Inferring With Art: Two Women
Objective
Students will make inferences about this piece of art, back it up with evidence, and then adjust their inference based on new information.
Here's a link to a large version of this piece of art. It's essential that you do not give away the title of the work!
Steps
- Students will notice details about the painting.
- They'll back up my inference that one woman is a servant to the other.
- They make an inference about what that thing is in the seated woman's hand.
- Finally, after learning the piece's title, students will make a final inference about what could be going on here.