Mary Cassatt Quest Sheet

Name_______________________

(This sheet may be printed so that you can answer questions on it while you are at other sites.)

I. Click here for information about Mary Cassatt.

1. Scroll the left screen to browse paintings.

2. Scroll the right screen to the bottom and click on Cassatt home.

Why was Mary Cassatt unique? List 3 facts.

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Which artists did Cassatt admire? (list 3)

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3. Click on Life and write 5 facts about Cassatt's life.

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4. Click on Times, then Impressionism, and then Impressionists to read a definition of Impressionism. Explain it in your own words. To what did the term originally refer?

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5. Click on Work and then scroll to the bottom to click on each of the 6 works shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Write the title of one and tell why you either like or do not like it.

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II. Click here to get a list of Mary Cassatt's work at the National Gallery of Art.

1. View each of the 10 paintings. While you are viewing the painting, click on full screen to see it larger. Also click on detail images to zoom in on particular areas. Write the title of one and tell why you either like or do not like it.

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2. View each of the drawings that have images available. What is your impression of the drawings?

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3. View some of the prints that are on the 3 pages. Pick a group that has several prints of the same title. Write the title and list how are they are alike or different. How do you explain this?

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Extra: A site for Edgar Degas.