Discussion: Spirit of Change
In Still Life with Plaster Cast, the viewer sees a painting-within-a-painting. Identify and describe another work in your text that uses a similar approach.
Explain why you think an artist might choose to re-paint a painting into his or her work. In what ways is it the same painting? In what ways does it become different?
Cézanne returned again and again to paint his mountain. Explain why you think an artist might choose to repaint a subject. In what ways is it the same painting? In what ways does it become different?