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Examples of Observation Exercise Concepts, Corresponding Didactic Sessions and Viewed Art Works

Observation Focus	Didactics	Examples of Art Work*
Color, light, shadows	“Color and Luminance”	Paul Gauguin, Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? 1897–1898, oil on canvas
		Joseph Mallord William Turner, Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On) 1840, oil on canvas
		John Singer Sargent, The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, 1882, oil on canvas
Contour	“Contour in Thoracic Radiological Imaging”	Edward Munch, Summer Night’s Dream (The Voice), 1893
		Pablo Picasso, Portrait of a Woman, 1910
Form	“Linking Form to Function in Pulmonary Pathophysiology”	Seated Bodhisattva, Chinese, Eastern Wei dynasty, about A.D. 530,carved limestone
		Jan Steen, Twelfth Night Feast, 1662, oil on canvas
		Edward Manet, Execution of the Emperor Maximilian, 1867, oil on canvas
Texture and pattern	“Texture and Pattern Recognition in Dermatologic Diagnosis”	Jackson Pollack, Number 10, 1949
		Star and Crosstiles, Iran 13th Century, composite body (quartz, clay, and glass frit)
Line and symmetry	“Line and Symmetry in the Cranial Nerve Examination”	Susan C Waters, The Lincoln Children, 1845
		Power figure nkisi nkondi, Kongo people sculpture, 19th–20th C, wood glass, metal, pigment
Balance	“Detecting Balance and Imbalance in the Neurological Examination”	Claude Monet, La Japanaise (Camille Monet in Japanese Costume), 1876, oil on canvas
		Shiva as Lord of Music (Shiva Vinadhara), Southern India (Probably Tamil Nadu), (Female figure dancing)

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