Spencer Museum of Art The University of Kansas
Classroom Collection | Checkout Procedures | Teacher Evaluation

The Classroom Collection

An outreach program for Lawrence-area schools
detail: Boxers by Rick Dishinger Rick Dishinger United States, born 1942
Boxers, 1990
32.5 x 40.2 cm
lithograph

Scanning Questions:

  1. Are the lines in this artwork free and sketchy or precise and controlled?
  2. Are the shapes mostly natural or geometric?
  3. Besides the rounded shapes of the heads, what elements of art has the artist repeated?
  4. Give two reasons why the boxer on the left is the center of interest.
  5. How has the artist unified this picture?
  6. Which words that describe the mood of this artwork? Calm, active, angry, intense, forceful, loving, busy, relaxed, lively
  7. What other words or phrases would you use to describe the mood?
  8. Compare and contrast the line quality included in these drawings considering that one is a practice sketch and one is a finished work.
    detail: Yuk by Elizabeth Layton