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Compare and Contrast: Dionysiac Mystery Frieze, Villa of the Mysteries, Fresco, in Pompeii, Roman and Justinian and his Attendants, Mosaic, Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy, Byzantine.

Discover information needed for Characteristics, Advancements and Culture for each piece of art.

1. Describe the two works.

2. How does the human figure change from one period to the next?

3. What is going on during the time period that the works were created? How did that affect the work? How did the influence of religion affect the works?

4. Characteristics of each of the two periods and how they are demonstrated on the works.

5. Important changes to the human form, that have taken place from previous works from each time period.

6. Explain how and why the human form changed in the latter work. What affected this change in the human form?

7. Function or symbolism of the work? What was it used for? What is the message it conveys? Is it secular or sacred? How does that change the work?

8. Location of each work. Does the location add meaning for the works? How so?

9. Discuss the changes in materials (fresco v. mosaic)

10. Discuss the changes in techniques (fresco v. mosaic)

11. Discuss the changes in narrative (the story, it's purpose) in the two periods.