Weekly Group Assignment (10/1)

As a group, analyze the work of art you have been assigned. Attempt to identify the subject, culture, and approximate time period of the work using visual evidence and your own knowledge of history and art. Do not simply list off facts you have found through Google. Support any conclusions you come to with specific details from the work. Discuss anything you may find interesting in the piece such as potential symbols, connections with other works, or artistic virtuosity.

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Quiz 1 9/22

Your first quiz is scheduled for next Monday (Sep 22) so there will be no group assignment due next week. The quiz will cover chapters 1-4 (Prehistoric through Prehistoric Aegean). Be sure to review your study guides! 

Quiz Breakdown

5 Slide Identifications

Identify artist, title, and culture/style of each image. [1 point each]

Then choose one image to analyse in depth regarding style, symbolic meaning, function, cultural significance, and historical background (1-2 paragraphs) [5 points]

1 Set of Compare and Contrast

Identify artist, title, and culture/style of each image and analyse their similarities and differences in style, symbolic meaning, function, and how they are representative of their respective cultures (approx 2 paragraphs) [10 points]

5-10 Questions from the Study Guide [10 points altogether]

[Total points: 30]

**Remember your lowest quiz grade will be dropped

Chapter 5 Study Guide

Ancient Greece

Geometric

• Dipylon Krater, c. 740 BC
• Herakles and Nessos, c. 750-730 BC

Orientalizing

• Mantiklos Apollo, c. 700-680 BC
• Lady of Auxerre, c. 650-625 BC

Archaic Period

• New York Kouros, c. 600 BC
• Anavysos Kouros, c. 530 BC
• Peplos Kore, c. 530 BC
• Temple of Hera I at Paestum, c. 550 BC
• Exekias, Achilles and Ajax, c. 540-530 BC
• Euphronios, Herakles Wrestling Antaios, c. 510 BC

Classical Period

• Kritios Boy, c. 480 BC
• Artemision God, c. 460-450 BC
• Myron, Diskobolos (Discus Thrower), c. 450 BC
• Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer), c. 450-440 BC
• Iktinos and Kallikrates, Parthenon, 447-438 BC
• Caryatid Porch from the Erechthion, c. 421-405 BC
• Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos, c. 350-340 BC
• Lysippos, Apoxyomenos (Scraper), c. 330 BC

Hellenistic Period

• Altar of Zeus at Pergamon, c. 175 BC
• Nike of Samothrace, c. 190 BC
• Alexander of Antioch-on-the-Meander, Venus de Milo, c. 150-125 BC

1. Why is it often difficult to determine whether early Greek figural sculptures represent humans or gods? (ex: Mantiklos Apollo, Lady of Auxerre)

2. Define the following:

A. Kouros

B. Kore

C. Contrapposto

D. Caryatid

E. Pediment

3. What is the ‘Archaic Smile’ and what is a likely explanation for its consistent use?

4. Draw a diagram of a standard Greek temple. Include and label the following elements:

A. Cella/Naos

B. Stylobate

C. Peristyle

D. Pronaos

E. Opisthodomos

5. Describe the features of the columns of the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian Orders.

6. In the pediment sculpture of the Temple of Artemis at Corfu, how did the sculptor represent Medusa running?

7. What were the Gigantomachy and the Centauromachy? What did they represent symbolically?

8. What advantages did the red-figure painting technique have over the older black-figure technique?

9. What is remarkable about the representation of the figures in Euthymides’s Three Revelers Amphora?

10. What sculpture embodies the Classical ideal of human beauty and perfection? Who was the sculptor and briefly describe his treatise entitled The Canon.

11. Why was the rebuilding of the Athenian Acropolis necessary? How was it financed and under whose political leadership did the rebuilding take place?

12. What aspect of the Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles was unprecedented and shocking at the time? Why?

13. Who was Alexander the Great and why is he so important in the study of Greek art?

14. What is a possible explanation for the humanistic depiction of the ‘barbarian’ Gauls at the Altar of Zeus at Pergamon

Chapter 4 Study Guide

Prehistoric Aegean

Cycladic*

• Keros Musician, c. 2600-2300 BC

Minoan*

• Palace of Knossos, c. 1700-1370 BC
• Bull-Leaping Fresco, c. 1400-1370 BC
• Marine-Style Octopus Flask, c. 1450 BC
• Snake Goddess, c. 1600 BC

Mycenaean*

• Lion Gate, Mycenae, c. 1300-1250 BC
• Treasury of Atreus, c. 1300-1250 BC
• Funerary Mask (‘Death Mask of Agamenmon’), c. 1600-1500 BC

*(Must identify name of subculture on quizzes and tests, not simply ‘Prehistoric Aegean’)

1. Where did each of the three unique cultures of Prehistoric Greece flourish?

2. Which features of the Palace of Knossos likely gave rise to the legend of King Minos and the Minotaur? (list 2)

3. In Minoan painting, how are men and women most easily distinguished?

4. Unlike the Egyptians, who painted in fresco secco, the Minoans painted their walls using a ‘true fresco’ method. Explain what this means and list one benefit and one drawback of true fresco.

5. What is particularly significant about the depiction of the human figure on the Harvesters Vase?

6. Explain Cyclopean Masonry. What does it mean and how did the term come about?

7. What is the largest sculpture from the Prehistoric Aegean?

Weekly Group Assignment 9/17

As a group, analyze the work of art you have been assigned. Attempt to identify the subject, culture, and approximate time period of the work using visual evidence and your own knowledge of history and art. Do not simply list off facts you have found through Google. Support any conclusions you come to with specific details from the work. Discuss anything you may find interesting in the piece such as potential symbols, connections with other works, or artistic virtuosity.

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Group 6:

Chapter 1 and 2 Power Points

Prehistoric Power Point

Mesopotamia Power Point

Chapter 3 Study Guide

Ancient Egypt

Egyptian

Predynastic/Early Dynastic

• Palette of King Narmer, c. 3000-2920 BC
• Imhotep, Stepped Pyramid of Djoser, c. 2630-2611 BC

Old Kingdom

• Great Pyramids of Gizeh, c. 2551-2472 BC
• Khafre Enthroned, c. 2520-2494 BC

Middle Kingdom

• Fragmentary Head of Senusret III, c. 1860 BC

New Kingdom

• Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, c. 1473-1458 BC
• Senmut with Princess Nefrura, c. 1470-1460 BC
• Nebamun Hunting Fowl, c. 1400-1350 BC
• Temple of Ramses II, c. 1290-1224 BC

Amarna

• Akhenaton, c. 1353-1335 BC.
• Thutmose, Nefertiti, c. 1353-1335 BC
• Family of Akhenaten, c. 1353-1335

Post-Amarna

• Death Mask of Tutankhamun, c. 1323 BC

1. What shift in Egyptian history does the Palette of King Narmer represent?

2. What is a mastaba?

3. The earliest recorded name of an artist was an Egyptian architect. What was his name and what great building was he responsible for?

4. What does the Great Sphinx at Gizeh represent?

5. What physical characteristics makes the sculpture of the Seated Scribe from Saqqara different from traditional sculptures of kings and officials? Why is it acceptable for him to be shown this way?

6. What are 3 differences between the Stepped Pyramid of Djoser and a Mesopotamian ziggurat? Consider form, function, and location

7. How did tomb construction change in the Middle Kingdom?

8. What was unusual about Hatshepsut and the way she had herself depicted?

9. Why are animals shown more naturalistically in Egyptian art than humans are?

10. How did artistic conventions change during the Amarna period?

11. What does the absence of a ground line represent in the painting on the chest from the tomb of Tutankhamen?

Weekly Group Assignment 9/10

Compare and Contrast

Identify artist, title, and culture/style of each image and analyse their similarities and differences in style, symbolic meaning, function, and how they are representative of their respective cultures.

(click the links to view your respective images - email me if you are still having trouble seeing the images)

Group 1:

Image A
Image B

Group 2:

Image A
Image B

Group 3:

Image A
Image B

Group 4:

Image A
Image B

Group 5:

Image A
Image B

Group 6:

Image A
Image B