May

23

2025

Exercise #17

By Brenda Moore-McCann

Q.1. What you see in this painting?

Q.2. Do you think that the male figure has been out for a hike on the mountain? State why you say yes or no.

Q.3. Why do you think that the painter has shown the figure from behind? How does it make you feel? Does it alter how you interpret the painting?


For the answers, click here.

The thumbnail image for this exercise is:
Young Woman at a Window by Salvador Dalí
(1925), Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons