History of Art and Culture

GRA 0217 History of Art and Culture I – Midterm Paper
2021-22 Fall
The papers (in MS Word of PDF format) must be uploaded by 22:00 on Tuesday, 16 November 2020.
Q 1. Please describe the basic features of prehistoric figurines that are supposed to represent the Mother Goddess found in Europe and compare them with the one found at Çatalhöyük (now in The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara) (Min 300-Max. 500 words) (30 points)
Q 2. Please explain the function and the style of the tomb paintings in Ancient Egypt taking the paintings of the tomb of Nebamun at The British Museum as an example (Min 300-Max. 500 words) (30 points)
Q 3. Please compare the statues Discobolus by Myron and Laocoön and his sons by Athanadoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes from style and expression point of view. (Min 300-Max. 500 words) (40 points)
Notes:
Each answer will be minimum 300 and maximum 500 words.
The font will be Times New Roman at 12 pts.
Please do not forget to write your name, student number and department on the first page.
Please write down the names of the source(s) you use after each answer.
Sources
You can use sources given in the syllabus of the course, the databases available at library.yasar.edu.tr (jstor etc.) available via library.yasar.edu.tr or you can use books.google.com.tr. Official websites of the museums are reliable sources as well.
Wikipedia is not recommended.

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