Internet
Homework Assignment
Directions:
Go
to the following website: http://www.nga.gov/kids/napoleon/nap2.html.
Please follow the directions to the website and answer the
following questions. Be sure to
investigate every “clue” in order to best answer the questions below. You do not have to make a political portrait
of your own as the site suggests.
1)
How does the size of this painting
contribute to its realism?
2)
What does the scroll on the floor of the
study reveal?
3)
What would be the significance of
Napoleon’s golden epaulets?
4)
What is the significance and symbolism of
the book on the floor of the study?
5)
At what moment is the portrait capturing
Napoleon? What clues are there to
suggest what he was doing just prior to the “capturing” of his image?
6)
What do the bees embroidered on Napoleon’s
chair symbolize?
7)
What is one thing that often puzzles
viewers of this portrait? What is the
most logical explanation for this question?
8)
Political leaders often use dress and
posture to consciously create an image of themselves
in the public eye. What values does
Napoleon identify himself with, and how?