Homework Clinic
Hands-on Clinic => Art => Topic started by: CharlieWard on Feb 2, 2021
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Question 1
Describe the materials and style used to create the wall painting of animals in the Chauvet Cave. What is the most recent theory of the function of Chauvet and similar sites?
Question 2
Discuss how the Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut is a commemorative monument.
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Answer 1
The ideal answer should include:
1. The Paleolithic artist painted naturalistic images of animals with charcoal and earthen pigments on the cave walls.
2. Recently, scholars have examined the footprints and archaeological remains in the cave and theorized that it was used as a sanctuary where youth were initiated in ceremonies and associated with symbolic animals.
Answer 2
The ideal answer should include:
1. The colonnades and ramps of the temple façade facilitate ritual pageantry.
2. The wall paintings and reliefs in the temple tell the story of her divine birth and her journey to the legendary birthplace of the gods in order to legitimize her right to rule and commemorate her reign.
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Thank you!