

Part 3) What type of thinker are you? Would you consider yourself a liberal, a conservative, or somewhere in between. Why? What has influenced these views?

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