Happy snow day!

Hi everyone. I hope you have enjoyed the snow day. I bet you can guess what I was doing all day. I'll give you a hint- It rhymes with "flower point"
ANYWAY, in terms of deadlines, just bump everything up a day. So your questions are due Wednesday and your slides are due Thursday. I'd like to have a quiz on Islamic art on Friday. More details about that in class. Then we launch into Medieval art! Get out your Viking horn hats!

Cool article: "Meat And Booze With A Side Of Still Life: American Painters On Food"

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/12/06/248781141/meat-and-booze-with-a-side-of-still-life-american-painters-on-food

Student Drive at AHS

Hi guys. E-mail me if you have issues getting your PowerPoint on the Student drive Art History folder. I'm having trouble accessing it myself, so if you have issues too, I'll ask for some help from the AHS tech gods.

Medieval Art Homework Questions: Chapter 14 --- Due Tuesday, December 10th

Read chapter 14 and answer the following questions IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Just you and your book. Type or NEALY hand write your answers.

1. On what kind of objects do we usually find animal style art? How does this relate to the peoples who developed the style and the way they lived?

2. Describe the unique significance of the Book of Kells as an illuminated manuscript.

3. How plentiful were books in the Middle Ages? Who owned books? Who created books? What purpose did most books created at this time serve?

4. What does the Plan of a Monastery tell us about the importance of monasteries and their link to the Imperial court?

5. Compare St. Matthew from the Coronation Gospels with St. Matthew from the Gospel Book of Archbishop Ebbo of Reims. How are they similar, and how do they differ? How has the figure in the Ebbo Gospels been transformed?

6. Why is the Utrecht Psalter considered extraordinary?

7. Consider the portrayal of Christ on the cover of the Lindau Gospels. Why was he portrayed in this manner?

8. "In the Gero Crucifix, we meet an image of the crucified Savior that is new to Western art." How is this image different? Compare it to the Lindau Gospels. What differences are particularly striking?

9. How are the images on the bronze Doors of the Cathedral of Hildesheim arranged? What do they convey to anyone entering the church through these doors?

10. Additional Terms & Artworks to define

• Cloisonne

• Purse Lid from a Ship Burial at Sutton Hoo

• Scriptoria

Islamic Art PowerPoint

Islamic Art from smolinskiel

...and don't forget to watch the Taj Mahal documentary (below) some time this week. It's cool!

Early Christian/ Jewish/ Byzantine Quiz - Wednesday, December 4th

It would be IN YOUR BEST INTEREST to study everything that we covered so that you file all that knowledge away for the exam. Don't just study the details I mention below. It all ties together, so it' best that you know this unit well no matter what is on the quiz. The quiz is 18 multiple choice and one 5-minute essay (sorry, I forgot about that little essay). You will be asked questions about specific works of art:
- one icon
- one tempera painting
- two sculptural works
- one significant work of architecture

Like I said, don't ignore all other information that isn't going to be on the quiz. Getting really familiar with this content NOW will make studying for the midterm and AP exam much more manageable.