Compare and contrast the styles of Mummy Wrapping of a Young Boy and inner Coffin of Tutankhamun. What does the medium suggest about status?
What will be an ideal response?
Essay responses should include these points:
Tut's inner coffin was made of gold and precious stones.
Tut's coffin shows the traditional symbols of the pharaoh.
Mummy Wrapping of a Young Boy shows the influence of Roman portraiture.
The mummy is a more realistic image in encaustic.
Tut's coffin is idealized.
Learning Objective: 3.4 Identify both traditional and new features seen in Late
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A. He was practicing a woman's art form. B. He was incorporating images from sand-paintings into his weavings. C. He was selling his work to collectors and museums. D. All of the above.
________ artists appropriate (or borrow) preexisting texts and images from history, advertising, and the media
A. Abstract B. Modernist C. Mannerist D. Postmodern
________ is a dramatic or cinematic technique that attempts to present the inner reality of a character.
A. Surrealism B. Desaturation C. Toning D. Expressionism