SP2018.FA111.Art History ONE

Thinking back to the beginnings of our class together and  Stokstad's  introduction "Starter Kit" in our text, we have become familiar with how to deconstruct and analyze any piece of visual work, whether ancient or made yesterday.   This is an opportunity for you to put your skills together and demonstrate the knowledge gleaned and present it in a class setting.  Similar to your essay assignments, you will create a comparative analysis between two forms.  Process Part ONE 1. Select one image from our text from Chapter 1 through Chapter 8. NOTE:  You may not use my examples, nor any of the student examples noted below.  2. Your second image is to be found from the world of images made in the last century, between 1918 - 2018 They may be similar in  subject matter   or  solely in their  formal qualities. Part TWO Making use of the  formal elements and principles of design,  speak about the comparison between two forms: 1. How are they are alik

Africa was home to one of our earliest greatest civilizations - ancient Egypt and others. p. 409 Yoruba  southwestern Nigeria regard their city of  IFE  "navel of the world" = site of creation, the first Ife ruler is  "One Oduduwa"  came down from heaven create Earth and populate it.   The Ife populated the area around 800 CE and by the 11th century CE, Ife  was a metropolis - today every Yoruba city claims descent.  The Oòni (or king) of Ife is a descendant of the  god-king  Oduduwa, and is counted first among the Yoruba kings.  He is traditionally considered the 401st spirit ( Orisha ), the only one that speaks.  In fact, the royal dynasty of Ife traces its origin back to the founding of the city more than ten thousand years before the birth of Jesus Christ. The metropolis centered around the Oni's palace in the design of concentric rings that connected to other Yoruba cities by roads.   Protective stone walls and moats were built