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Unit 1 Test Review

Unit 1 Test Review. Each slide will be shown for 60 seconds! Identify the work and write down everything you can remember. You cannot use your notes-but you can use your group!. Ancient Near East. First urban communitis /city-states Earliest known writing system Mesopotamia

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Unit 1 Test Review

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  1. Unit 1 Test Review Each slide will be shown for 60 seconds! Identify the work and write down everything you can remember. You cannot use your notes-but you can use your group!

  2. Ancient Near East • First urban communitis/city-states • Earliest known writing system • Mesopotamia • Ziggurats (mountains of the gods) • Cella • Registers • Bas relief

  3. Egyptian • Preoccupation with the afterlife • Eternity and permanence • Power and authority • Pharoh- absolute power, son of Ra… • Old Kingdom (Matabas, Pyramid) • Middle Kingdom (Rock Cut Tombs) • New Kingdom (Valley of the Kings/Thebes, Akenaton/Armana Style)

  4. Prompts • Identify the work shown. What was its intended meaning? Analyze how formal and symbolic elements are used in the work to communicate intended meaning. • Name the architect of this structure and its specific location. How did the design of this structure and its surrounding complex function symbolically? • Identify this work as fully as possible. Discuss how this work expresses esteemed rank and status within the culture that produced it. • The 3 principle periods of Egyptian art are the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom. Identify which period this belongs to and explain why.

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