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INFORMATION FOR MIDTERM #1 (TENTATIVE DATE: Thursday, Sept. 26, 2002)
PART I: SLIDE IDENTIFICATION (40 points)
Below are 28 works (plus details) from the text. Ten of these images will be on the ID part of the 1st midterm and two will be in the essay (see below).
Know: title; culture and style period; artist/architect (very few). Be able to answer questions regarding medium/technique; subject/meaning; function/ purpose; notable style characteristics; relevant vocabulary and terms; reasons for importance in the history of art. All of these will be incorporated into the exam. Each work is different, and the emphasis on what to know is related to the work itself. Use the STUDY GUIDE that is part of this syllabus. Also come to class!!
The ID part of the exam will be multiple choice, computer graded. You will need to supply your own BLUE SCAN SHEET and PENCILS. LEARN THE INFO AS WE DISCUSS IT IN CLASS - don't leave it until the night before the test! Study together in groups. Make flash cards or other sorts of visual memory aids (of course, not to be used during the test!).
CULTURE
STYLE PERIOD FIG. TITLE (ARTIST/ARCHITECT)
EUROPEAN PREHISTORY
Paleolithic 1-3 Lion-Human
Paleolithic 1-4 Woman from Willendorf
Paleolithic 1-10 Hall of Bulls
Neolithic 1-14 People and Animals
Neolithic 1-19 Stonehenge
Neolithic 1-22 Woman and Man, Cernavoda
ANCIENT NEAR EAST
Sumer 2-6 Nanna Ziggurat, Ur
Sumer 2-9 Votive statues, Square Temple
Akkad 2-15 Stele of Naramsin
Lagash 2-16 Gudea
Assyria 2-21 Assurbanipal and Queen (in Garden)
Neo-Babylonia 2-24 Ishtar Gate
Persia 2-30 Darius and Xerxes Receiving Tribute
EGYPT
Early Dynastic Egypt 3-4 Palette of Narmer
Old Kingdom 3-8 Stepped pyramid of Djoser (Imhotep)
Old Kingdom 3-13 Menkaura and Queen
Old Kingdom 3-16 Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt
Middle Kingdom 3-22 Face of King Senusret III
New Kingdom 3-29 Pylon of Ramses II
New Kingdom 3-36 Akhenaten and His Family
INDIA
Maurya 9-6 Yakshi Holding a Fly Whisk
Maurya/Shunga 9-8 Great Stupa, Sanchi
Kushan 9-13 Standing Buddha
Post-Gupta 9-18 Vishnu Temple, Deogarh
CHINA
Qin 10-1 Soldiers
Shang 10-4 Fang ding
Six Dynasties 10-10 Detail - Admonitions . . . (Gu Kaizhi)
Song 10-19 Travelers Among Mountains and Streams (Fan Kuan)
PART II: ESSAY (20 points)
DIRECTIONS: Below is the essay question for the first Midterm. You may NOT use any notes or outlines during the exam, but you are encouraged to prepare and study with others. We will provide the paper on which to write the essay. Consult the STUDY GUIDE and your TEXT (pp.17-23), in thinking about and preparing your essay.
1) Two works from the above list will be announced ONE WEEK BEFORE the exam. You may choose ONE of these to discuss in relation to the paragraphs below. You must be able to identify the work (fill in the blanks, Title, Culture, Style Period, Artist if known). Spelling will count - if it's spelled wrong, it's WRONG and a 1/2 point will be deducted! (1 pt. each, 4 points):
The two works are:
Fig. 3-4, Palette of Narmer (Egypt, Early Dynastic) OR
Fig. 9-13, Standing Buddha (India, Kushan)
2) Read the following carefully. You must discuss one of the two works announced in light of the following: (16 points total):
Art from different societies or periods is distinctive - and looks different - because certain visual artistic "conventions" or rules become accepted (and expected) by the community as a whole. These have to do with what we term "formal elements" (line, color, texture, etc.) and "prinicples of design" (composition, scale, proportion, etc.).
Each of the images to be announced has been made in a style distinctive to its culture and to a particular style period. DESCRIBE (not just list) the stylistic conventions or rules - the specific visual characteristics - that tell you that the work you have chosen is from that particular culture/period. In other words, explain how you know, just by looking at the work and its visual elements, that the work is from the time and place in which it was made.
Be specific and give details - consider both formal elements and principles of design. SEE THE STUDY GUIDE !!!!
THERE IS NO REVIEW CLASS BEFORE THE MIDTERM, though we will go over the essay question at various times! A copy of last year's exam (which is a little different in length from this year's version) is posted on the wall outside my office. You are welcome to look it over in the office area (but not take it out of the area).
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