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PROBLEMS

A sufficient number of problems are listed so that choices may be made.

1. Visit artists' studios to see local work.

2. Visit a contemporary exhibition. Report on this experience.

3. Analyze pictures for esthetic quality according to the question-
naire in this chapter.

4. Report on an article in some current magazine about an artist
and his work.

5. Select pictures suitable for certain rooms shown in photo-
graphs.

6. Select a good reproduction. Plan a room to suit it.

7. Write a criticism of the selection and hanging of pictures in a
specific room. Draw a diagram to illustrate.

READING REFERENCES

BARKER, VIRGIL. American fainting. Macmillan, 1950.

BARR, ALFRED H. Masters of Modern Art. Museum of Modern
Art, 1954.

CAIRNS, H., and WALKER, J. Masterpieces of Art from the Na-
tional Gallery of Art. Random House, 1944.

HESS, THOMAS, Abstract Painting. Viking, 1951.

JANSON, H. W., and JANSON, D. J. The Picture History of Paint-
ing. Abrams, 1957.

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. Masterpieces at the Metropoli-
tan Museum. Studio, 1945.

MUNRO, THOMAS. Great Pictures of Europe. Tudor, 1934.

MYERS, BERNARD. Mexican Painting in Our Time. Oxford Uni-
. versity Press, 1956.

ZIGROSSER, CARL. The Book of Fine Prints. Crown, 1956.

ZUKER, PAUL. Styles in Painting. Viking, 1950.