FORMAT:
Slide Identification and Discussion (10 points each slide)
On the following pages, you will see TEN images. Fully identify each image, according to numbers 1) – 5)
below. Then briefly (in a paragraph or two), respond to the accompanying question, 6), on the interpretation of
the work. Given present circumstances, we will consider this to be an ‘open-book’ set of questions, thus your answers should be a thoughtful, detailed, well-considered appraisal of each item. Your answers thus should include the following information:
the subject, title, or name of the work (including location, if it is a building in a landscape)
2) name of the artist or architect (if known)
3) indication of the specific period or style (for example: Paleolithic, Assyrian, Predynastic)
4) date (as close as possible: nearest century at least)
5) medium (for example, sculpture, painting, architecture, etc.)
6) question on significance/iconography/context, etc.
11 CLA 204.01 Introduction to Archaeology Spring 2020 MIDTERM EXAMINATION DATE AND TIME:Sunday 19 April 2020, 9.00 am – Sunday 26 April 2020, 9.00 am Please submit your exam as a PDF via email to
[email protected] Please give your PDF this title: ‘YOUR LAST NAME CLA203 MIDTERM’ CREDIT: GRADING PERCENT OF GRADE Introductory Museum Exercise 10 % Quizzes (average of top eight) 25 % Mid-Term Examination 20 % Term Paper 20 % Final examination 20 % Attendance and Class Participation 5 % READING/SUBJECT AREAS COVERED: Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, Chapters 1-3, pp. 1-67 Archaeology Essentials, pp.8-13, 38-53, 62-141, 290-315 [REQUIRED]; pp. 14-37, 52, 142-175, 235-275 [optional]. Study Guides 1-3 (Monument Lists, Vocabulary Lists) * Class notes and discussion; videos * *ALL THROUGH THURSDAY 16 APRIL 2020, WITH EMPHASIS ON MATERIAL COVERED IN CLASS* FORMAT: Slide Identification and Discussion (10 points each slide) On the following pages, you will see TEN images. Fully identify each image, according to numbers 1) – 5) below. Then briefly (in a paragraph or two), respond to the accompanying question, 6), on the interpretation of the work. Given present circumstances, we will consider this to be an ‘open-book’ set of questions, thus your answers should be a thoughtful, detailed, well-considered appraisal of each item. Your answers thus should include the following information: 1) the subject, title, or name of the work (including location, if it is a building in a landscape) 2) name of the artist or architect (if known) 3) indication of the specific period or style (for example: Paleolithic, Assyrian, Predynastic) 4) date (as close as possible: nearest century at least) 5) medium (for example, sculpture, painting, architecture, etc.) 6) question on significance/iconography/context, etc. PART I. QUESTION 1 (10 points total) 1) the subject, title, or name of the work (including location, if it is a building in a landscape) 2) name of the artist or architect (if known) 3) indication of the specific period or style (for example: Paleolithic, Assyrian, Predynastic) 4) date (as close as possible: nearest century at least) 5) medium (for example, sculpture, painting, architecture, etc.) 6) question on significance/iconography/context, etc. What is the significance of the inscription on this monument? Please include comments on the topics covered in the inscription? How do the carved figural images at the top enhance the message of the inscription? 1) Hammurabi's Laws, found at Stele with the laws of Hammurabi, set up at Babylon, Iraq, found at Susa, Iran, 2) 3) 4) ca. 1780 BCE 5) Architecture 6) The Code of Hammurabi contains an extensive list of laws that have opened historian eyes to the highly sophisticated society of Babylonia. At the top is an engraved depiction of Hammurabi with the god of justice, Shamash. Below that picture are columns of inscription in the Akkadian language. PART I. QUESTION 2 (10 points total) 1) the subject, title, or name of the work (including location, if it is a building in a landscape) 2) name of the artist or architect (if known) 3) indication of the specific period or style (for example: Paleolithic, Assyrian, Predynastic) 4) date (as close as possible: nearest century at least) 5) medium (for example, sculpture, painting, architecture, etc.) 6) question on significance/iconography/context, etc. What are some possible interpretations that scholars have offered for these images? Can you name some of the species of animals represented? 1) PART I. QUESTION 3 (10 points total) 1) the subject, title, or name of the work (including location, if it is a building in a landscape) 2) name of the artist or architect (if known) 3) indication of the specific period or style (for example: Paleolithic, Assyrian, Predynastic) 4) date (as close as possible: nearest century at least) 5) medium (for example, sculpture, painting, architecture, etc.) 6) question on significance/iconography/context, etc. How was this monument made? What is the significance of its decoration? 1) Ishtar Gate Babylon 2) King Nebuchadnezzar II 3) 4) ca. 575 B.C.E 5) 6) PART I. QUESTION 4 (10 points total) 1) the subject, title, or name of the work (including location, if it is a building in a landscape) 2) name of the artist or architect (if known) 3) indication of the specific period or style (for example: Paleolithic, Assyrian, Predynastic) 4) date (as close as possible: nearest century at least) 5) medium (for example, sculpture, painting, architecture, etc.) 6) question on significance/iconography/context, etc. Discuss the function of these figures. Where, and in what kind of building, are they usually found? PART I. QUESTION 5 (10 points total) 1) the subject, title, or name of the work (including location, if it is a building in a landscape) 2) name of the artist or architect (if known) 3) indication of the specific period or style (for example: Paleolithic, Assyrian, Predynastic) 4) date (as close as possible: nearest century at least) 5) medium (for example, sculpture, painting, architecture, etc.) 6) question on significance/iconography/context, etc. Why is a figure of this type referred to as a “Venus”? According to recent research, what is the significance of her hairstyle/headgear? 1) Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf) (Museum, Vienna) 2) 3) Paleolithic 4) ca. 28,000-25,000 BCE. 5) Sculpture, and painting 6) PART I. QUESTION 6 (10 points total) 1) the subject, title, or name of the work (including location, if it is a building in a landscape) 2) name of the artist or architect (if known) 3) indication of the specific period or style (for example: Paleolithic, Assyrian, Predynastic) 4) date (as close as possible: nearest century at least) 5) medium (for example, sculpture, painting, architecture, etc.) 6) question on significance/iconography/context, etc. How does this statue represent the public image and the policies of its subject? 1) Statue of Gudea Neo-Sumerian 2) Gudea 3) 4) ca. 2100 BCE. 5) Sculpture 6) Gudea of Lagash, rebuilt or built many temples and placed his statues inside them. Many of his statues have inscriptions, which are messages to the gods. Statutes plentiful, easy to identify because he always looks the same, either seated or standing, very popular, usually has a hat or shaven head. The statue wears a long garment with one exposed arm. This statue statue represents the public image because Gudea was not a man of war, he was a man of peace. His largest is a sign that the gods have given him fullness of life, and his muscular arms reveal his god -given strength. PART I. QUESTION 7 (10 points total) 1) the subject, title, or name of the work (including location, if it is a building in a landscape) 2) name of the artist or architect (if known) 3) indication of the specific period or style (for example: Paleolithic, Assyrian, Predynastic) 4) date (as close as possible: nearest century at least) 5) medium (for example, sculpture, painting, architecture, etc.) 6) question on significance/iconography/context, etc. Name the main features of this overall monument site. What symbolic function did they serve? PART I. QUESTION 8 (10 points total) 1) the subject, title, or name of the work (including location, if it is a building in a landscape) 2) name of the artist or architect (if known) 3) indication of the specific period or style (for example: Paleolithic, Assyrian, Predynastic) 4) date (as close as possible: nearest century at least) 5) medium (for example, sculpture, painting, architecture, etc.) 6) question on significance/iconography/context, etc. What was the purpose and function of this building? How many additional examples of this building type can you name? PART I. QUESTION 9 (10 points total) 1) the subject, title, or name of the work (including location, if it is a building in a landscape) 2) name of the artist or architect (if known) 3) indication of the specific period or style (for example: Paleolithic, Assyrian, Predynastic) 4) date (as close as possible: nearest century at least) 5) medium (for example, sculpture, painting, architecture, etc.) 6) question on significance/iconography/context, etc. How does this monument successfully show the human figure in space? What is the event, and the landscape shown here? 1) Victory Stele of Naram. Sin, set up at Sippar Iraq found at Susa, Iran, 2) 3) Akkadian Empire 4) 2254-2218 BCE. 5) Sculpture 6) The Victor Stele of Naram is important because it was the first time a king appears as a god in Mesop PART I. QUESTION 10 (10 points total) 1) the subject, title, or name of the work (including location, if it is a building in a landscape) 2) name of the artist or architect (if known) 3) indication of the specific period or style (for example: Paleolithic, Assyrian, Predynastic) 4) date (as close as possible: nearest century at least) 5) medium (for example, sculpture, painting, architecture, etc.) 6) question on significance/iconography/context, etc. What are the scenes represented here, and the political message of this monument (both sides)? 11 CLA 204.01 Introduction to Archaeology