1. Reading Art and the art of reading EQ: How does an artist make his purpose known? ELACCL9-10RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose. Monet, Claude. Wisteria. 1919. Oil on canvas. Musée Marmottan, Paris.

2. Gardner, Alexander. Home of A Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg, July 1863. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. Examine the title of this photograph as well as the details.

3. Gardner, Alexander. Home of A Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg, July 1863. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. Determine the connotation of each of these words: “home” “rebel” “sharpshooter”

4. Gardner, Alexander. Home of A Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg, July 1863. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. A century after its publication, photographic analysis suggested that Gardner had manipulated the setting of at least one of his Civil War photos by moving a soldier's corpse and weapon into more dramatic positions. One of his most famous images, "Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter", has been argued to be a fabrication. This argument, first put forth by William Frassanito in 1975, goes this way: Gardner and his assistants dragged the sniper's body 40 yards into the more photogenic surroundings of the Devil's Den to create a better composition. Frassanito acknowledged that the manipulation of photographic settings in the early years of photography was not frowned upon. Alexander Gardner was Chief Army Photographer under General McClellan of the United States Army during the American civil war. Consider: Author Subject Audience

5. Gardner, Alexander. Home of A Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg, July 1863. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. Determine the connotation of each of these words: “home,” “rebel,” “sharpshooter.” What is Gardner’s opinion of the war? What details help you make that claim? What is his purpose in this text? How do you know?