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Part 1  Question at position 1 

Find a work of art to answer the following questions. 

The artwork can be from any culture or time period.

Give a short description of the work:

· Is it realistic, abstract or non-objective?

· What does it depict? What colors are used?

· What artistic role does it play? Does it take on more than one role? Review the different roles discussed in subunit 1.4 to help you decide.

· Provide the title, date and artist’s name. Make sure your source has all of this information.

· What medium is used (painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photograph or digital image, video, installation or performance)?

· What artistic category (subunit 1.5) does it fall under?

Part 2

View the three works of art from the hyperlinks below.

They are all from different time periods and cultures. Notice how each one has a repeated formal element similar to the others.

· What style and category does each work belong to?

· Do these similarities have ties to an ordinary meaning between them, or do you think the meaning of each work is separate from the others? Why or why not?

· What cultural, religious, or other considerations do you consider when defining your answers?

· Write at least one paragraph to explain each work of art.

Here are the images to view:

· ' Totem PoleLinks to an external site.' https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/totem_poles/

· ' Giotto CrucifixLinks to an external site.'

· ' Minoan Snake GoddessLinks to an external site.'

https://web.archive.org/web/20160505111639/http://dreamtherapynow.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/MinoanSnakeGoddessKnossos.jpg