Day 6: Egyptian Art Style

The goal for this day is for students to be able to explain theories about why the Egyptians used the same style for thousands of years and to summarize why the Egyptians made art.

1. Quiz 5: Egyptian Art Day 5

.....a) Open the Picture Sheet for the Quiz

.....a) Go to ClassMarker.com

.....b) Log in

.....c) Take the Egyptian Art Day 5 Quiz (you will need to look at the Picture Sheet to do this quiz)

2. Lesson 9: Impact of Egyptian Art

3. Questions for Lesson 9

.....a) How has Egyptian Art influence art throughout history?

.....b) According to the video, how is the use of smiley faces linked to Ancient Egyptian Art?

.....c) What did the sizes of human figures symbolized?

.....d) What is “mixed perspective”?

.....e) What makes Ancient Egyptian Art style so recognizable?

.....f) What are “registers” in Ancient Egyptian Art?

.....g) What did the lack of  “registers” suggest in an Ancient Egyptian painting?

.....h) What is an obelisks and who were they symbols for?

.....i) What is the tallest Ancient Egyptian obelisks and how tall is it?

.....j) What were stone columns topped with?

.....k) What is a colonnade?

.....l) What is a sunken relief scultpture? (***the video talks about them, but doesn’t tell you explicitly what it is)

.....m) What did Ancient Egyptians make art for?

.....n) What art did rich and “living” Ancient Egyptians have?

.....o) What are three things about Ancient Egyptian art influenced Ancient Rome and Greece and is evident today in contemporary art?

4. Lesson 10: The Style of Egyptian Art

5. Questions for Lesson 10

.....a) What body parts would they show “front on” and what parts would they show in “profile”?

.....b) Why does the video use the Temple at Karnak as an example for the style of Ancient Egyptian art?

.....c) How many years apart were the carvings in the Temple of Karnak?

.....d) How did the carving differ in the way the depicted the human body?

.....e) How long did the “Egyptian style” last for the human body?

.....f) How did “Egyptian style” last so long?  How did artists for generations in Ancient Egypt maintain the style?

.....g) What cultural value does this style suggest about the Ancient Egypt society?

.....h) What is “hierarchy”?

.....i) How is the pyramid a “perfect” symbol of Ancient Egyptian hierarchy?

.....j) Imagine you were a trader from a distant land in Ancient Egypt.  What would you think about the enormous statues, monuments, and buildings in Ancient Egypt and about the people who built them?