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Purple IRLA: Treasure Hunters: Great Art Thefts

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24 questions
This Formative is based on the book Treasure Hunters: Great Art Thefts found in the ARC Bookshelf. Please use the link below to access the book. You may be directed to log in to the ARC bookshelf.
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Valuable but Vulnerable
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Missing Mona Lisa
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Boston Burglary
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Stealing The Scream
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New Year's Theft
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Where Do the Paintings Go? & Protecting Art
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Question 1
1.

Preview the text features and the layout of the text throughout the text (scroll through multiple pages). What genre of text is this?

Question 2
2.

Explain the different text features that support the genre of this text.

Question 3
3.

Select all the ways galleries seek to keep the art safe.

Question 4
4.

Why is it hard to sell stolen art?

Question 5
5.

All stolen artwork is always found due to security systems and alerts on the internet.

The Mona Lisa
Question 6
6.

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Question 7
7.

When was the Mona Lisa stolen?

Question 8
8.

Explain the Mona Lisa was difficult to find once it was stolen.

Question 9
9.

The painting technique called sfumato does what?

Question 10
10.

Who stole the Mona Lisa?

Inside the Isabella Stewart Gardner Musem
Question 11
11.

Summarize the events that led to the theft at the Isabella Stewart Garnder Museum.

Question 12
12.

Why did empty frames hang on the ways of the Gardner Museum?

Question 13
13.

What year did the major robbery take place?

Question 14
14.

The people who stole the artwork have since been arrested and the case is closed.

Question 15
15.

Do you think the person who wrote to the Gardner Museum in 1994 was the actual theif? Why or why not?

The Scream
Question 16
16.

When was The Scream stolen for the first time?

Question 17
17.

Who painted The Scream?

Question 18
18.

Explain how The Scream was recovered.

Question 19
19.

Compare the two robberies of The Scream. How are they similar and different? Provide examples in your explanation.

View of Auvers-sur-Oise
Question 20
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When was View of Auvers-sur-Oise stolen?

Question 21
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Who painted the View of Auvers-sur-Oise

Question 22
22.

Summarize the New Year's Day theft and the results.

Question 23
23.

Explain how stolen art is found and tracked.

Question 24
24.

Explain why art thefts can't all be prevented. Use at least two examples from the text in your explanation.