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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. What did Wyeth think about "Winter Corn" in 1948?
2. What did Wyeth think that the item in "Toll Rope" represented?
3. Where did Wyeth find the items for "Before Picking"?
4. What piece of furniture is featured in "Front Room" in 1946?
5. What did Wyeth do while painting "Blackberry Branch" in 1943?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was "Spring Beauty" important in terms of Wyeth's evolving style?
2. What was the significance of "Trodden Weed" and why was the painting so emotional for Wyeth?
3. What was atypical for Wyeth's source of inspiration for the 1953 painting, "Cooling Shed"?
4. How long does Thomas Hoving say it took him to get to know Andrew Wyeth as an artist?
5. Why was subject matter most important to Wyeth?
6. How did Wyeth unite the paintings "Before Picking" and "After Picking"?
7. What does Thomas Hoving say is the common denominator for Wyeth the man and Wyeth the artist?
8. How did Wyeth use light in his paintings?
9. What is the inherent danger when deep emotional and personal associations are used in artistic creations?
10. What did Wyeth see as representing all of New England in his painting, "Toll Rope"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the significance of the book's title. Why is it called simply ANDREW WYETH: AUTOBIOGRAPHY? What was Wyeth trying to emphasize with this emphatic style? Suggest three alternate titles for this book with supporting rationale for each.
Essay Topic 2
Who was Siri Erikson and what role did she play in Andrew Wyeth's life? At what point did Siri come into Wyeth's life? What did she represent for Wyeth at that point in time?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the book. Why would artists have a lonely life even though it may have seemed exciting and glamorous to other people? Why would Betsy have had an especially lonely life being the wife of Andrew Wyeth? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.
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