IMAGE PAIRS FOR STUDY

IMAGE PAIRS FOR STUDY

TEST I:

Prehistoric Ancient Rome

Each pair of images offers the opportunity to think about some of the issues we raised in class. Outlining answers to the questions posed (and adding anything else that you want to remember about them!) is intended to help you prepare for the first test in the course.

IMAGE PAIR 1

1. Which cultures made each of these images and roughly when?

2. What artistic medium is used for each of these images (eg. relief sculpture, etc.)?

3. How are animals depicted in these images?

4. What were the purposes of representing animals in these different cultures?

IMAGE PAIR 2

1. Which cultures made these structures?

2. What kind of building technology does each employ?

3.What was the purpose or function of each structure?

IMAGE PAIR 3

1. Which cultures made each of these structures?

2. What were they used for?

3. What cultural ideas or experiences do they reflect?

IMAGE PAIR 4

1. Which culture made these figures?

2. What kind of person do they represent?

3. What materials are used?

4. How are the bodies represented?

5. What cultural ideas or experiences influenced the choice of materials and stylistic features?

6. Why were these figures made (what function or purpose did they serve)?

IMAGE PAIR 5

1. Which cultures made these images and roughly when (including sub-period within culture if relevant)

2. How are the human bodies represented?

3. What are some of the significant and distinguishing aspects of how these figures are represented (definition of the anatomy, stance, sense of movement, expression, etc.)

4. What cultural ideas, values, and experiences do these figures reflect?

IMAGE PAIR 6

1. Which cultures made these figures?

2. How are the bodies represented and how are they similar and different?

3. What cultural ideas or values do these figures represent?

4. What was the function of each of the figures within their culture?

IMAGE PAIR 7

1. What culture and sub-period are these figures from?

2. How are the bodies of the figures represented?

3. What kinds of people do they represent?

4. What cultural experiences and ideas explain the differences between these two figures?

IMAGE PAIR 8

1. Which culture and sub-periods are these figures from?

2. What are the figures doing (ie. what is the subject matter)?

3. What are the distinguishing characteristics of their styles?

4. What cultural ideas do the figures reflect?

5. What events and experiences help explain the differences between the way the bodies are represented, the choice of subject matter, and the ideas conveyed by these two figures?

IMAGE 9

1. What culture and sub-period do these figures come from?

2. What is the subject matter of each sculpture?

3. How do these works represent the human body?

4. What cultural ideas do they reflect?

5. What factors help explain the differences between the two sculptures?

IMAGE PAIR 10

1. What cultures (and sub-period if relevant) do these sculptures come from?

2. What is the subject matter of each?

3.What cultural meanings do they each convey?

4.What are the relationships between the two sculptures?

5. In what ways and to what extent is each figure naturalistic in its appearance?

IMAGE PAIR 11

1. Which culture and sub-period do these works come from?

2. What is the subject matter of each figure?

3. What purpose did these sculptures serve in their culture?

4. What are the significant, distinguishing stylistic and technical features of each?

5.What factors help explain the differences between the two figures?