Choice of subject matter Flashcards
1
Q
Cancer
A
Cancer represented in the black ominous backround he wanted to focus on what the sitters did, rather than what they looked like, from them he got the idea to represent cancer as a black curtain.
2
Q
Ghostly angelic deception.
A
Ghostly angelic deception of the 3 oncologists he perceived them as angels retrieving people from the darkness of cancer.
3
Q
The three oncologists
A
The three oncologists in the painting because they were considered important and worthy of painting.
