SUMER
1. How does the Ziggurat convey the sacred?
2. Where were the Eshnunna statues probably intended to be experienced? What do you think the statues’ function might have been?
3. How does STYLIZATION work in these eshnuna statues? How does it work in the standard of Ur?
4. How does the Stele of Hammurabi convey power and authority?
5. Where were the Gudea Statues placed? How do the Gudea Statues contrast the Stele of Hammurabi? (you will need the textbook, or Met Museum, not on Khan)
EGYPT
1. Write a visual analysis of the Palette of Narmer that addresses the figures, symbols and composition. Explain how the composition tells the story. Make sure to explain how the design reinforces Narmer's power Use specific terms from your vocabulary list to refer to details in the palette itself.
2. Pyramid Complex. What was in this complex in addition to the pyramids themselves? List the structures and objects.
3. What is the creation story in Egyptian religion? What is the story of the relationship among Osiris, Horu, Isis and Seth and how might this story play out in Egyptian art and religion?
4. How does KHAFRE ENTHRONED (p64 New Text Book, 65 Older book-not in AP PACK) and Menkaure and His Wife demonstrate the Canon of Proportion? How and why does the Canon change for the Seated Scribe?
5. What are changes in temple plans demonstrated by The Temple of Aman Re and The Mortuary Temple of Hapshetsut? What do the statues of Hapshetsut tell us about who she was?
6. What prompted the extreme stylistic changes in images of Akhenaton? Describe these changes.
7. Find another Papyrus, either from the book of the Dead or another text. Describe recurring ideas and formal elements in the work.
GREECE
1. What is Humanism?
2. What is a Canonical Greek Temple?
3. look at the GEOMETRIC KRATER. Analyze the style and organization. How does this object reflect Humanism?
4. Where did Ancient Greeks worship? What was the temple actually for?
5. What is the Pediment Problem?
6. Why did figure sculpture embellish the exterior? What was its role?
ACROPOLIS/PARTHENON GREEK TEMPLE QUESTIONS p 133-140 White Book 132-142 Blue Book
7. Who is Pericles? Who is Phidias? What was the Delian League and how was this League corrupted?
8. How did Greeks apply theories of harmony to temple building?
9. What is the difference between Ionic and Doric decoration?
10. How does the Parthenon represent the culmination of Doric Temple Design?
11. Throughout the Parthenon there are deviations from the ideal Doric Plan. List the deviations and the reasoning behind them.
12. What are the subjects of the friezes on the Parthenon- The 2 Pediment Friezes? The ionic Frieze?
13. Where are Gigantomachy in the Parthenon and what do they symbolize?
14. Using specific visual and contextual evidence, explain how the sculptural program of the Parthenon addresses both the religious function of the building and its political significance.
Extra- If you are interested in the debate about where the Parthenon Statues should be kept-
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/galleries/ancient_greece_and_rome/room_18_greece_parthenon_scu.aspx VERY NICE VIDEO! 6 minutes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/12/23/the-british-museum-should-return-the-parthenon-marbles-to-greece/#6b9e6a5b5c2f
HUMAN FIGURE
1. The following 3 sculptures from the AP packet; Anavysos Kouros, 530 bce, Peplos Kouros 530 bce, and Doryphoros 450-440 portray the human figure. What was their purpose? How do these three figures evolve towards an ideal of beauty? How does this evolution reflect Athenian values? What changes in Late Classical Sculpture?- see Lysippos, Apoxyomenos.
2. How and why do we compare Doryphoros to The Parthenon? What are the IDEALS they both express
3. The Grave Stele of Hegeso- What are the interesting changes in this Stele in terms of the depiction of the human figure?
HELLENISM
Read Late Classical Period Alexander The Great and Macedonian Art
1. What are the changes in Greek Statues? What are some new attitudes toward the figure?
2. Define Hellenism and take notes on the Altar of Zeus. How do the sculptures of the Hellenistic period contrast the Classical period?
3. Create some connections between Kirchner, the figure and war and a Hellenistic piece and war.
ROME
1. Temple of Fortuna Virilis
What is this building? How does its building style reflect Greek Influences? What is Etruscan about this building?
2. Roman houses and our houses. How is a house both functional and symbolic? Answer for both Ancient Rome and Levittown using the text book and the following links:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:latinLit:phi1056.phi001.perseus-eng1:6.3
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/28/levittown-america-prototypical-suburb-history-cities
Extra Reading and great videos
http://ushistoryscene.com/article/levittown/
3. Describe the variety of Roman Fresco. What do this technique and the placement of the paintings say about the culture that created them?
4. What is a Veristic Portrait?
5. In what ways does Rome live on in the Modern Western world?
6. How does Augustus Prima Porta pay homage to Ancient Greece and at the same time form a new Roman Identity and a new Roman figure style?
7. What is the Narrative Technique in the Trajan Column?
DIAGRAM of FORUM OF TRAJAN
8. What is the purpose of the Arch of Titus? How are the reliefs inside different from each other?
9. How does the Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus change the classical techniques that Romans took from Ancient Greece
THE PANTHEON
1. What were the innovations within the general innovation of cement?
2. Your book states "if the Pantheon's design is simplicity itself, executing that simplicity took all the ingenuity of Hadrian's engineers" What does this statement mean? What about the Pantheon exudes this simplicity?
3. How does the building function as a sacred space?
THE DOME OF THE ROCK
What is this structure?
How does the Dome function as compared to The Greatt Stupa of Sanchi and The Parthenon?
1. How does the Ziggurat convey the sacred?
2. Where were the Eshnunna statues probably intended to be experienced? What do you think the statues’ function might have been?
3. How does STYLIZATION work in these eshnuna statues? How does it work in the standard of Ur?
4. How does the Stele of Hammurabi convey power and authority?
5. Where were the Gudea Statues placed? How do the Gudea Statues contrast the Stele of Hammurabi? (you will need the textbook, or Met Museum, not on Khan)
EGYPT
1. Write a visual analysis of the Palette of Narmer that addresses the figures, symbols and composition. Explain how the composition tells the story. Make sure to explain how the design reinforces Narmer's power Use specific terms from your vocabulary list to refer to details in the palette itself.
2. Pyramid Complex. What was in this complex in addition to the pyramids themselves? List the structures and objects.
3. What is the creation story in Egyptian religion? What is the story of the relationship among Osiris, Horu, Isis and Seth and how might this story play out in Egyptian art and religion?
4. How does KHAFRE ENTHRONED (p64 New Text Book, 65 Older book-not in AP PACK) and Menkaure and His Wife demonstrate the Canon of Proportion? How and why does the Canon change for the Seated Scribe?
5. What are changes in temple plans demonstrated by The Temple of Aman Re and The Mortuary Temple of Hapshetsut? What do the statues of Hapshetsut tell us about who she was?
6. What prompted the extreme stylistic changes in images of Akhenaton? Describe these changes.
7. Find another Papyrus, either from the book of the Dead or another text. Describe recurring ideas and formal elements in the work.
GREECE
1. What is Humanism?
2. What is a Canonical Greek Temple?
3. look at the GEOMETRIC KRATER. Analyze the style and organization. How does this object reflect Humanism?
4. Where did Ancient Greeks worship? What was the temple actually for?
5. What is the Pediment Problem?
6. Why did figure sculpture embellish the exterior? What was its role?
ACROPOLIS/PARTHENON GREEK TEMPLE QUESTIONS p 133-140 White Book 132-142 Blue Book
7. Who is Pericles? Who is Phidias? What was the Delian League and how was this League corrupted?
8. How did Greeks apply theories of harmony to temple building?
9. What is the difference between Ionic and Doric decoration?
10. How does the Parthenon represent the culmination of Doric Temple Design?
11. Throughout the Parthenon there are deviations from the ideal Doric Plan. List the deviations and the reasoning behind them.
12. What are the subjects of the friezes on the Parthenon- The 2 Pediment Friezes? The ionic Frieze?
13. Where are Gigantomachy in the Parthenon and what do they symbolize?
14. Using specific visual and contextual evidence, explain how the sculptural program of the Parthenon addresses both the religious function of the building and its political significance.
Extra- If you are interested in the debate about where the Parthenon Statues should be kept-
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/galleries/ancient_greece_and_rome/room_18_greece_parthenon_scu.aspx VERY NICE VIDEO! 6 minutes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/12/23/the-british-museum-should-return-the-parthenon-marbles-to-greece/#6b9e6a5b5c2f
HUMAN FIGURE
1. The following 3 sculptures from the AP packet; Anavysos Kouros, 530 bce, Peplos Kouros 530 bce, and Doryphoros 450-440 portray the human figure. What was their purpose? How do these three figures evolve towards an ideal of beauty? How does this evolution reflect Athenian values? What changes in Late Classical Sculpture?- see Lysippos, Apoxyomenos.
2. How and why do we compare Doryphoros to The Parthenon? What are the IDEALS they both express
3. The Grave Stele of Hegeso- What are the interesting changes in this Stele in terms of the depiction of the human figure?
HELLENISM
Read Late Classical Period Alexander The Great and Macedonian Art
1. What are the changes in Greek Statues? What are some new attitudes toward the figure?
2. Define Hellenism and take notes on the Altar of Zeus. How do the sculptures of the Hellenistic period contrast the Classical period?
3. Create some connections between Kirchner, the figure and war and a Hellenistic piece and war.
ROME
1. Temple of Fortuna Virilis
What is this building? How does its building style reflect Greek Influences? What is Etruscan about this building?
2. Roman houses and our houses. How is a house both functional and symbolic? Answer for both Ancient Rome and Levittown using the text book and the following links:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:latinLit:phi1056.phi001.perseus-eng1:6.3
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/28/levittown-america-prototypical-suburb-history-cities
Extra Reading and great videos
http://ushistoryscene.com/article/levittown/
3. Describe the variety of Roman Fresco. What do this technique and the placement of the paintings say about the culture that created them?
4. What is a Veristic Portrait?
5. In what ways does Rome live on in the Modern Western world?
6. How does Augustus Prima Porta pay homage to Ancient Greece and at the same time form a new Roman Identity and a new Roman figure style?
7. What is the Narrative Technique in the Trajan Column?
DIAGRAM of FORUM OF TRAJAN
8. What is the purpose of the Arch of Titus? How are the reliefs inside different from each other?
9. How does the Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus change the classical techniques that Romans took from Ancient Greece
THE PANTHEON
1. What were the innovations within the general innovation of cement?
2. Your book states "if the Pantheon's design is simplicity itself, executing that simplicity took all the ingenuity of Hadrian's engineers" What does this statement mean? What about the Pantheon exudes this simplicity?
3. How does the building function as a sacred space?
THE DOME OF THE ROCK
What is this structure?
How does the Dome function as compared to The Greatt Stupa of Sanchi and The Parthenon?