This assignment is 2 pages

2. Use the names of artworks below to find a work of Art to discuss in essay form. Use Google to locate the image for you to study. You may need to search several sites until you find the best reproduction of the image so you can thoroughly analyze the artwork.

Ancient Africa

• Conical Tower, Great Zimbabwe – 11-16th Century BC
• Mosque at Djenne – 14th Century AD (not actually ancient, but we included it anyway)

Ancient Babylon and Persia

• Achaemenid Tombs, Naksh-Rutsam, Iran – 5th Century BC
• Ishtar Gate, Babylon – 605-563 BC
• Shibam, Desert City, Yemen – 16th Century BC
• Terrace Stairway at Persepolis, Iran – c.518-460 BC
• Ziggurat of Ur, Iraq – c.2125 BC

Ancient Egypt

• Great Temple of Amun, Karnak – 1530-323 BC
• Step Pyramid of Zoser, Sakkara – 2778 BC
• Pyramid of Chephren/Khafre – 4th Dynasty
• Temple of Amun, Luxor – c.1408-1300 BC
• Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Der El-Bahari – 1520 BC

Ancient Greece

• Acropolis, Athens – 19th Century BC
• Parthenon, Athens – 447-436 BC
• Epidaurus Theater, Epidaurus – c.350-330 BC

Ancient Incan

• Machu Picchu, Peru
• Ollantaytambo Terraces, Peru

Ancient Mayan

• Chic’hen Itza Temple of a Thousand Warriors, Yucatan
• Uxmal Pyramid of the Magician, Yucatan
• Tikal Temple #1, Yucatan
• The Ruins of Palenque, Yucatan
• Calakmul Pyramid #2, Yucatan

Ancient Rome

• Amphitheater, Del Djam, Tunisia – Early 3rd Century AD
• Arch of Septmius Serverus – AD 203
• Basilica of Constantine At Trier, Germany – Late 4th Cen.
• Hadrian’s Villa, Near Rome, c.AD 118-134
• The Pantheon, Rome – 1734 
• Pont Du Gard, Nimes, France – Late 1st Century BC
• Trajan’s Column – AD 112

2. Record all of the website information (url, etc.) in APA format for the sites where you found the images. You will need this for your completed essay:

Give the name of the researching organization followed by the date. In brackets, provide a brief explanation of what type of data is there and in what form it appears. Finally, provide the site name and retrieval information.

Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment. (2007). [Graph illustration the SORCE Spectral Plot May 8, 2008]. Solar Spectral Data Access from the SIM, SOLSTICE, and XPS Instruments. Retrieved from http://lasp.colorado.edu/cgi-bin/ion-p?page=input_data_for_ spectra.ion

3. Record the credit line information about the artworks – Identify the work of art by title, artist, period/style, genre, and geographic/cultural origin. You will need this for your completed essay. Use this format:

Artwork Title.  (Year) by Artist’s name;  Period/Style; Genre; Geographic/Cultural Origin; Size; Media; Ownership.

4. Print out a copy of the Formal Analysis Checklist. While you look at the artwork, go through the checklist and take notes about what you see. Provide lots of details.

5. Use your notes to write your paper. Include description based on the elements and principles of art. Through research, present what scholars have said about the meaning of that work of art in the context of the history of art.  Consider the possible purpose of the structure over its lifetime. Include in your discussion the relationship of its interior and exterior design and technology and how/if changes were made to alter the use over time.

Some possible purposes to consider are decorative, religious, or political, for entertainment or civic functions or multiple.

Your conclusions should be supported by specific evidence, like location, and identify the key stylistic features of the structure that support your theoretical purpose.

Include in your discussion what the uses of the object/objects were at the time it was made and what the impact of that work of art has been on the culture who created it. Use the Further Art History Analysis handout.

Refer to the resources provided when preparing your paper.

6. Download the image for inclusion in your paper.

8. Compose your paper by spending a minimum of one page formal analysis on the artwork. Then spend a minimum of one page discussing the uses, the impact, the meaning, and conclusions. Your conclusions should include your interpretations of the work of art.

9. Be sure that your paper corresponds to the required format example found in the Resources below. Your analysis should be a minimum 2 pages, double-spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman. The essay should be saved as a WORD file (file name ends with .doc or .docx). These are also acceptable formats: .pdf, rtf. Note – If you send an unreadable file format, the late work policy will apply. The minimum two pages is not including the title and intro information or the references. There should be a minimum of two pages of the actual description and analysis. Use APA to cite your sources, you will need at least five.  They can be web based but do not use Wikipedia.