8 Key Images
The Venus of Willendorf (Prehistory) The Book of the Dead (Egypt) Ashurbanipal Killing a Lion (Mesopotamia) Kritios Boy (Greece) Augustus of Primaporta (Rome) Notre Dame de la Belle-Verrière (Middle Ages) Michelangelo’s God Creating Adam (Renaissance) Holbein’s The Ambassadors (Northern Renaissance) *Make sure you also look at the works that are discussed as well as the key image. For example, for the Renaissance you will know God Creating Adam, but you should also be aware of what the other "turtles" are up to! |
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Some Vocabulary we have used
Sympathetic magic, nomadic/sedentary, era, culture, monotheistic, polytheistic, humanistic, idealized, realism, propaganda, naturalistic, Renaissance, Portraiture (in painting/sculpture), Venus, hieratic scale, Paleolithic/Neolithic, iconography, symbolism, contrapposto, Annunciation, pareidolia, BCE, CE, history vs. prehistory, coprolite, Anno Domini, Mesopotamia, fertile crescent, pictograph, linear perspective, sfumato, oil painting, fresco, dissection/anatomy, immortality ideology, encaustic, mummification, uraeus, nemes, ankh
A few review questions to practice:
List four reasons why prehistoric humans made representations of people:
How do representations of Egyptian Pharaohs differ from the representation of the Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal hunting lions?
Define any four of the following terms and explain which culture/era they are associated with (give examples if you want to be fancy!): papyrus, contrapposto, idealism, realism, propaganda, illuminated manuscript, fresco, tapestry, embroidery, oil paint, stained glass
Why was the Renaissance called the Renaissance?
Compare depictions of any two rulers or any two gods
List four reasons why prehistoric humans made representations of people:
How do representations of Egyptian Pharaohs differ from the representation of the Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal hunting lions?
Define any four of the following terms and explain which culture/era they are associated with (give examples if you want to be fancy!): papyrus, contrapposto, idealism, realism, propaganda, illuminated manuscript, fresco, tapestry, embroidery, oil paint, stained glass
Why was the Renaissance called the Renaissance?
Compare depictions of any two rulers or any two gods
Here are some quizzes made by former students
Be aware they have not been vetted, so there may be some questionable questions here!
Amazing Orange Ancient Egypt!
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
All Quizzes Lead to Rome!
Middle Ages (10 Questions)
More Middle Ages!
Italian Renaissance
School of Meredith: More Italian Renaissance!
Northern Renaissance
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
All Quizzes Lead to Rome!
Middle Ages (10 Questions)
More Middle Ages!
Italian Renaissance
School of Meredith: More Italian Renaissance!
Northern Renaissance
Here are some videos from when I taught this class remotely.
I have not looked at them since. You can take a look at them to see if they might be helpful, but don't judge us. We were all just doing our best during lockdown!
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