Jacob Lawrence-The Migration Series

Please Answer the Following Questions.

Name:_____________________________

The First Part of the Series is Life in the South

1.What element of art has the artist relied upon most often?



2.Do you see a repetition of a particular element? If so what does that repetition create on the picture plane?



3.What particular visual image is present that conveys the flight of the migrants in the South? Please list more than one image.



4.What are the colors in the artist's palette?



5.Describe the application of paint. Do you see any glazing techniques?




Second Part of the Series is Life in the North

1.Do you see any changes in the artist's use of shapes?



2.What images portray the hardship and despair, hopes and dreams of life in the North?



3.Is there a shift in the artist's use of color?



4.How does the artist convey emotional experience of the people to the viewer?



5.Can an artist add emotion and feeling to a period of history that could not be conveyed in any other than a visual way? Does that make a difference?

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