Subject: Art

Grade Level: High School

Submitted by Kim Prati

 

Content Guide & Learning Activity with Electronic Text

Teacher note: This guide is designed to scaffold Internet learning. Students will visit the Detroit Institute of Arts site and read about Egypt to answer the questions below.

CONTENT GUIDE

Visit the Detroit Institute of Arts: Ancient Art web page and read about Egypt. Click on: http://www.dia.org/collections/ancient/egypt/egypt.html to begin.

Part 1

As you read the page, answer the following questions:

  1. What are two distinctive qualities of Egyptian sculpture?
  2. What were Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife?
  3. What is the purpose of a canopic jar?
  4. Why were so many pieces of artwork enclosed in the tombs?
  5. Why do you think that over 100,000 sculptures or paintings of animals were created in the Late Period? Would you like to be immortalize your favorite pet by creating a stone sculpture of him or her?
  6. True or False. Greek and Roman influences were always part of Egyptian art.

    7. Part 2

    Use the hyperlinks and navigation buttons to answer the following questions:

  7. Take a closer look at the "Ka aper with Funerary Offerings". What is this artwork made of? What is in the background?
  8. What year was the artwork "Peasants Driving Cattle and Fishing" created? What material is it made of?
  9. What is a fresco?
  10. The Ancient Art Home page on the Detroit Institute of Arts web site includes information about which ancient worlds?