reading due Oct 1

*Due Oct 1*
Chap 2 in Stokstad
Art of the Ancient Near East

Read the sections under the following headings:
~The Fertile Crescent
~Sumer
~Akkad
(skip Lagash)
~Babylon
(and stop right before Assyria)



*Due Oct 2*
the rest of Chap 2 in Stokstad
Art of the Ancient Near East

Read the sections under the following headings:
~Assyria
~Neo-Babylonia
(skip anatolia and elam)
~Persia

Egyptian Reading Assignments Due Wed and Thurs

Reading Assignment for Ancient Egypt
Due: 9/26

Explore Ancient Egypt!
Go here: http://www.mfa.org/egypt/explore_ancient_egypt/index.html

Click on "Overview" (on the top) then click on "Introduction" (on the left side) and read that.

Then, click on "Galleries" (on the left) and poke around the virtual galleries for a bit.

Then, click on "Archeology" (on the top) and read about the digs, make sure you click the little yellow arrow at the end of the paragaphs.

Then click on "Virtual Dig" (on the left" and scroll down a bit and click on the blue link that says "click here" and watch that.

Reading Assignment for Ancient Egypt
Due: 9/27

Go here: http://www.mfa.org/egypt/explore_ancient_egypt/index.html

This time, click on all the headings; "Daily life", "Hieroglyphs", and "Style"
Read all of the information under "Style" (3 pages, click the little yellow arrows)
And for each of the above headings ("Daily life", "Hieroglyphs", and "Style") watch the videos (the links for the videos are on the left)

If any of you have issues loading the quicktime movies, the transcripts are also available for your reading pleasure!

Please let me know if you have any problems!

Also, the site contains a lot of neat info, click around on other stuff too!

Have fun!

these are from danielle.....


Where there any areas or people in Africa who used sacrifice to the extent of the Mayan’s, Aztec’s, etc?

Comment: I really enjoyed the passages about African art. Originally I thought that African art, though not primitive, was always extremely abstract. Because my main interest in art is human figures and form it was fascinating to view how different people, specifically the Ife, handle the human form (“Head of a King” 13th century C.E. brass) in a different way from the people of Mesoamerica.

It seems that everyone from the Olmecs to the Ife people who sculpted their rulers realistically idealized their forms/face. Is there any culture, tribe, or region that sculpted their rulers or people as they really were when they became old/wrinkly?

Bob Ross is a Great American Hero

First off, I can really appreciate how "Mr. Ross" utilizes acrylic paint instead of his traditional choice, oil.  The quality of the acrylic paint really lends itself to the complex style of the waves and the highly-detailed lighthouse.  Another technique I can really appreciate is his use of the palette knife.  I have never seen such expert use of this tool, he gives the happy little clouds and the happy little ship such a realistic feel with it.  Ross handles the light flawlessly;  I love the way it is subtly shining out of the lighthouse and glittering on the foamy waves.

This work also has a heavy emotional quality. Bob communicates the painful life of this doomed alcoholic sailor.  This evokes a sense of sympathy in the viewer, we feel for the drunken sailor being swallowed by the cold, heartless waves.  Watching Bob add his final touches of blood splatter and canvas-ripping really stresses the expressive qualities and deep emotions tied with this piece.  I really hope to observe this work up close in a museum, preferably in that little room at the MoMA with all of the Edward Hopper stuff.

In conclusion, Bob Ross is not only a brilliant painter, but also a hero.  He warns all of us novice artists not to be afraid of the paint.  This is a topic I have always struggled with, I have just have nightmares that the paint is chasing me, and I can't escape.  Now, thanks to Bob Ross, I can finish a painting without having a mental breakdown...sort of.

Eat it AP test. Eat it.

Francis Bacon

Even though George Dyer played a role in Francis Bacon's life, why do you think Bacon chose to depict the harsher side of Dyer?

I really enjoyed today's lesson. I liked how we were all able to give our opinions about each piece of art. I was also surprised by that Picasso painting, I had no idea he painted pictures that weren't obscure.

online survey

ok, i just want to try this out...

its only one question!

try and do it by monday, thanks!!!!

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or

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here we are!

this is a place where you ask any and all art history questions, start discussions, etc.

so, ask away!