Art Appreciation 500 word essay

For this paper you will explore any (or all) of the websites below.  Select a work of art or artifact (from any time period and culture covered in class) that you find interesting and write a 500 word minimum essay on how that work reflects the time period and culture artistically.  How is it similar/different to similar works we have seen from the same time/culture. Please include a link to or image of the work you selected as well.
 
You may send your paper via email (in either a Word document or just cut and paste) to [email protected].
 
Mesopotamia

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/menu.html#

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook03.html#Sumeria

Egypt

http://metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/museum-departments/curatorial-departments/egyptian-art

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=Ancient+Egypt&sortBy=imageName

China

http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/timelines/china/china.html

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/hi_asch.htm

Classical Greece

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/hi_balpengeo.htm

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHgreece.html

http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/

Rome

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlights_search_results.aspx?searchText=Roman%20Art

Byzantine

http://arthistoryresources.net/ARTHbyzantine.html

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlights_search_results.aspx?searchText=Byzantine%20Art

Japan

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlights_search_results.aspx?searchText=Japanese%20Art

Indo-China/ SE Asia

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks3.html#general

Medieval

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlights_search_results.aspx?searchText=Medieval%20Art

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHmedieval.html

Africa

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlights_search_results.aspx?searchText=African%20Art

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHafrica.html#africa

Renaissance

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlights_search_results.aspx?searchText=Renaissance%20Art

http://arthistory.about.com/cs/arthistory10one/a/gen_ren.htm

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/renaissance/

http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/renaissance-art.htm