Still Life with Plaster Cast

In Still Life with Plaster Cast, the viewer sees a painting-within-a-painting. Identify and describe another work in your text that uses a similar approach.

Explain why you think an artist might choose to re-paint a painting into his or her work. In what ways is it the same painting? In what ways does it become different?

Cézanne returned again and again to paint his mountain. Explain why you think an artist might choose to repaint a subject. In what ways is it the same painting? In what ways does it become different?

Explain whether you agree with the opinion of many Parisians in 1889 that the Eiffel Tower was a ridiculous eyesore that should have been torn down after the World’s Fair.

Explain why you think Gustave Eiffel’s design was the one chosen from over 700 submissions to a design competition.

Describe a contemporary monument in your city or in another U.S. city and whether it holds some special significance for the citizens of the city where it was erected. State whether you like or dislike the monument and explain why.