Directions: Please answer the questions below in complete sentences using APA guidelines.  Your response to each should be at least...

Directions: Please answer the questions below in complete sentences using APA guidelines.  Your response to each should be at least 300 words in length.  Utilize examples from the textbook, if applicable.

1.      What important method of learning to be an artist is suggested by Rembrandt’s drawing of The Last Supper?

2.      What effect has patronage had on art history? What current forms of patronage exist in the arts?

3.      What possible uses and meanings did prehistoric artists have for creating Paleolithic and Neolithic human figurines?

4.      Describe Stonehenge and discuss its purpose and meaning.

5.      How do the depictions on the sound box of the bull lyre from the tomb of King Meskalamdug in Ur relate to the Epic of Gilgamesh? Why is evaluating such details important to the study of art history?

6.      Considering the material, the subject matter and its pose, interpret the message of the Votive statue of Gudea. What possible reasons the ruler have to make such statues?

Midterm Project – Introduction

The Midterm Project is due with your Module 4 Homework Assignment.

Choose one of the following artworks or artists for your Midterm Report.  Your report must completely answer the four questions posed to guide your research.  Write in complete sentences and utilize APA guidelines.  You will need to use the LIRN library and the Internet to find enough information and, therefore, you will need to cite your sources on a final page labeled “References.”

1.         Describe the work or artist (100 words or more).

-      state the correct name

-      state the artist(s) if known

-      give the actual dimensions of the work (feet and inches)

-      note the principle features of the work

2.         Compare (50 words or more).

-      explain how this artwork (or artist) is similar to others of the same time

-      is it part of a trend?

3.         Contrast (50 words or more).

-      explain how this artwork (or artist) is different from all others of the same time

-      is it/he part of a revolution

4.         Evaluate (100 words or more).

-      explain why this artwork (or artist) is significant or important to his or her age

-      why did he become popular during his time

-      what did he contribute to the future of art

5.         References

-      list your sources of information so that the instructor can locate them later and check your work

• Artwork

o    Stonehenge (Neolithic England)

o    Babylon’s Ishtar Gate (Babylonia-Iraq)

o    House Altar: Akhenaten, Nefertiti and three of their daughters (Egypt)

o    Temple of Angor Wat (Southeast Asia - Cambodia)

o    Terracotta Army, Qin Dynasty (China)

o    Polyclitus’ Discus-bearer (Greece)

o    Pantheon (Rome)

o    Statue of Augustus Prima Porta (Rome)

o    Stained glass rose window of Chartres Cathedral (France)

o    The Lamentation by Giotto (Italy)

o    Portrait of a Young Woman by Petrus Christus (Flemish)

o    Alhambra (Spain – Islam)

o    Moses – sculpture by Michelangelo (Rome)

o    Triumph of Galatea by Raphael (Rome)

o    Vatican Dome by Bramante (Bramante)

• Artists

o    Polyclitus

o    Fra Angelico

o    Giotto

o    Pisanello

o    Donatello

o    Rembrandt Van Rijn