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The ten preselected prints of Hopper’s works will be employed on an individual weekly basis primarily as a teacherled classroom discussion. If available, slides will also be used to highlight style or compositional techniques (10 weeks).
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An introductory slide show will acquaint the student with Edward Hopper and a sampling of his works.
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A tour of the Yale Art Gallery will provide each student with a firsthanded observation of three of Hopper’s major works:
Rooms by the Sea,
1951;
Western Motel,
1957; and
Sunlight in a Cafeteria,
1958.
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A photographic expedition of the student’s community to allow each student to photograph similar ordinary and commonplace buildings or sites that are closely related to Hopper’s compositional topics.
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A journal writing assignment which permits each student to record the occurrences, the obstacles, and the preparations before, during and after the photographic experience.
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Background reading selections which will discuss Hopper’s thematic approaches, his subject matter, and his stylistic techniques.
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Within the context of each weekly print, each student will write a comparison/contrast essay citing the technological improvements/differences as reflected within Hopper’s works and their contemporary times.
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