History of Art: The Victory Stele of Naram-Sin (Akkadian Empire)

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Goals of the Assignment:
1.To provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the form, meaning, and function of works of art produced during different time periods and by different cultures.
2.To focus and synthesize that understanding into a critical analysis of one key aspect of the visual culture of ancient, medieval, and renaissance art.
The Assignment: Although they are quite different in terms of medium, style, and the circumstances of their production and display, the four works of art listed below are all excellent examples of images of power and the way in which art can be used to present an identity of power and/or prestige. Write a two- to three-page essay in which you establish the basic facts about each work. Then discuss what they have in common and how they differ in terms of their history, style, function, and they ways in which they convey a sense of religious and/or secular authority. Based on what you have learned in lecture and the assigned readings, what historical and cultural circumstances can account for those similarities and differences?
•Victory Stele of Naram Sin
•Augustus of Primaporta
•Justinian and His Attendants, San Vitale, Ravenna
•Limbourg Brothers, January page from the Très Riches Heures
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