Unit 4 FRQ: Short Essay Visual Analysis

This assignment focuses on Paul Cézanne's painting "Lac d’Annecy," created in 1896. Students will explore the visual characteristics, techniques used to create space, and how this work departs from earlier landscape traditions.

Paul Cézanne, Lac d’Annecy, 1896

Question 1

Short answer

Describe at least two visual characteristics of the work.

Question 2

Short answer

Using specific visual evidence, explain at least two techniques Cézanne uses to create a sense of space in this work.

Question 3

Short answer

Explain how this work departs from earlier Western traditions of landscape painting.

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