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Question 1: Monumental Architecture and Sculpture

In a minimum of 3 well-developed paragraphs address the following questions:

1. Who created each work of architecture or sculpture? Who commissioned its creation? This will be in the caption. Is the architect or sculptor known? Did someone pay for it to be made? If not, you can just put the culture here.
2. What historical events or social or cultural influences affected the creation of each work? This is where you discuss the cultural context. Give a few sentences about the culture here. Read about the artwork. Give some information that you learned about it. What was it used for? Where was it located? In what context would you find this in its own time period?
   How do the visual characteristics of each work contribute to or enhance its message or meaning? **Use art vocabulary; mosque, arabesque, piers, minaret, mihrab, stylized, piece-mold casting, bracketing, post-and-lintel, mandala, pyramid, tablero, relief sculpture, etc.
3. Be sure to explain your ideas clearly and support them by discussing specific details about each work of architecture or monumental sculpture

Question 2: The Function of Art Objects

In a minimum of 2 well-developed paragraphs discuss:

1. What was the function of each object at the time of its creation? What is the object? What was it used for?
2. What historical events or social or cultural influences affected the creation of each work? Similarly to what you did above, discuss some of the things you learned about the culture here.
3. How do the visual characteristics of each object contribute to or enhance our understanding of its meaning? This is where you discuss the style of this culture.