Let’s Look
- How many people do you see? What are they doing?
- Where are they running? What are they holding? What kind of race is this?
- Describe the expressions on the runners’ faces. What emotions do you see?
- What else shows us that they are trying to run fast enough to win the race (position and size of legs, arms, and heads; details of muscles)?
- Look at the bottom of the picture. Can you find symbols, some words (in German), and a date? What do you think they could mean?
- What primary and secondary colors did Jacob Lawrence use? Which colors are bright? Dull?
- Look for repeated colors and shapes in the background and in the runners. Which ones echo the rhythm of running?
- Is this the beginning, middle, or end of the race? How can you tell?
Look Closely at Olympic Games Munich 1972
Olympic Games Munich 1972 (Olympische Spiele München 1972), 1971-72
Jacob Lawrence, American
Color screenprint (poster)
Image: 34 3/8 x 25 3/16 inches (87.3 x 64 cm) Sheet: 40 x 25 3/16 inches (101.6 x 64 cm)
Gift of Marla K. Shoemaker, 2002
2002-60-1
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Jacob Lawrence, American
Color screenprint (poster)
Image: 34 3/8 x 25 3/16 inches (87.3 x 64 cm) Sheet: 40 x 25 3/16 inches (101.6 x 64 cm)
Gift of Marla K. Shoemaker, 2002
2002-60-1
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- What emotions do you see on the runners’ faces? (Circle your choices.)
fear concentration joy pain effort anger laziness ambition - Draw lines connecting the German words and their English translations:
Olympische Games Spiel Munich München Olympic - Draw over the straight and curvy shapes that are repeated in the poster.
- Circle the part of the runner that you think will break the finish line first.
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