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An article in the Globe and Mail, 9/11/05, caught my attention.  It was entitled Did You Notice Their Guns?  The subject is focused on __ one's powers of observation. Several members of the New York Police Department  are __ in an art gallery and assigned the task of interpreting paintings.   The Frick Collection resulted from a generous __ by Henry Clay Frick, a steel __ who died in 1919 and ___  an enormous art collection to the museum that bears his name.  

A.  bequeathed    B.  bequest     C.    enhancing     D.  ensconced     E.  magnate

The first painting examined was The Death of Marat , a friend of Robespierre, who was assassinated during the French Revolution.   Marat was wounded just below his ___, as you can see from the painting.  From clues in the painting, the police officers were required to determine: who, what, when , why and where.   Vermeer's Mistress and Maid conveys considerable information from the __ of the two women.   El Greco's Purification of the Temple requires considerable examination in order to take in such a __ of detail. 

F.  clavicle      G.  demeanor       H.  plethora  

The Sermon on the Mount painted by Claude Lorrain provides cues as to new possibilities that most viewers have never remotely considered.   The interpretation articulated by one of the police officers was __ to say the least.  The art world is expanding its influence into other fields.  For example, prison inmates are encouraged to take up painting or music for those who are found to be less ___ to peer pressure and less __ to violence.   

I.   prone      J.  susceptible        K.  unorthodox

First year students at the Yale University School of Medicine are enrolled in a program that addresses observational skills by spending a few hours at the Yale Centre for British Art during a doctor-patient encounter course.  Medical students tend to look at abnormalities and __ out all the normal features.  It was a __ who pioneered this program.  Dr. Irwin Braverman says that dermatology students have to be able to recognize the most __ differences in skin tone and texture that might upon close inspection reveal a pattern related to disease. 

L.  dermatologist      M.  filter        N.  subtle

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