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AP Art History I FALL 2011 HOMEWORK SHEET 2 HW#7-11 due Monday Sept.26
Homework & notetaking instructions
TEXT: Gardner’s ART THROUGH THE AGES
Adams ART ACROSS TIME
Directions: Use a NOTE-TAKING style for answers to all questions (Lists, phrases, abbreviations)
NO prose - NO SENTENCES
Cut out each hw section and paste it to the top of the homework sheet. Then just write the answers below.
HW #7 Neo-Babylonian,, Persian, Sassanian
1 Take notes on “brief resurgence“ of Babylon and its art under the fabled King Nebuchadadnezzar.
2 Consult box in this chapter for “original sources”
3 Make a few notes on how the early nomadic Persians who produced fine ‘craft art’ went on to create magnificent
architectural palaces at Persepolis when they became rulers of a mighty Empire.
4 The New Persian Empire. List significant points about Sassanian period.
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HW #8 Read about Art of Ancient Egypt
1 Take notes on "Old Kingdom"
2 List characteristics of portrayal of human figures. Make small diagrams and annotate them.
3 Read boxes in both texts & take notes on major points they contain.
4 Burial Practices Trace development from mastaba to pyramid. Make diagrams. Annotate.
5 Hieroglyphics: Take notes on Rosetta Stone, hieroglyphics, cartouches.
6 Make a list of the illustrations in your texts and, if you wish, a smalldigram for each.
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HW #9 The "Middle Kingdom" of "Ancient Egypt"
Look at examples of the 'major images' and make notes on characteristics of Middle Kingdom which affected its art. Diagram significant images.
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HW #10 Akhnaten & the Amarna Period + Post-Amarna period
1 Akhnaten - called first "monotheist" - List stylistic qualities of art in this period.
2 Tomb of Tutenkhamen. Read. Look at illustrations.
3 What is a "Book of the Dead?" (summarize definition in text)
4 Adams: "Egypt & Nubia." Read 'box' about recent archaelogical find in 1995.
5 Study the Chronological overview. Condense this outline in your notes: Egypt 3,000 BCE - 30 BCE
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HW #11 "The New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt"
1 Take notes on the architecture of this period, including definitions of the vocabulary used.
2 Pharoah Hat-Shep-Sut. Take notes about her tomb based on your reading.
3 Make a few notes on "Mural Painting" of this period.
4 "Amarna Period" takes notes on this significant period in Ancient Egypt.
5 Tutenkhamen's Tomb - Notes on its significance.
6 Read about - and make notes about - the rock-cut tomb of Ramses II at Abu Simbel.
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