Art

Art 103 – Art Appreciation Worksheet 4 – Art History 20 points

Answer the following questions using vocabulary and ideas from our lectures and your textbook. The page number corresponds to the page in your textbook on which this work can be found. Please make sure each answer is thoughtful, edited for grammar and spelling errors, and at least 4-5 COMPLETE sentences. A grading rubric for this assignment is available in Content Browser – Course Resources – Grading Rubric.

1) Page 328, figure 14.1 "Horse and Geometric Symbol", Cave Painting, Lascaux, France, ca. 13,000 BCE and Page 329, fig. 14.2, "Female Figure From Willendorf”, ca. 23,000 BCE. Why do you think early nomadic cultures made the kind of artwork they did? View these works and describe what their possible significance was to their respective cultures. What kind of function might they have served for the people that made them? You can also view the images through this link and this link.

2) Page 256, fig. 11.15. Identify the major characteristics in Egyptian Art as seen in "Menkaure and Khamerenebty", 2460 BCE. Why did Egyptian artists make the sculptures look as they did? Be specific in your description of the object. See this link for a digital reproduction Link to image

3) Page 259, figs. 11.20 & 11.21. Identify the major characteristics in Greek art as seen in "Apoxyomenos", 320 BCE. Why did Greek artists make the sculptures look as they did? Be specific in your description of the object. See this link for a digital reproduction Link to image

4) Page 360, fig. 15.8. Identify the major characteristics of Byzantine/Early Christian art as seen in “Empress Theodora and her Retinue”. Why did Byzantine artists make the sculptures looks as they did? Be specific in your description. See this link for a digital reproduction Link to Image

5) Page 90, fig. 4.16. "The Madonna of the Meadows", 1505 by Raphael. What period and region is this from and what major characteristics of that period can you identify in this painting. Why did the artists from this period emphasize these characteristics in their work? Also see Link to image for another reproduction.