5.2.6 - Quick Check: The Portrait
Madame Moitessier
by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program
When creating a portrait, an artist wants to pay close attention to proportion as well as capture the personality of the individual. The portrait pictured here
Correct answer
C.
demonstrates appropriate proportions and shows an expressionless personality.
Study of the Head of an Old Woman
by Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program
When the artist created the portrait shown here, he
Correct answer
A.
used appropriate proportions while correctly capturing texture and details
Portraits of Serafino and Francesco Falzacappa
by Pier Leone Ghezzi
Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program
To make this scene appear to be realistic, the artist did all of the following except
C.
pay no attention to the proportion of the two individuals to each other
The Vexed Man
by Franz Xaver Messerscmidt
Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program
Creating a portrait that embodies a person's feelings or personality involves
C.
capturing emotion in the piece.
Queen Henrietta Maria with Sir Jeffrey
Hudson
by Sir Anthony van Dyck
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
This portrait is successful for all of the following reasons, except
Correct answer
A.
the choice of clothing and scenery do not capture any historical period
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For Madame Moitessier by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, the correct answer is C. It demonstrates appropriate proportions and shows an expressionless personality. Madame Moitessier must have had a day where she swore she'd keep a straight face.
Now, for the Study of the Head of an Old Woman by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, the artist used appropriate proportions while correctly capturing texture and details. No need to worry about any disproportionate heads here!
Moving on to Pier Leone Ghezzi's Portraits of Serafino and Francesco Falzacappa, the artist did everything right to make this scene appear realistic, except it seems they didn't pay any attention to the proportion of the two individuals to each other. Oopsie, someone's got a case of artistic freedom!
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt's The Vexed Man is all about capturing emotion in the piece. It's like he looked into the soul of the subject and said, "I got you, buddy!"
Lastly, we have Queen Henrietta Maria with Sir Jeffrey Hudson by Sir Anthony van Dyck. This portrait is successful for many reasons, but the one exception is that the choice of clothing and scenery do not capture any historical period. Fashion faux pas in a historical portrait? Someone didn't get the memo!
Hope that clarifies things for you, my art enthusiast friend!
To create a successful portrait, an artist needs to pay close attention to proportion, capture the personality of the individual, and use appropriate textures and details. The correct answer for the portrait of Madame Moitessier by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres is that it demonstrates appropriate proportions and shows an expressionless personality (C).
For the portrait Study of the Head of an Old Woman by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, the correct answer is that the artist used appropriate proportions while correctly capturing texture and details (A).
In the portrait of Serafino and Francesco Falzacappa by Pier Leone Ghezzi, the artist did everything to make the scene appear realistic except for paying no attention to the proportion of the two individuals to each other (C).
Creating a portrait that embodies a person's feelings or personality involves capturing emotion in the piece, as shown in The Vexed Man by Franz Xaver Messerscmidt (C).
For the portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria with Sir Jeffrey Hudson by Sir Anthony van Dyck, the portrait is successful for all of the following reasons except for the choice of clothing and scenery not capturing any historical period (A).
To answer the question, you need to analyze each portrait and identify the aspects that are relevant to the question.
For the first question, the correct answer is C. The portrait of Madame Moitessier demonstrates appropriate proportions and shows an expressionless personality. To arrive at this answer, you need to examine the portrait and determine if the proportions are correct and if the subject's personality is captured accurately.
For the second question, the correct answer is A. The artist used appropriate proportions while correctly capturing texture and details in the portrait of the old woman. Again, you need to analyze the portrait and determine if the proportions are correct and if the details and texture are accurately represented.
For the third question, the correct answer is C. The artist did not pay attention to the proportion of the two individuals to each other in the portrait of Serafino and Francesco Falzacappa. To answer this question, you need to analyze the portrait and determine if the proportions of the two individuals are correctly depicted.
For the fourth question, the correct answer is C. Creating a portrait that embodies a person's feelings or personality involves capturing emotion in the piece. To answer this question, you need to identify the aspect that is essential for capturing a person's feelings or personality in a portrait.
For the fifth question, the correct answer is A. The portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria with Sir Jeffrey Hudson is not successful because the choice of clothing and scenery do not capture any historical period. To answer this question, you need to analyze the portrait and identify the aspect that does not contribute to its success.