Remember that Paper #2 is due by 5pm on Wednesday (not during class). Check the second post down which has information about finding sources if you missed today's class (or simply forgot what we covered).
For Wednesday, we're going to start discussing the book on Edward Hopper, Portraits of America. You don't have to start reading yet, but if you have time, we'll read pages 7-41 for Friday. However, for our next class, flip through the book and choose ONE painting to answer the following TWO questions:
Q1: What do you think is happening in this painting? What is the 'story' that's taking place before, after, or during the painting? Why do you think he painted it?
Q2: The author of the book writes that Hopper's paintings "perceive things that remain hidden to us, beyond our field of view" (74). How does this painting show us things we might not otherwise notice? What kinds of things/ideas does he seem most interested in...and why don't we often see them?
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