This document provides an overview of the course Perspectives in World Art & Design. It outlines the material to be covered for the midterm exam, including prehistoric, ancient Near Eastern, ancient Egyptian, Aegean, ancient Greek, and ancient Roman works of art. Students are asked to choose one essay topic and identify 10 individual art objects through slide IDs. They will also complete two slide comparisons and define 10 art history terms with examples. The professor wishes students good luck and offers extra credit opportunities.
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Perspectives in Art & Design Course Overview
1. Perspectives in World Art & Design (part I) Professor Marianne Eggler-Gerozissis Parsons New School of Design School of Art & Design History & Theory WELCOME!
7. MATERIAL to review for MIDTERM: Introductory material Prehistoric Ancient Near East Ancient Egypt Aegean Ancient Greece Ancient Rome
8. PART I – ESSAY Choose ONE (1) essay from the list provided - work up your essay this week WORTH 25 pts max.!
9. PART I – SLIDE IDs (10 individual objects; ea. 4 pts. Max. = 40) Get 4 out of 5 right for full credit DATING : use “circa” and do your best – I have rounded off some dates 3x5” cards – very useful Friends/study-buddies in the class – priceless Try a study group meeting
10. Unknown, Spotted Horses & Human Hands, from Pech-Merle Cave, c. 25,000-15,000 B.C.E., paint on limestone, French Prehistoric Paleolithic
11. Unknown, Woman from Willendorf, c. 24,000 B.C.E., limestone, Austrian Prehistoric Paleolithic
13. Unknown, Votive figures, limestone, alabaster & gypsum, c. 2900-2600 BCE, ancient Near Eastern, Sumerian
14. Unknown, Bull lyre, from the royal tombs of Ur (modern Iraq), c. 2500 B.C.E. wood with gold, silver lapis lazuli, bitumen, and shell, reassembled in a modern wood support. Ancient Near Eastern Sumerian
15. Unknown, Stele of Naramsin, limestone, c. 2200 BCE, ancient Near Eastern, Akkadian
16. Unknown, Ruins of the Anu Ziggurat & White Temple, Uruk, (modern Iran), c. 3,000 B.C.E., architecture, Ancient Near Eastern, Sumerian culture.
17. Unknown, Stele of Hammurabi, Susa (now Iran), c. 1,750 B.C.E., diorite, Ancient Near Eastern, Babylonian culture.
18. Unknown, Ishtar Gate & throne room wall, from Babylon (now modern Iraq), c. 575 B.C.E., glazed brick, Ancient Near Eastern, Neo-Babylonian culture.
19. Unknown, Palette of Narmer, c. 2900 BCE, green schist, Egypt Early dynastic period
21. Unknown, Menkaure and a Queen, c. 2490 BCE, graywacke w/paint traces, Egypt Old Kingdom
22. Unknown, Hypostyle Hall, Great Temple of Amun at Karnak, architecture, c. 1200 BCE, Egypt New Kingdom
23. Unknown, Tutankhamun’s coffin, from the tomb of Tut. in the Valley of the Kings, c. 1330 BCE, Gold inlaid with glass and semiprecious stones (innermost coffin), Egypt, New Kingdom
31. Kallikrates and Iktinos and others, the Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, (c. 440 BCE), marble, ancient Greek Classical period
32. Pheidias or his workshop, three goddesses, from the east pediment of the Parthenon, Athens, Greece, (c. 440 BCE), marble, ancient Greek Classical period
33. Polykleitos, The Doryphoros (Spear Bearer), c. 450 BCE, ancient Roman marble copy of an ancient Greek bronze) original from the ancient Greece Classical period
34. Unknown, Reclining Couple of a Sarcophagus, from Cerveteri, Italy, c. 500 BCE, Italy Etruscan culture
40. PART III – SLIDE COMPARISONS 2 pairs; for each pair you will answer one ID element (title, or date, or medium/media & ground, etc.) AND a thematic comparison question – some themes are posted as a word doc.) (2 pairs, each 10 pts. = 20).
41. PART III – TERM definitions and examples (terms are posted as a Word doc.) (10 terms, each 2-part (def. and example); definition – 1 pt.; title of an example - .5 – total 15 pts. Max.)
Animal husbandry? Domestication. How might the change from Paleolithic (NOMADIC) societies to Neolithic (settled and permanent) societies be reflected in the function of this object?
Animal husbandry? Domestication. How might the change from Paleolithic (NOMADIC) societies to Neolithic (settled and permanent) societies be reflected in the function of this object?
Animal husbandry? Domestication. How might the change from Paleolithic (NOMADIC) societies to Neolithic (settled and permanent) societies be reflected in the function of this object?
The stepped pyramid of Zoser is considered the world’s oldest major stone structure.
Inner coffin of King Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus, from tomb of Tut, Valley of the Kings, Dynasty 18, c. 1336-1327 BCE