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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. Researchers in science like Wortz and researchers in art like Irwin have more in common with each other than they do with the technicians in their own fields. Irwin dubs this relationship __________________. T

2. Critics do not understand the display, referring to it as what?

3. Over the last __________ years, Irwin had connected his thinking process to the art objects he was making.

4. Art students where were particularly pleased to at last have exposure to modernism and minimalism from no less than one of art's masters?

5. From where is this fabric hung?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Irwin doing three years after the Whitney opening? Why?

2. Where does Irwin submit proposals?

3. From where do non-art invitations come?

4. What leads Irwin to painting discs?

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

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

7. Describe Irwin's installation in the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art in 1975.

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

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

10. What are some of Irwin's views 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

Irwin exhibited an unusually strong independent streak.

Part 1) Describe this streak. How was it seen in him as a child? What role did it play as he grew up? How was it seen in his art?

Part 2) Did Irwin benefit from this independent streak? If so, how? If not, why not?

Part 3) Do you have an independent streak? if so, describe it. If not, why not? How does this independent streak or lack of one influence you?

Essay Topic 3

From 1962 to 1964 Irwin produces ten late line paintings.

Part 1) Describe these paintings. What events and work lead to these paintings? How is Irwin changed in these two years? Why?

Part 2) To what do these paintings lead? How is all this work viewed by critics? Do they like it? Why or why not? How does this work reflect Irwin's personality?

Part 3) Who is your favorite artist? Describe his or her work. How does this work reflect the artists' personality? Why are you drawn to this artist and his or her work?

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