Three short-answer questions (350 word each) in which you compare two slides and respond to specific questions about that comparison. You will choose three out of five comparison questions to answer.
Your essays should provide complete identifications of each slide, including the information in the captions in the textbook (name, artist (if known), medium, location, date). Your answers should make use of appropriate art historical terminology and should respond directly to the questions. All information required for your essays is either in the textbook or in the resources provided in the weekly modules. No additional research is required or recommended.
-Identify these two slides and describe their similarities and differences. How does each one relate to the natural landscape, the seasonal calendar, and a conception of the cosmos?
picture 1. Angkor wat
picture2. Castillo, chichen itza
-Identify these two slides and describe the similarities and differences. What information and ideas about the gods they represent does each figure convey?
picture1. the Buddha preaching the first sermon
picture2. good shepherd mosaic
-Identify these two slides and describe their similarities and differences. How does each figure convey a sense of authority; how do the materials with which they were made relate to cultural and/or economic exchange?
picture1. figure of an oni
picture2. reliquary of st. Foy
make sure to cite the page number when replaying on or directly quoting the textbook.