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Overview
Your final exam will require you to apply what you have learned throughout the semester to objects presented through Google Art & Culture. These will consist of an array of short answer questions, drawing parallels to objects and ideas presented in the modules and discussed in Stokstad. Like the Catalog Entry, the objects will be similar but not identical to those you have encountered in class. You will need to apply the knowledge you gained in class to answer questions about these objects.
Instructions
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to the assignment drop box. In completing the exam, carefully follow these directions/guidelines:
• Do each of the six required assignments listed in the first section. (10 points each; 60 points total).
• Choose an additional five questions from the subsequent lists based on the different regions we have studied. Each question must come from a different list (8 points each; 40 points total)
• For each artwork you write about, you must place it in a Google Arts and Culture gallery and post a link to the collection in your final paper
• In writing up the assignment, use the modules, your notes, and the textbook to support your answers, citing your sources properly. DO NOT USE THE INTERNET (OUTSIDE OF GOOGLE ARTS AND CULTURE) – DOING SO MAY RESULT IN FAILURE.
• On a similar note, Chat GPT and other AI generators may not be used. If this is detected, you will also fail the assignment.
• Before you hand in your work, make sure your assignment is complete (remember to include the link!) and proofread it. Be sure to answer every part of the questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES.
• Citing your sources • Your citation method for this assignment will be very similar to those you used for
the Catalog Entry. You will utilize the footnotes and bibliography formats for the textbook and the modules. Since this is an exam, you only have to cite what you are directly quoting or paraphrasing. If you are simply recalling general concepts from the course, you do not need to cite them. As a refresher, here are the citation formats for the book and modules.
• Your first footnote/endnote will look like this: • 1Marilyn Stokstad and Michael Cothren, Art History (Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice-Hall, 2017), page or section number. • Every following footnote/endnote will look like this: • 2 Stokstad and Cothren, Art History, page or section number. • You must also have a Works Cited at the end of the paper. Use this to cite the
text in your works cited: • Stokstad, Marilyn and Michael Cothren. Art History. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice-Hall, 2017. • If you wish to utilize the course modules, you should follow this format for the
initial footnote. • 3Sarah Nichols, “Title of Lesson,” Art History I. 2016. Date Accessed. URL. • The shortened footnote should look like this: • 4Nichols, “Title of Lesson.” • And the works cited entry should follow this format: • Nichols, Sarah. “Title of Lesson.” Art History I. 2016. Date Accessed. URL.
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Final Exam
-Google ArtS & Culture Worksheet-
INSTRUCTIONS:
1) Do each of the six required assignments listed in the first section. (10 points each; 60 points total).
2) Choose an additional five questions from the subsequent lists based on the different regions we have studied. Each question must come from a different list (8 points each; 40 points total)
3) For each artwork you write about, you must place it in a Google Arts and Culture gallery and paste a link to the collection in your final paper.
4) In writing up the assignment, use the modules, your notes, and the textbook to support your answers, citing your sources properly. DO NOT USE THE INTERNET (OUTSIDE OF GOOGLE ARTS AND CULTURE) – DOING SO MAY RESULT IN FAILURE.
5) On a similar note, Chat GPT and other AI generators may not be used. If this is detected, you will also fail the assignment.
6) Before you hand in your work, make sure your assignment is complete (remember to include the link!), proofread, and typed. Be sure to answer every part of the questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES.
7) Upload your assignment to the provided space on Canvas in either a Microsoft Word Document or PDF by Friday, May 16th, 2025.
Required Questions
1) Figure of Shiva Nataraja, Tamil Nadu, India, 12th-14th centuries. [Royal Ontario Museum]
a) What is darshan? How is this vital to Hindu religious practice? What does this mean for this type of work?
b) Compare this statue to figure 10-33. How do the similarities between the two contribute to the practice of darshan?
2) Unknown Artist, Buddha in bhumisparsa mudra, Bihar, India, 900-1000 CE. [Indian Museum, Kolkata]
a) What does aniconic mean in the context of Buddhist art? How is it different from iconic art? Name an example from your modules.
b) How does this work represent the Buddha aniconically? Name at least two examples that you see in this work. How does it represent the Buddha iconically?
3) Unknown Artist, Female Shinto Deity, Japan, 13th Century. [Los Angeles County Museum of Art]
a) What are the basic beliefs of Shinto?
b) How does this object embody those principles? Use an example you know from the textbook or lecture to support your conclusions.
4) Marble sarcophagus carved with scenes from the story of Jonah, 250-299 [British Museum]
a) What is syncretism? Why is it important to early Christian art?
b) How is this sarcophagus an example of syncretism?
5) Pietro Lorenzetti, Madonna with Child, Italy, Not Dated. [Fondazione Musei Senesi]
a) Compare this work to the icons discussed in the modules. What is the meaning of the gesture used? Be specific.
b) What does this image have in common with the icon tradition, and what does it have in common with the changes beginning in the Gothic period in Europe?
6) Unknown Artist, Inscribed Tile Fragment, late 13th century. [Brooklyn Museum]
a) Name the religion associated with this tile and identify the religious “rules” governing this faith’s imagery.
b) What two decorative motifs are employed on this tile, explaining their meaning
using an example from the textbook.
Ancient Americas
1) Unknown Artist, Panel, Maya, 702-711 CE. [Dumbarton Oaks Museum]
a) Compare this figurine to figure 13-14.
b) How does this panel conform to Mayan standards of beauty? Name at least two features.
c) Where do those ideals of beauty come from? Be specific.
2) Unknown Artist, Turtle Pendant, Olmec, 1000-400 BCE. [Los Angeles County Museum of Art]
a) What material is this pendant made from? What is the significance of this material to this culture?
b) What other cultures find this sacred? Name specific examples to support your reasoning.
3) North American Otter Pipe, Hopewell, 400-200 BCE. [British Museum]
a) Compare this to figure 13-22.
b) What role do these objects play in North American society?
c) Looking at both the quality and material of these pipes, which do you think is better at fulfilling this role? Use analysis to support your conclusion.
4) Yaxchilan lintel 17, Yaxchilan, Mexico, 770 CE. [British Museum]
a) What are the figures on this lintel doing? Use an example from your book to support your conclusion with detailed analysis. Be sure to use the zoom function!
b) Why is this activity vital to the world view of Mesoamerican societies? Be specific.
Africa
1) Brass Plaque: King Esigie shielded by attendants, Benin, 1500-1599 CE. [British Museum]
a) What is the significance of this material to the rulers of Benin?
b) What other means of communicating power does this plaque utilize? Name at least two examples.
2) Unknown Artist, Female Twin Figure (ere ibeji), Yoruba, late 19th-Early 20th century. [Museum of Fine Arts, Houston]
a) Briefly examine these figures. What feature is most emphasized in these works?
b) What significance does this feature have in the context of the Yoruba culture? Use an example to support your conclusions.
3) Unknown Artist, Ife Head: Brass Head of a Ruler, Nigeria, 1300-1450 CE. [British Museum]
a) What did Europeans claim when they first encountered these heads?
b) Compare this head to figure 14-1. What common aesthetic qualities do these two sculptures embody? Be specific.
c) How are these common qualities essential to the idea of power in Ife?
4) Unknown Artist, Ivory Mask, Benin, 1500-1599 CE. [British Museum]
a) Compare this mask to figure 14-16. Name two similarities and one difference.
b) How do both of these masks show the foreign relations of the Kingdom of Benin? Support your claims with analysis.
East Asia
1) Sesson Shūkei, Landscape in Moonlight, 16th century. [Los Angeles County Museum of Art]
a) Give a brief visual analysis of this work.
a) What qualities does this painting have with other works by Zen masters?
b) How might this painting act as a koan (Zen Buddhist riddle)?
2) Unknown Artist, Incense Burner (boshanlu), Bronze, China, late 3rd-1st century BCE. [Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art]
a) What traditional Chinese belief system does this work belong to? Why?
b) Support your conclusions with visual analysis and an example from the book or modules.
3) Unknown Artist, Guanyin seated in Royal-Ease pose, China, 1200-1300. [Princeton University Art Museum]
a) What is a bodhisattva? What sect of Buddhism is associated with figures likes this?
b) How is the depiction of Bodhisattvas different from most depictions of the Buddha?
South Asia
1) Unknown Artist, Mandala of Vairocana, Tibet, early 20th century. [Royal Ontario Museum]
a) What is the purpose of these types of images?
b) How is this image making tradition similar to Byzantine Icons?
c) How is this image making tradition also similar to the Great Stupa at Sanchi?
2) Unknown Artist, Architectural Relief depicting two celestial female figures (Surasundaris), 10th-11th century, Madhya Pradesh, India. [Art Gallery of South Australia]
a) To what two religious traditions might this work belong? Analyze two examples from your book and/or modules to support your reasoning.
b) What common role and name does this type of figure have for both these traditions?
West Asia
1) Unknown Artist, Limestone Cylinder Seal, Hittite, Syria, 1400-1200 BCE. [British Museum]
a) What is the function of this type of object? What societal developments does this function indicate?
b) Compare this cylinder seal formally to figure 2-8 in your textbook.
c) How might the differences between these cylinder seals’ material and iconography indicate different owners of different classes?
2) Unknown Artist, Mihrab, Isfahan, Iran, 17th century CE. [Israel Museum, Jerusalem]
a) Name the location and function of this structure in a mosque.
b) How does this mihrab embrace the traditional tenets of Islamic art? Use examples from the modules and books to support your analysis.
Greece and Rome
1) Unknown Artist, Ptolemaic Prince, Egypt, 51-30 BCE. [Brooklyn Museum]
a) What is the main philosophical principle in Egyptian belief and power? What does it mean?
b) How is this principle apparent in this statue’s form and date?
2) Unknown Artist, Marble Statue of Hermes, Rome, 1-99 CE. [British Museum]
a) What Greek ideals does this work embody? Use an example from your book to support your answer.
b) Why would a work like this be found in Italy? Be specific in your reasoning.
3) Unknown Artist, Emperor Trajan, Rome, after 103 CE. [Harvard Art Museums]
a) What is schema? How does it apply to Roman Imperial portraiture?
b) What examples of schema do you see in this work? Use an example from the modules or the book to support your answer.
Extra Credit
Choose any of the galleries with the museum view option, and digitally tour the space. In no more than FIVE well-chosen and organized sentences, explain how this compares to the “real thing.” Can this tool replace the museum experience? Or does it provide a different experience altogether?
