Chapter 1: Prehistory and Near
Eastern Civilization
Search and evaluate the following
(affective reactions only):
Cave
paintings - Upper
Paleolithic or Stone Age period
http://colophon.com/gallery/minsky/caves.htm
- Cave Paintings.
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/C/cave.html-
Few pictures of cave paintings
To
view the larger image of the cave paintings go to view image list
Then
choose which painting that you would like to see and then click on the image
viewer in the caption.
Mesopotamia
http://www.crystalinks.com/ziggurat.html - The Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu
Egyptian
(Some of the following can be found at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
)
The Luxor
The Temple of Amun- this site has some interesting pictures and some good readings
This has a few pictures of the temple halls and some of the column work
Luxor Temple Pictures - Type Luxor under search. This will provide you with many link options.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Temple_at_Luxor.html
The Step Pyramid (first to be built entirely from stone)
The Valley of Kings (see the burial chamber paintings or any other two (2) paintings - use objective terms)
The Egyptian columns (The Temple of Amun)
How they made
pottery - see the following:
statues
- evaluate using two terms
pottery - observe only
read text on Egyptian art
http://guardians.net/hawass/statues_giza.htm
- statues
http://eawc.evansville.edu/pictures/egpage.htm-
numerous links; NOTE: all of the links for The Detroit Institute of Arts are
dead