Object

Woman with Violin (Painting)

A student-sized canvas mounted on a classroom easel depicting a woman cradling a violin. The portrait centers the figure in three-quarter view; visible brushstrokes and layered paint give a tactile surface. The stretcher is wooden and the canvas shows classroom wear—smudged edges and thumbprints—while students and Data circle it for critique.

2 appearances

Purpose

A student artwork intended for display and critique during the holodeck art class; serves as a practice canvas used to develop technique and receive feedback.

Significance

Functions as a narrative prop in Data's clinical art appraisal sequence: the painting becomes a focal point for pedagogical exchange and interpersonal tension, providing a concrete object against which characters' reactions and vulnerabilities register.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S3E14 · A Matter of Perspective

Data's Clinical Intrusion

The 'Woman with violin' canvas is one of the student works Data inspects aloud; it functions as a foil in the sequence, allowing Data to demonstrate his analytic method and to displace attention away from Picard's painting temporarily.

Before: Mounted on a classroom easel among other student canvases; untouched by the interaction.

After: Remains on its easel after Data's commentary; unchanged physically but marked by the memory of a senior officer's critique.

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S3E14 · A Matter of Perspective

Picard's Red Outburst

The 'Woman with Violin' canvas is inspected by Data during his systematic survey of the students' work; it functions as a comparative prop that helps showcase Data's impersonal taxonomy and heightens the contrast with Picard's emotionally charged reaction.

Before: Mounted on an easel in the classroom, completed student work waiting for critique.

After: Remains on its easel, intact and unchanged by the exchange — a calm foil to Picard's disrupted canvas.

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