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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. Irwin sets about reading everything he can about this philosophy, sometimes spending how much time reading, analyzing, and trying to understand every turn of phrase?

2. There is a thin black ________ around the room at eye level.

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

4. What do Irwin's new works involve?

5. During the mid and late sixties, Irwin supplements his meager art income with earnings from his stints as a teacher. However, his main source of income during this period is from what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do viewers think of this display?

2. With what do the men experiment? Describe these experiments.

3. Describe Irwin's display at the Whitney Retrospective.

4. What is phenomenology? What does Irwin think of this and the work done regarding this?

5. Describe Irwin's scrim projects.

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

7. What does Irwin ponder after the Whitney display? Why?

8. From where do non-art invitations come?

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

10. By what is Irwin intrigued? What does Irwin do regarding this philosophy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Irwin becomes a teacher.

Part 1) Describe his teaching career. Why does he decide to teach? How is this connected to his feelings about his art and the art world at the time?

Part 2) How does Irwin compare to your own teachers? Does he act like a typical teacher? Why or why not? How does this reflect his personality?

Part 3) If you were to teach, what would you teach? Why? What age would you want to teach? Why? Describe what your teaching style might be like.

Essay Topic 2

Critics have a difficult time pinning Irwin to one style.

Part 1) Describe the various styles to which Irwin had been temporarily pinned. How does his work reflect each of these styles?

Part 2) Why is it so difficult to pin Irwin to one style? Does Irwin want to be pinned? Why or why not? Why do critics want to pin him to one style?

Part 3) How important are various styles of art? Is it necessary for one to create a specific style of art in a specific genre and medium? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Irwin collaborates with Dr. Wortz.

Part 1) Who is Dr. Wortz? How does Irwin get the chance to collaborate with him? Describe their collaboration.

Part 2) How is this collaboration significant? What do these two men learn about each other, themselves, art, and science?

Part 3) When have you collaborated with someone else? Was this a good experience? Why or why not? What did you learn about yourself and your partner?

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